Michelle Payne's Day Poem by Francis Duggan

From a famous horse racing family in Ballarat
To the beautiful young Michelle Payne one must dip their hat
The winning jockey of Prince of Penzance in the Melbourne Cup of two thousand and fifteen
The first Melbourne Cup winning female jockey in her cap of green

A supreme ride by the supreme jockey on the Darren Weir trained bay
For sports women of Australia what a historic day
The charming jockey from Ballarat history has made
Her achievement in the sporting annals of time will not fade

The lions share of the glory in the two thousand and fifteen Melbourne Cup to Michelle and Darren Weir as well as her strapper brother Stevie belong
As Australia's first Melbourne Cup winning female jockey Michelle Payne will become the sporting heroine of story and song
It just goes to prove that females with males in most sports with success can compete
On a one hundred to one Melbourne Cup winner for Michelle as well as all women this victory is sweet

The two thousand and fifteen Melbourne Cup on November the third has become Michelle Payne's Day
Near the winning post she dashed to the front on Prince of Penzance the unfancied bay
The only female jockey in the Melbourne Cup field the cheering for her was loud
Jubilant in victory she became the darling of the huge Flemington crowd.