The Australia-trained gelding Knight’s Choice has won the US$5.6 million Melbourne Cup, Australia’s premier horse race at odds of 80-1.

Knight's Choice has claimed this year's Melbourne Cup, beating home Warp Speed on the line to claim the coveted $8 million feature race at Flemington.The rank outsider came out on top in the 3200m event in Melbourne,

Knight's Choice has won a photo finish in the 2024 Melbourne Cup having defied the odds to defeat the heavy favourites. Buckaroo and Vauban were early favourites heading into the Race That Stops The Nation, but neither made the top three with Warp Speed and Okita Soushi wrapping up the placings.

MELBOURNE - Knight's Choice won the 164th running of the Melbourne Cup in a bruising result for punters on Tuesday, the rank outsider storming down the final straight to edge Japanese stayer Warp Speed in a photo finish.

The Melbourne Cup is in the books for another year with Knight's Choice emerging from the back of the field to claim a stunning victory at Flemington. The rank outsider finished half a length ahead of Japanese raider Warp Speed in a photo finish,

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.