Melbourne Cup winning jockey Robbie Dolan isn't just a talented hoop - he can also hold a tune better than most people. Dolan, 28, featured on The Voice in 2022, turning three chairs before joining the team of British singer and songwriter Rita Ora with ...

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.

Plenty would have been celebrating big paydays after Robbie Dolan rode 80-1 chance Knight's Choice to glory, with one punter scooping over $3 million by nailing the quinella. But for many more they were probably drowning their sorrows after bets that didn't pay off.

Dual Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Sheila Laxon wants to take on the world with Knight’s Choice. Speaking at Macedon Lodge on Wednesday, Laxon aired an ambitious goal to become the first Australasian trainer to win the Group 1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Knight’s Choice has already received an invitation to race in Dubai.

Kristen Manning/The Thoroughbred Report Extreme Choice (Aus) made history in the 2024 G1 Melbourne Cup by siring the longshot Knight's Choice (Aus), who stunned as Australia's top stayer. For Sheila Laxon,

Knight's Choice etched his name into Australian folklore when running out a shock winner of the Melbourne Cup (G1) Nov. 5 at Flemington and in the process provided his sire, Newgate Farm resident Extreme Choice,

Robbie Dolan fulfilled a lifelong dream when he took out Australian racing's biggest prize on Tuesday in a photo finish from Warp Speed - but he had a nervous wait before the result was confirmed.