Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Sheila Laxon has lifted the lid on her unique first encounter with jockey Robbie Dolan.

Rank outsider Knight’s Choice won the 164th edition of the Melbourne Cup, with Dolan visibly emotional in the immediate aftermath of the race.

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Laxon, who last trained a Melbourne Cup winner in 2001, told her working relationship with Robbie Dolan began aboard a cruise ship.

“We both on a P&O cruise a couple of years ago,” she said on Wide World of Sports.

“He didn’t know who I was and I didn’t know who he was.”

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