“You have to go through a lot of tough knockbacks in this industry and I’ve learned to swallow hard and move on. While Richards said Payne should retire, he insisted a decision had not been made on Prince Of Penzance’s rider for the whole of the spring carnival. I came to and remember being on the track tucked up in a little ball saying: ‘Something is wrong, I’m bleeding inside.’ It took them 45 minutes to get me on the stretcher in the foetal position. “I had my first winner as a trainer, on a horse I also rode and he’s my star at the moment. Her life has been studded with pain and loss. - managing owner John Richards. Payne’s manager Phillip Roost said she had not told him when she was coming back but she has been riding work for trainer Weir everyday. But I’m really happy to have said it because there were lots of doubters and many people have said women jockeys aren’t good enough. “I want to say to everyone else, get stuffed, because women can do anything and we can beat the world.”, To join the conversation, please log in. You can’t live your life worrying about what might happen. Star Sydney jockey Hugh Bowman is the only other jockey to have ridden him, for a second place in the 2014 Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Flemington. She rode him at Ballarat nine days ago and again at Casterton on Monday. If I’m worried or need to settle my nerves I say a little prayer to her and my brother Michael who passed away when he was a baby. he most compelling stories in sport, which now include Michelle Payne’s racing life, are framed by adversity. At this stage she doesn’t even have a medical clearance to ride. The 31-year-old Payne will race at Royal Ascot next month and she is prepared to face controversy if, as is planned, she rides a rank outsider in the Derby two weeks on Saturday. Addressing all those “who think women aren’t good enough”, Payne said they “can get stuffed” and added: “It’s a very male‑dominated sport and people think we are not strong enough. “No, it was done spontaneously. This is the latest acknowledgement of Payne’s grit after decades of defiant striving. You couldn’t imagine that in your wildest dreams. I said to my dad in hospital: ‘Maybe God is trying to tell me something.’ I was thinking about retiring but, to my surprise, Dad said: ‘You don’t need to make a decision just yet.’ That night I thought: ‘Yeah, I’m not done with this yet.’ I made another comeback. Before then it seems appropriate to remember that Payne has overcome more than just inequity in racing. After winning the greatest race in Australia it felt the perfect time to say it to them.”, She gave Prince of Penzance a beautiful ride but was her skill and conviction overshadowed by her admirable candour? I feel they’re watching over me.”, Her brother Stevie, the second youngest in the family, has Down’s syndrome. “I’m working my horses every day and absolutely loving it. Brad Rawiller and Irish jack of all trades John Allen appear frontrunners to replace Payne in the Memsie Stakes. PAYNE ON NOTICE: CUP DEFENCE WON’T BE EASY. Invalid postcode. “It’s a Group 1 race and it’s a race he ran well in last year so we are trying to do the right thing and give him the best chance of winning. They were inspired by my Melbourne Cup win and decided to invest in horses with me. So they bought this horse for me to train and I love him. I’m training seven horses but I’m looking to build to 16. Photograph: Reg Ryan/Racing Photos via Getty Images @donaldgmcrae Why work your arse off for people who don’t appreciate what you do and write you off anyway #moretolife”. I joke about it but I’m semi-serious. “Very slightly. Is that how you treat a Melbourne Cup-winning jockey? It must have shocked my spinal cord and that was very scary. There’s nothing more for her to gain by riding on. Just get over it and work towards the next Melbourne Cup or the next goal. What if you don’t recover from the next one?’ But I’m living an amazing life. Payne has ridden Prince Of Penzance — 100-1 winner of the Melbourne Cup last year — in 24 of 25 starts. Richards said he didn’t think Payne should be getting upset. Rawiller has been a stalwart rider for Weir for over a decade, winning 452 races for the trainer including Group 1 victories in the 2014 Toorak Handicap (Trust In A Gust) and 2014 Australasian Oaks (May’s Dream). He’s happy-go-lucky and that’s the very first time I’ve seen him so emotional.”. Managing owner John Richards then went further, saying Prince Of Penzance’s connections hoped that she would retire. He rides with success over the jumps and on the flat and was described by Weir in 2014 as the best horseman he’d worked with. The youngest of 10 children, she was six months old when her mother was killed. Prince Of Penzance’s trainer Darren Weir said the decision to overlook Payne for the Memsie Stakes was the owners’ call. MICHELLE Payne faces an increasingly uphill battle to get back on Prince Of Penzance for a fairytale tilt at a second Melbourne Cup after the horse’s owners told her to retire. I fractured the same three vertebrae on the other side of the spinal cord. “With the first I fractured five vertebrae and three ribs. He’s called Duke of Nottingham and the farm Stevie and I own together [in Ballarat] is called Nottingham Farm. A brother and a sister have also died. I was obsessed with it so I missed out on many things growing up. “Initially I was very apprehensive about the film,” Payne says. We want to give him the best possible rider we can in the race.”