Melbourne Cup champion Jamie Melham has paid tribute to her late grandfather after winning the biggest race of her career.

Melhman created history by riding Half Yours to victory in the $10 million race that stops the nation at Flemington on Tuesday.

A decade after Michelle Payne became the first female jockey to win the race that stops a nation, close friend Melham became the first to complete the Caulfield-Melbourne Cup double.

Half Yours burst clear in a thrilling finish at Flemington for father-son training duo Tony and Calvin McEvoy.

Two-time winner Joseph O’Brien’s Goodie Two Shoes was second, with Ciaron Maher-trained Middle Earth third.

French raider Presage Nocturne was smashed into $5.50 favouritism before the race but finished a disappointing 19th.

Melhman was in tears af

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