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Knight’s Choice has won Australia’s famous Melbourne Cup, in a dramatically close race which went down to the final few metres.<\/b><\/p>\n

It was Irish jockey Robbie Dolan’s first time in the event, but the second win for New Zealand horse trainer Sheila Laxon.<\/p>\n

Second in the two-mile contest was Warp Speed and third was Okita Soushi, ridden by Jamie Kah – one of a record four female jockeys in the field.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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