A former singer on a Melbourne Cup-themed cruise ship who appeared on television’s The Voice has won Australia’s biggest horse race in a huge 90-1 upset. Irish jockey Robbie Dolan, who was making his debut in “the race that stops a nation”,

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,

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.