False dawn? Michelle Payne is an Australian icon but have female jockeys really progressed?

By Samantha Lane
Updated October 29 2016 - 1:13am, first published 12:07am
Michelle Payne was hoping she would get a late call-up to ride on Tuesday. Photo: Josh Robenstone
Michelle Payne was hoping she would get a late call-up to ride on Tuesday. Photo: Josh Robenstone

Dressed in purple – aptly – and looking every bit red-carpet movie star, Michelle Payne held her latest trophy and posed for photographers.

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