MELBOURNE, Australia — Jamie Melham rode Half Yours to victory in the 165th Melbourne Cup on Tuesday to become the first female jockey to win a historic Australian racing double.

A decade after Michelle Payne became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup, Melham became the first to complete the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup winning double.

Melham's late grandfather was among the people she dedicated her victory to, saying the last race he watched was her win in last month's Caulfield Cup.

“I have to mention my grandpa. He died last week," Melham said in a post-race interview with the Nine Network. "He was such a big supporter of mine. So he’s up there opening those gaps for me, because I needed a few gaps open.”

Half Yours, a five-year-old gelding, finished strongly to win

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