Michelle Payne's historic Melbourne Cup win immortalised in 'Ride Like a Girl' | 7NEWS Spotlight

This story originally aired on September 1, 2019.

Michelle Payne rode into history when she won the Melbourne Cup in 2015. Rachel Griffiths brought the story to the big screen. Melissa Doyle went behind the scenes with the director on her first feature to find out why she believes this is the ultimate Aussie sports story.

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