The Pirates

And so we have history being made today in Australian horse racing lore, in that the first ever female jockey has ridden the winner of the Melbourne Cup.

Prince of Penzance

Prince of Penzance, ridden by Michelle Payne, outstayed all the rest to win - at the lucrative odds more or less of 100-to-1 (it was an extreme 'outsider' in the field).

But the horse itself didn't know it was an outsider and won anyway.

There is so much more about this level of horse racing than I am able to talk about here.

And so, I shall leave the darker side to different places and other occasions...

What you don't know won't hurt you. On the other hand though, what you don't know is the thing that will hurt you if you are in the wrong places at the wrong times.

Shergar