Knight’s Choice has won Australia’s famous Melbourne Cup, in a dramatically close race which went to a photo finish.
It was Irish jockey Robbie Dolan’s first time riding in the event, but the second win for New Zealand horse trainer Sheila Laxon.
Second in the two-mile contest was Warp Speed and third was Okita Soushi, ridden by Jamie Kah – one of a record four female jockeys in the field.
Buckaroo was the favourite to win the race, with Knight’s Choice an outside chance but storming home to take the lead seconds before the finish.
Dolan was previously best known as a contestant on the Voice Australia, but the 28-year-old has now stamped his name in Flemington Racecourse history.
“Pinch me, I’m dreaming… I can’t believe it,” he told the local Nine Network.
“I think I’ll be singing for the rest of my life after that. What the hell.”
More to follow.
