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.

Knight's Choice has won the 2024 Melbourne Cup, defeating Warp Speed and Okita Soushi in a thrilling finish at Flemington on Tuesday afternoon.

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,

The 2024 Melbourne Cup produced a fairytale finish as Queensland raider Knight’s Choice stormed home to claim victory in a thrilling photo finish. Ridden by a jubilant Robbie Dolan, the 90/1 outsider defied the odds to pip Japanese challenger Warp Speed at the post.

Knight's Choice has won Australia's famous Melbourne Cup, in a dramatically close race which went to a photo finish. It was winning Irish jockey Robbie Dolan's first ride in the event, but a second victory for New Zealand trainer Sheila Laxon.

Previously, the closest Queensland may have come to claiming a Melbourne Cup winner was in 1943 when Dark Felt was born and bred on the Darling Downs before being trained to Cup glory by Victorian Ray Webster. History-maker Knight’s Choice hardly comes from a regal background.

Despite Willie Mullins' wait for a win in "the race that stops a nation" gong on, there was still Irish joy as Kildare rider Dolan guided Knight’s Choice to victory at Flemington for joint-trainers John Symons and Sheila Laxon.

Knight’s Choice has pulled off one of the Melbourne Cup’s most stunning upsets, leaving punters reeling and bookies licking their wounds in the wake of the race that stops the nation.

Rank outsider Knight's Choice upset favourite Buckaroo on Tuesday to win the A$8 million (US$5.25 million) Melbourne Cup, earning Irish jockey