Kerrin McEvoy (born 28 October 1980) is an Australian

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who is best known for winning three

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s. In Europe, McEvoy rode several big winners for Godolphin including

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in the

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at Doncaster in 2004 and

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in the

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, also at Doncaster in 2007. McEvoy rose to fame by riding Brew to victory in the 2000 Melbourne Cup. He won his second Melbourne Cup in

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, riding

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to victory, and in

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he won his third Melbourne Cup, riding

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to victory. He is the brother in law of both Melbourne Cup winners,

Michelle Payne Michelle J. Payne (born 29 September 1985) is an Australian jockey. She won the 2015 Melbourne Cup, riding Prince of Penzance, and is the first and only female jockey to win the event. Early life The youngest child of ten of Paddy and Mary Pa ...

who won the Cup with

Prince of Penzance Prince of Penzance is a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred race horse who won the 2015 Melbourne Cup. He was trained by Darren Weir. In the race, he was ridden by Michelle Payne, who became the first female jockey to win the race. Background Prince ...

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and

Brett Prebble Brett Prebble (born 23 September 1977 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is a leading Australian jockey, currently based in Melbourne, Victoria. Having ridden over 1200 career winners, Prebble's most famous win came aboard Green Moon in the 201 ...

who won the Cup with

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in 2012 just three years earlier.

References

Australian jockeys People from Streaky Bay, South Australia Living people 1980 births

External links

Kerrin McEvoy results, stats summary, news

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