Melbourne Cup, Australia

Off-chops - Melbourne Cup racegoers fire up once again!
The crowd was pumped for the Melbourne Cup at Flemington on a seriously beautiful spring day. And, with Melbourne's weather turning it on the crowd saw $91 chance Knight's Choice come away with the Melbourne Cup in an upset for the ages.
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The Melbourne Cup is Australia's most famous horse race but it also has an international flavour.As is becoming the norm, there is once again more international horses than Australian competing in the race.
Knight's Choice wins 164th running of Australia's Melbourne Cup at 80-1
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. The unfancied five-year-old was well back turning for home in the two mile handicap at the Flemington racecourse.
Horse racing-Knight's Choice wins 164th running of Melbourne Cup
MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Rank outsider Knight's Choice won the 164th running of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse on Tuesday, storming down the final straight to edge Warp Speed in a photo finish.
Knight's Choice storms to Melbourne Cup victory
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.
Knight's Choice salutes in Melbourne Cup boilover
Knight's Choice has won the 2024 Melbourne Cup, defeating Warp Speed and Okita Soushi in a thrilling finish at Flemington on Tuesday afternoon.
Outsider Knight's Choice Wins Melbourne Cup Photo-finish Thriller
Rank outsider Knight's Choice upset favourite Buckaroo on Tuesday to win the Aus$8 million (US$5.25 million) Melbourne Cup, earning Irish jockey Robbie Dolan a debut victory in Australia's "race that stops a nation".
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