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World Have Your Say: 03/11/2015 16:06 GMT: Women in horseracing

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Women in horseracing

03/11/2015 16:06 GMT

03/11/2015 16:06 GMT: Women in horseracing

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Jockey Michelle Payne wins the Melbourne Cup and calls racing 'a chauvinistic sport.'

Jockey Michelle Payne has become the first woman to win the Melbourne Cup in its 155 year history. Also, we hear from Lesbos as migrants continue to arrive on the Greek island.

What's it like being a woman in racing? Jockey Michelle Payne said 'it's such a chauvinistic sport, I know some of the owners wanted to kick me off' after she became the first woman to win the Melbourne Cup in its 155 year history. 

Also, we hear from Lesbos as migrants continue to arrive on the Greek island. 

Plus, people in India discuss Shah Rukh Khan becoming the latest high profile figure to speak out against "extreme intolerance" in India.

(Pic: Australian jockey Michelle Payne gives the crowd the thumbs up Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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