. Jukila is Aborigine for fun and the Clarkes are racing to have some fun. “They were fantastic. “At this stage we don’t think Michelle is fit enough. Michelle Payne and her brother Stevie celebrate their Melbourne Cup win. In Australia there are four major races over the Flemington Carnival [which includes the Melbourne Cup every November] and women jockeys have won three of them – all on 100-1 shots – from about 30 rides. Women jockeys over there are doing fantastically. Some of the things I experience is because of those risks and I wouldn’t change it for the world.”, The death of her mother, in a car accident, changed the course of Payne’s life but she explains how, just before her winning ride in Melbourne, she prayed to her mum. But [racing another of Patrick’s horses called Dutch Courage] I hit the ground and was knocked out. The Australian jockey has contended with tragedy and depression, terrible injuries and enduring prejudice but heads to Royal Ascot still smitten with racing, First published on Mon 15 May 2017 13.00 BST. “We know she’s had negative medical opinion and she seems determined to ride on, however we think she should retire,” Richards said. We’d like to take him to the Emirates Stakes in Melbourne in November. But Kaspersky was their first runner and I’m going to race him [in the Queen Anne Stakes] for Jane Chapple-Hyam at Ascot.”. That’s what I like to portray to young people with dreams – if you work very hard and believe in yourself anything is possible.”. It was totally off‑the‑cuff. In an emotional post-race interview, Payne revealed she’d had to battle to keep the ride after some of the owners wanted her replaced with a male jockey. Now I’ve started including Brigid [her sister and fellow jockey who was put into an induced coma after a bad fall and eventually died in 2007] in my prayers. “I haven’t watched her race so that’s something we have to have a look at.”, Payne has always harboured unlikely dreams. A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. There are probably as many female as male jockeys in parts of New Zealand. But it helped that the doctors told me I’d get better and your brain is amazing. We will take it a race at a time picking our jockeys — we are well aware of Michelle’s great record on Prince Of Penzance. “She’s had medical advice not to ride again, which she’s chosen to ignore. Rachel Griffiths's biopic about Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne, Ride Like a Girl, will remain unchanged despite horse trainer Darren Weir … Don't have an account? The racing people in Australia have their minds set. I’d split my pancreas in half, lacerated my liver and stomach and fractured two vertebrae in my lower back. We did it. But it is salutary to remember how many dangerous falls she survived – the most recent of which cost her the chance to ride Prince of Penzance in last year’s Melbourne Cup. McGregor said he would be guided by Weir when it was determined which jockey had the coveted Melbourne Cup ride. “For three months I was brain damaged. He ran fourth in an [Italian] Group One and he’s won Group Twos. I love to make the most of these opportunities.”, Confirming that the breeder Richard Aylward has approached her to ride the derided Diore Lia, who finished fifth in a field of eight at Lingfield last Friday in a failed attempt to inject some credibility into the filly’s Derby entry, Payne says: “I am interested but obviously I have to see how everything goes between now and then.”, Does she have any misgivings the horse might fall woefully short of Derby standards – especially when Epsom is such a tight track? Michelle Payne spoke about her tragic family life during an intimate interview on Anh's Brush with Fame on Tuesday. But he was Prince of Penzance’s groom when his little sister won the Melbourne Cup. But before Ascot I hope to come out for the Derby which would be an experience. Payne has been riding Prince Of Penzance in recent work. They say it’s all down to strength but that’s complete bullshit. Payne revealed that “a lot of the owners wanted to kick me off” before she responded with ringing defiance. “There’s a very nice horse called Jukila and he belongs to Ernest and Ronda Clarke who are new into racing. She was doing what we all love and, thinking of them, my nerves go away. A lot of people congratulated me on the ride. “There was an interview with me when I was nine years old. They showed it on the local news and I said: ‘I want to win the Melbourne Cup.’ My friends used to tease me and make fun of what I said. “We’ve taken these things into account. “We will take it a race at a time picking our jockeys — we are well aware of Michelle’s great record on Prince Of Penzance,” Richards said. For 30 seconds I couldn’t feel my legs. But I’ve had time to reflect and I’m very excited about it now.”, Payne still sounds smitten by training and riding horses – no matter the obstacles of her past or in the future.

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