Michelle Payne became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup after Prince Of Penzance caused a huge shock at Flemington.
A 100/1 outsider for the race, the six-year-old prevailed by half-a-length from the Willie Mullins-trained Max Dynamite, while Red Cadeaux suffered a career-ending injury in his bid to finally win the Melbourne Cup.
There was a strong British presence in the two-mile contest as Big Orange and Quest For More raced handily, with Royal Ascot winners Trip To Paris and Snow Sky also prominent.
However, they were unable to match the kick of Prince Of Penzance in the home straight as the Darren Weir-trained horse came down the middle of the track.
Max Dynamite gave chase after being forced to switch wide in a manoeuvre which cost jockey Frankie Dettori a one-month suspension and a fine.
Criterion, who ran in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes and Juddmonte International earlier in the year, was third, with Ed Dunlop’s Trip To Paris in fourth and Big Orange fifth.
Roger Charlton‘s Northumberland Plate winner Quest For More was ninth, while Snow Sky faded to finish last, a place behind the Godolphin runner Sky Hunter.
Aidan O’Brien‘s pair Bondi Beach and Kingfisher failed to mount any sort of challenge as they were 16th and 19th respectively.
Dunlop’s other runner Red Cadeaux, who has been a runner-up three times in the Melbourne Cup, was pulled up before the line after suffering a leg injury and he will now be retired.
