Knight’s Choice has won Australia’s famous Melbourne Cup, in a dramatically close race which went down to the final few metres.
It was Irish jockey Robbie Dolan’s first time 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.
