Overview
- Goodie Two Shoes finished second and Middle Earth took third as Half Yours pulled clear late in the two‑mile handicap.
- The victory completes Melham’s unprecedented Caulfield Cup–Melbourne Cup double for a female rider, ten years after Michelle Payne’s breakthrough.
- Late betting swung before the jump, with French raider Presage Nocturne crunched into favoritism and failing to place as Irish runner Al Riffa finished seventh.
- The race was run over 3,200 metres at Flemington on a soft surface with a full 24‑horse field on Victoria’s Cup Day holiday.
- Co-trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy praised Half Yours’ progression after the Caulfield Cup win, while Melham called the moment the pinnacle of her career.