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 has won the $8.5 million Melbourne Cup, edging out Warp Speed in a thrilling photo finish at Flemington Racecourse on Tuesday. The $81 chance stormed home to the winning post on the inside. “It is incredible. I can’t believe it. I don’t even know what to say,” Irish expat jockey Robbie Dolan told Nine after taking out his first Cup.