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| UpdatedMelbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne lauds champion horse Prince Of Penzance, saying she always knew he was a special talent even in the face of doubts from its own trainer.
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About a kilogram of ecstasy tablets, one litre of GHB and amphetamines are allegedly found in a car searched by police in central Victoria after they spot a man sleeping inside.
Topics: drug-offences, crime, ravenswood-3453, vic
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| UpdatedRonda Rousey is the biggest name in UFC and she's also inspiring women to take up the sport of fighting.
Topics: sport, community-and-society, women, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedMichelle Payne is on top of the racing world after becoming the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup, but it has been far from an easy road to success.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, flemington-3031, vic, australia, melbourne-3000
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Michelle Payne becomes the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup, riding the rank outsider Prince of Penzance to victory at Flemington.
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| UpdatedBallarat strapper Steven Payne's Melbourne Cup dream has finally come true, and he has his sister to thank.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, human-interest, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedA pub in Sydney's inner west threw a Melbourne Cup party with a twist today, with a potentially pooing shetland pony helping raise money for animal welfare.
Topics: horse-racing, animal-welfare, animals, sydney-2000, australia, vic, flemington-3031, nsw
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| UpdatedAustralian horse racing favourite Red Cadeaux "looks happy" and his injury should be repairable, according to trainer Ed Dunlop.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, flemington-3031, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedHundreds of animals are being treated in the aftermath of widespread bushfires in Victoria.
Topics: bushfire, veterinary-medicine, conservation, animals, kilmore-3764
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| UpdatedMichelle Payne rides $101 shot Prince Of Penzance to victory in a huge Melbourne Cup boilover at Flemington, becoming the first female jockey to win Australia's greatest race.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, flemington-3031, vic, australia
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| UpdatedThe race that stops the nation, the Melbourne Cup, gets its start from a small Adelaide Hills company which exports its starting gates all over the world.
Topics: trade, company-news, business-economics-and-finance, community-and-society, mount-barker-5251, sa, australia, united-kingdom, england, melbourne-3000
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A government study has found a central Victorian heritage tourist tram attraction would not be viable as a fully-fledged public transport service.
Topics: rail-transport, bendigo-3550
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| UpdatedVictoria's Agriculture Minister Jaala Pulford has hosted a community barbecue to hear first-hand about the dry conditions in the state's north-west.
Topics: drought, wycheproof-3527, mildura-3500
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The Moira Shire Council says the recovery centre it activated after Sunday's wild weather in the Strathmerton, Numurkah and Nathalia areas of north-east Victoria has been able to quickly help the worst affected residents.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, weather, strathmerton-3641, nathalia-3638, numurkah-3636, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690
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The colours made famous by Bart Cummings have been successful on the first Melbourne Cup day without the 'Cups King'.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, flemington-3031, vic, australia
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| UpdatedTens of thousands of people flock to Flemington Racecourse to soak up the sun, champagne and atmosphere of the Melbourne Cup.
Topics: horse-racing, fashion, states-and-territories, arts-and-entertainment, melbourne-3000, vic
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A Latrobe Valley community group says it is encouraged by a leaked draft recommendation that the Victorian Government should ban the extraction on unconventional gas.
Topics: oil-and-gas, states-and-territories, seaspray-3851, sale-3850
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Residents of Woodvale, north of Bendigo, are disappointed the town's evaporation ponds will not be drying up this summer.
Topics: land-management, environmental-management, mining-environmental-issues, activism-and-lobbying, bendigo-3550
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Horsham Council has appointed councillor Heather Phillips as its Mayor-elect.
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| UpdatedPopular jockey Jim Cassidy will ride in his final Melbourne Cup aboard Grand Marshal, 32 years after his first win in Australia's great race.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, flemington-3031, vic, australia, sydney-2000, nsw
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Terry Freeman, known as "the keeper of the roses", has spent 40 years making sure the blooms look their best at the Melbourne Cup.
Topics: gardening, horse-racing, flemington-3031
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| UpdatedMichelle Payne becomes the first female jockey to win Australia's biggest race, saluting on rank outsider Prince Of Penzance at Flemington.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, flemington-3031, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedZac Purton, who rides Melbourne Cup favourite Fame Game, confirms track bias at Flemington after winning first race on Cup day.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedIt takes countless hours, even years of work to get a horse ready to compete in a Melbourne Cup. Here are the people who have put the finishing touches on the horses this year.
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A Melbourne Cup winning jockey from Streaky Bay in South Australia will start today's race from the same barrier he won the cup from in 2000.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, australia, melbourne-3000, flemington-3031, vic