Prince of Penzance, held by Mike in DC, wins the 2015 Melbourne Cup! Congratulations, Mike, you are the winner of the 1936 silver half-dollar! Please send your mailing address to: charliechanfamily@lycos.com.
Super congratulations to Mike in DC!!! And super congratulations to Michelle Payne who was riding Prince of Penzance and is the first woman to win the Melbourne Cup!! A truly historic and awesome day!
Woo hoo! I was just doing a little fantasy football research and saw that not only did the Prince of Penzance win, but he was ridden by the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.
The Prince was a 100-1 long shot, too.
The full story is here: http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/michelle-payne-becomes-first-female-jockey-to-win-the-melbourne-cup-slideshow/prince-penzance-ridden-michelle-payne-returns-scale-winning-photo-061720226--spt.html