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MELBOURNE, Australia — 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. The unfancied five-year-old was well back turning for home in the two mile handicap at the Flemington racecourse. But Ireland-born jockey Robbie Dolan threaded a path through the field of 23 horses to win in a photo finish from the Japan-trained runner Warp Speed. Okita Soushi was third. The race drew horses from Ireland, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
