Melbourne Cup Day was a life-changing one for Jamie Melham, but it had a costly post-script with the star jockey suspended for a ride late in the meeting.

Melham was on Wednesday handed a 30-meeting suspension for her part in the incident that saw Blake Shinn fall from She’s Got Pizzazz in the race following Melham’s Melbourne Cup win on Half Yours.

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Melham was aboard the Michael Hickmott-trained Fancify, who finished eighth in the Group 3 Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes.

Shinn was hospitalised after breaking his leg in the fall and was unable to give evidence on the day, but the inquiry resumed before Wednesday’s Caulfield meeting with Melham pleading guilty to a charge of careless riding.

“Rider Jamie Melham pleaded guilty

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