Jamie Melham has become the second female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup ten years after Michelle Payne's historic win on Prince of Penzance in 2015.

A decade after Michelle Payne became the first woman win Australia's most famous race, Jamie Melham has etched herself into racing history becoming the second steering Half Yours to victory in the Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m).

It was a 19th Group 1 win for one of the country's most high profile jockeys along with Half Yours becoming the 13th horse to complete the famous Caulfield and Lexus Melbourne Cup double. "What just happened? Oh my god!," was Melham's first reaction. "I've had an amazing year. I got married, had some really great days on the track but nothing ever, ever compares to this feeling right now."