Ride Like a Girl review – Michelle Payne biopic is a feelgood victory lap
Rachel Griffiths’ film about the first woman to win the Melbourne Cup is an underdog story that clears every hurdle
September 2019
Ride Like a Girl review – cinematic schmaltz swamps Michelle Payne's ride to the Melbourne Cup
Rachel Griffith’s directorial debut feels less like a heartwarming tale of triumph and more like a thinly veiled advertisement for the racing industry
August 2017
Racing news and tips: Michelle Payne too ill for Newbury comeback
Hopes high that Michelle Payne will be fit to ride in Ascot’s Shergar Cup
June 2017
Contrite Michelle Payne banned from racing for four weeks after positive test
Michelle Payne’s racing career will be interrupted after the Melbourne Cup-winning jockey was handed a four-week suspension for testing positive for a banned substance
Melbourne Cup winner Michelle Payne tests positive for banned substance
2015 Melbourne Cup winner Payne has been stood down from racing pending the findings of a Racing Victoria inquiry into the results of a urine test
Talking Horses
Talking Horses: Michelle Payne's Shergar Cup trip at risk plus tips
The Melbourne Cup-winning jockey faces a disciplinary hearing in Australia over a positive test for an appetite suppressant
May 2017
Michelle Payne: ‘People doubt female riders. There’s more to it than strength’
The Australian jockey has contended with tragedy and depression, terrible injuries and enduring prejudice but heads to Royal Ascot still smitten with racing
April 2017
Melbourne Cup winner Michelle Payne to be big Ascot summer attraction
Michelle Payne, who partnered a 100-1 shot to victory in the 2015 Melbourne Cup, is to ride at Royal Ascot and in the Shergar Cup
October 2016
Michelle Payne banned from racing in New South Wales
State’s racing board upholds its bar on jockeys who also hold trainer’s licences, citing ‘integrity issues’
September 2016
Michelle Payne back in saddle after lengthy injury layoff from racing
Michelle Payne got back into the saddle over the weekend as the Melbourne Cup-winning jockey settled for a fourth-placed finish in Sale
June 2016
Michelle Payne's future unclear as she begins recovery from surgery
Melbourne Cup-winning jockey says she is not yet ready to make a decision on when she will return to the track following successful pancreatic surgery
May 2016
Jockey Michelle Payne undergoing tests in hospital after nasty fall
The Melbourne Cup-winning jockey, Michelle Payne, will undergo tests on her pancreas and liver after suffering a heavy fall during a race in Mildura on Monday afternoon
December 2015
Twelve months of sexist jerkery – and those who stood up to it
Van Badham
From sweet victories to strange male obsessions to straight out sexist garbage, here is the feminists’ year in review
November 2015
Melbourne Cup winner Michelle Payne to ride in Ascot Shergar Cup
Glenn Boss damns story saying jockey Michelle Payne would regret sexism comments
Michelle Payne's Melbourne Cup win reveals chauvinistic side of Australian horse racing
Goddamn! Every woman longs to celebrate like Michelle Payne
Van Badham
Sport picture of the day
Sport picture of the day: Michelle Payne's record-breaking Melbourne Cup race
Guardian Weekly sports diary
Michelle Payne becomes first woman jockey to win Melbourne Cup
