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.

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Robbie Dolan stuns on The Voice. But if you think you’ve seen this face before, you’d be dead right, because the Irish jockey made a name for himself in Australia in 2022 when he appeared on Channel 7’s The Voice Australia.

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.

Melbourne Cup winning jockey Robbie Dolan isn't just a talented hoop - he can also sing. Dolan, 28, won plenty of admirers when he appeared on one of Australia's favourite TV shows in 2022.

Knight’s Choice, ridden by Irish jockey Robbie Dolan, claimed Lexus Melbourne Cup gold as European trainers including Willie Mullins failed to fire in the Flemington feature. Ireland and Britain appeared set to mount strong challenges for the two-mile contest with Mullins’s pair of Vauban and Absurde joined by Harry Eustace’s Bendigo Cup winner Sea King and the Brian Ellison-trained Geelong Cup hero Onesmoothoperator towards the head of the betting.