Spring racing 2015: Five things to remember about the carnival

By Michael Lynch
Updated November 14 2015 - 10:08am, first published November 8 2015 - 4:14pm

It was a carnival framed by cobalt, drugs and controversy at the start, and at the other end by one of the greatest feel-good stories racing has seen when Michelle Payne smashed through more than 150 years of history to become the first woman jockey to win Australia's greatest race, the Melbourne Cup.

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