Victorian jockey Michelle Payne is riding work at Newmarket in England on her latest overseas odyssey, and will have a race ride at Windsor next week.

Payne (23) has been riding out for regular Melbourne Cup visitor Luca Cumani of a morning and was spotted on the heath by trainer John Berry (my husband), who was keen to book her to ride. Payne has ridden for us before - a fourth at Kyneton (November 2005) and a second at Pakenham (March '06) on a mare that John and I have a small share in, Spaceage Juliet, trained at Benalla by Anne Taylor.

Payne came to our yard at Beverley House Stables extra early (5.20am) on Saturday before starting with Cumani at 6.15am and worked Stardust Memories (F 2006, Halling (USA)-Clarinda (IRE), by Lomond (USA)) over seven furlongs (1400m) on the Al Bahathri all-weather gallop.

Payne will give the filly another spin later this week ahead of her intended debut at Windsor, in a mile maiden, on Monday. Unless she is booked for another ride before then, it will also be her British race-riding debut.

She had a couple of rides in Ireland last year while she was riding out at Ballydoyle for Aidan O'Brien.

Payne had 55 wins in Australia this season before heading to Europe on a working holiday.

John Berry also hopes to book another Australian, Clare Lindop, for a ride or two when she comes to Newmarket this month as part of her working holiday. Lindop has been riding for former Adelaide trainer Jeremy Gask, who is in charge of the Horses First stable in Wiltshire - from four races she has two wins and two seconds.

Payne said she believed Stardust Memories was ready to run, although John does not expect her to win first up.  She is straightforward, but is small and a late developer. She will benefit from more time and distance, being by the same sire as Bauer, last year's Melbourne Cup runner-up for Cumani.