The whooping, mostly female crowd at the annual Crown Oaks Club Lunch got more than chicken or fish when Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Robbie Dolan joined singer and honorary Australian Ronan Keating on stage for a celebratory singalong. On top of proving quite handy on top of a horse, Dolan, as some will by now know, has a great voice. He turned three chairs as a contestant on The Voice two years ago and made it to the top 24.
Irish singer Ronan Keating and Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Robbie Dolan. Credit: Lucas Dawson At Flemington on Tuesday, Dolan mentioned his love of Keating in the aftermath of his Cup win. The Irish crooner heard the mention on a TV in the committee room and galloped down to the yard where he embraced the winning jockey.
On Wednesday, the Irishmen joined forces in front of a fascinator-clad crowd old enough to remember Boyzone to sing When You Say Nothing At All and the classic Brown Eyed Girl , Dolan clutching the winning jockey’s cup the whole time. But when it came to the finale, Keating’s hit, Rollercoaster , Dolan couldn’t keep up his on-stage charm and admitted to not knowing the words. But as the most popular guy in the room — by a photo finish over the ebullient Keating — Dolan was easily forgiven.
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