MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australia-trained gelding Knight's Choice has won the 164th running of Australia's premier horse race the Melbourne Cup at odds of 80-1.

Buckaroo had been the favourite to win but finished ninth, with Knight's Choice - a 90-1 shot - storming home to win by a nose in the final strides. Dolan was previously best known as a contestant on The Voice Australia, but he has now stamped his name in Flemington Racecourse history.

Knight’s Choice claimed Lexus Melbourne Cup gold as the European raiders failed to fire in the Flemington feature.Ireland and Britain appeared to have a strong challenge for the two-mile contest with Harry Eustace’s Bendigo Cup winner Sea King and the Brian Ellison-trained Geelong Cup hero Onesmoothoperator joined by Willie Mullins’ pair of Vauban and Absurde,