The group 1 attention has headed west but for racing's golden girl Michelle Payne the focus is on winning a second dream cup in her hometown of Ballarat on Saturday. Payne rode into the history books when she won the Melbourne Cup on Prince Of Penzance at the beginning on the month but the next day she was back in the saddle looking towards the Ballarat Cup with another Darren Weir-trained stayer, Akzar. The nine-year-old couldn't win the Kyneton Cup on November 4, despite hitting the front in the straight and he ended up running fourth. But it was a good lead-in for the ultimate goal of the Ballarat Cup, which Payne had suggested before the race. "I have always...
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