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Plenty would have been celebrating big paydays after Robbie Dolan rode 80-1 chance Knight's Choice to glory, with one punter scooping over $3 million by nailing the quinella. But for many more they were probably drowning their sorrows after bets that didn't pay off.

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. The unfancied five-year-old was well back turning for home in the two mile handicap at the Flemington racecourse.

When Knight's Choice was born in the hills of northern New South Wales five years ago, 76-year-old breeder Norm Bazeley never dreamed he would become a stayer in the race that stops the nation.

Dual Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Sheila Laxon wants to take on the world with Knight’s Choice. Speaking at Macedon Lodge on Wednesday, Laxon aired an ambitious goal to become the first Australasian trainer to win the Group 1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Knight’s Choice has already received an invitation to race in Dubai.

Robbie Dolan fulfilled a lifelong dream when he took out Australian racing's biggest prize on Tuesday in a photo finish from Warp Speed - but he had a nervous wait before the result was confirmed.