In riding the gelding’s late kick all the way to the post, Robbie Dolan became the first widely recognised singer to win the Cup, “unless ... Ronan Keating hasn’t won a Melbourne Cup, has he?”, the jockey joked afterwards.

Irish eyes were smiling Down Under after Irish jockey Robbie Dolan won the Melbourne Cup with his first ever ride in the race. The Kildare rider partnered Knight’s Choice (100/1) to victory in "the race that stops a nation" at Flemington for joint-trainers John Symons and Sheila Laxon.

Knight's Choice's win in the Melbourne Cup stuns almost everyone at Flemington, including the jockey, as the favourites fall by the wayside.