{"id":16450,"date":"2024-11-05T07:53:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T07:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=16450"},"modified":"2024-11-05T08:16:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T08:16:09","slug":"melbourne-cup-result-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/melbourne-cup-result-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: 2024 Melbourne Cup Result Sees Knight’s Choice Win In 90\/1 Upset"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2024 Melbourne Cup result saw one of the biggest shocks in the history of the race as 90\/1 shot KNIGHT’S CHOICE won the $8m contest that is dubbed ‘The Race That Stops A Nation’<\/em> for singing Irish jockey Robbie Dolan.
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Singing Jockey Robbie Dolan Gets The Right Tune Out Of Knight’s Choice To Win 2024 Melbourne Cup at 90\/1
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The Willie Mullins-trained Vauban had been one of the 2024 Melbourne Cup fancies with the best horse betting sites in the UK<\/a> but in what was his second try in the race, the Irish raider finished well down the field again under William Buick.<\/p>\n

However, in 2015 the race produced a 100\/1 winner in Prince Of Penzance and history was repeating itself as the 2024 Melbourne Cup result produced another shock winner when outsider KNIGHT’S CHOICE<\/strong> came with a weaving late run to get up on the line – winning at 90\/1.<\/p>\n

It was a first win in the race for horse racing<\/a> trainer John Symons but the second for Sheila Laxon, with the pair having a joint licence, after she won the Melbourne Cup in 2001 with Ethereal.<\/p>\n

While it was also a first win in Aussie showpiece race for Irish jockey Robbie Dolan – who is based in Australia and bizarrely was also a finalist on ‘The Voice Australia’ (watch below).<\/p>\n

Singer turned jockey Dolan, who is based Down Under, certain got the right tune out of his mount Knight’s Choice – cutting through the pack down the Flemington straight and getting his 5 year-old’s head up on the line.<\/p>\n

The Japanese raider Warp Speed was a close second, with the former Joseph O’Brien-trained Okita Soushi in third and Godolphin’s Zardozi in fourth under jockey Andrea Atzeni.<\/p>\n

Of the European raiders, Absurde did the best in 5th, while Vauban and Onesmoothoperator trailed in 11th and 12th, with Sea King, for Hollie Doyle, back in 14th.<\/p>\n

Buckaroo, the 2024 Melbourne Cup favourite<\/a>, ended the race in 9th.<\/p>\n

The shock Melbourne Cup result also landed a lucky punter A$3.2m<\/a> after picking the first four horses home.<\/p>\n

WATCH: 2024 Melbourne Cup Replay As Knight’s Choice Wins at 90\/1
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See the 2024 Melbourne Cup race in full below – and witness for yourself the winning late run of Knight’s Choice.<\/p>\n