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Without causing the ripples that followed her historic Melbourne Cup triumph, Michelle Payne made another splash when she sent out her first treble as a trainer on Monday, Oct 19.

Payne, the only person to hold a dual trainer/jockey license in Victoria, registered wins with Think Champayne, Argus and Cape Victory at the Mornington meeting, riding two of them herself – a first-time feat in the state.

“It's really nice,” Payne told Racing.com. “We've got a great team at home and they work really hard.

“It (training) has got its challenges but I love training on the farm at home in Ballarat, Stevie (Payne's brother) is there every day and it's a really good environment.”

The pioneering Payne, 35, became the first woman to ride the winner of the Melbourne Cup when she steered 100-1 shot Prince Of Penzance to victory in 2015.

She took out her training license in 2016 and has trained 33 winners, nearly all of them on the country circuit. She has ridden 763 career winners.

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Aidan O'Brien will not be able to saddle his runners in person at this weekend's Juddmonte Irish Oaks meeting at the Curragh after breaching Irish racing's COVID-19 protocols.

Both O'Brien and his son Donnacha have been barred from attending any race meetings for two weeks by the Irish Horse Racing Board.

The two trainers were referred to the panel having failed to enter the Curragh through the health screening area on the day of the Irish 2,000 Guineas meeting. They were each also fined €2,500 ($2,839).

Under COVID-19 protocols brought in by Horse Racing Ireland to allow race meetings to go ahead behind closed doors, health screening is mandatory to all attendees who are required to head to to the health screen check-in area immediately on arrival.

A statement from the IHRB said: “At a referral hearing of Aidan O'Brien (Trainer) & Donnacha O'Brien (Trainer) following a referral from The Curragh on [June 12] both trainers were fined €2,500 & prohibited from attending a racecourse for two weeks for failing to enter The Curragh through the health screening area.”

The penalty will be an inconvenience to the trainers but unlikely to disrupt their big race plans with Aidan O'Brien having not attended either Royal Ascot or the Investec Derby meeting and Donnacha having not been present at Chantilly when Fancy Blue delivered the 21-year-old his first Classic victory in the Prix de Diane.

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