Melbourne Cup 2017: Rekindling and Corey Brown storm home to claim thrilling win

By Michael Lynch
Updated November 7 2017 - 4:25pm, first published 4:14pm
Rekindling, ridden by jockey Corey Brown, wins the 2017 Melbourne Cup. Photo: AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy
Rekindling, ridden by jockey Corey Brown, wins the 2017 Melbourne Cup. Photo: AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy

Owner Lloyd Williams wrote another chapter in his astonishing Melbourne Cup record when the northern hemisphere trained three-year-old Rekindling triumphed to give young Irish trainer Joseph O'Brien a Melbourne Cup winner at his first attempt.

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