Can a female jockey win the 2022 Melbourne Cup?

Wandering Eyes · October 31, 2022

You would have to be ignorant to all things racing to not know that Michelle Payne became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup when she rode bolter Prince Of Penzance to win the 2015 Melbourne Cup.

Now a winning trainer, Michelle Payne was the only female to have a ride in the race that year but she wasn’t the first. Maree Lyndon became the first female jockey to ride in the Melbourne Cup, when she partnered Argonaut Style in the 1987 Melbourne Cup won by Kensei.

The 2022 Melbourne Cup field has brought together an elite field of 24 horses and jockeys, but only one jockey will get the chance to raise the cup at the end of the race. Could this be the year another female jockey can make it into the history books?

Rachel King & Jamie Kah are the two female jockey to have secured a ride in this years 2022 Melbourne Cup aboard the Bjorn Baker trained Arapaho and Ciaron Maher & David Eustace trained Smokin’ Romans. Arapaho is currently a $101 chance to win the cup, while Smokin’ Romans is currently sitting at $21 to win.

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Michelle Payne becomes the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup

2022 Melbourne Cup Field

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
1	Gold Trip	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	14	57.5kg	$13
2	Duais	Edward Cummings	Hugh Bowman	10	55.5kg	$21
3	Knights Order	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	24	55.5kg	$21
4	Montefilia	David Payne	Jason Collett	11	55.5kg	$11
5	Numerian	Annabel Neasham	Tommy Berry	7	55.5kg	$61
6	Without A Fight	Simon & Ed Crisford	William Buick	18	55.5kg	$11
7	Camorra	Ben & JD Hayes	Ben Melham	17	55kg	$41
8	Deauville Legend	James Ferguson	Kerrin McEvoy	9	55kg	$3.80
9	Stockman	Joseph Pride	Sam Clipperton	2	54kg	$34
10	Vow And Declare	Danny O’Brien	Blake Shinn	4	54kg	$18
11	Young Werther	Danny O’Brien	Damian Lane	21	54kg	$26
12	Hoo Ya Mal	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Craig Williams	15	53.5kg	$21
13	Serpentine	Robert Hickmott	John Allen	23	53.5kg	$61
14	Daqiansweet Junior	Phillip Stokes	Daniel Moor	13	53kg	$51
15	Grand Promenade	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Harry Coffey	1	53kg	$61
16	Arapaho	Bjorn Baker	Rachel King	19	52.5kg	$101
17	Emissary	Mike Moroney	Patrick Moloney	3	51.5kg	$21
18	Lunar Flare	Grahame Begg	Michael Dee	12	51.5kg	$21
19	Smokin’ Romans	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jamie Kah	16	51.5kg	$21
20	Tralee Rose	Symon Wilde	Dean Yendall	22	51kg	$101
21	Point Nepean	Robert Hickmott	Wayne Lordan	20	51kg	$71
22	High Emocean	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Teo Nugent	8	50kg	$51
23	Interpretation	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Craig Newitt	6	50kg	$41
24	Realm Of Flowers	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Damien Thornton	5	50kg	$15