Rekindling has won the 157th running of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington by a head from Johannes Vermeer.

The British horse took over the lead of the race with less than 100 metres to run and jockey Corey Brown powered it home to claim his second Melbourne Cup, edging the

Max Dynamite finished third.

Joseph O'Brien was the winning trainer beating out his father who had Johannes Vermeer.

"I just can't believe it. I've been back from overseas for nine months. Slowly but surely getting back to where I was. Mate, I can't believe it," Brown said moments after the race was over.

Winning owner Lloyd Williams was thrilled.

"An absolute dream. I am so thrilled," he said. "It is terribly exciting. I can't put it into words to be perfectly honest.

"Just to do it with this 23-year-old. He has been taking the world on. I thought that this horse had some chance and I thought that his run in the Ledger was good and his three-year-old form over there has been very good in the Doncaster Cup."

It was the biggest day of the year for the TAB, with turnover was around $10.36 million.

Across the country 1,718 win bets were placed on race winner Rekindling, paying out more than $230,000.

 

Second
7. JOHANNES VERMEER - Trainer: Aidan O'Brien, jockey: Ben Melham

Fourth
13. BIG DUKE - Trainer: Darren Weir, jockey: Blake Avdulla

The rest of the results are as follows:
5. NAKEETA (18) - Trainer: Iain Jardine, jockey: Glynn Schofield
6. THOMAS HOBSON (21) - Trainer: Wicklow Brave, jockey: Joao Moreira
7. TIBERIAN (4) - Trainer: Alan Couetil, jockey: Olivier Peslier
8. LIBRAN (17) - Trainer: Chris Waller, jockey: Dwayne Dunn
9. MARMELO (5) - Trainer: Hughie Morrison, jockey: Hugh Bowman
10. WICKLOW BRAVE (12) - Trainer: Willie Mullins, jockey: Stephen Baster
11. RED CARDINAL (6) - Trainer: Andreas Wohler, jockey: Kieren McEvoy
12. ALMANDIN (2) - Trainer: Robert Hickmott, jockey: Frankie Dettori
13. CISMONTANE (24) - Trainer: Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, jockey: Beau Mertens
14. AMELIE'S STAR (23) - Trainer: Darren Weir, jockey: Dean Yendall
15. BOOM TIME (15) - Trainers: David and B Hayes and T Dabernig, jockey: Cory Parish
16. WALL OF FIRE (20) - Trainer: Hugo Palmer, jockey: Craig Williams
17. SINGLE GAZE (19) - Trainer: Nick Olive, jockey: Kathy O'Hara
18. US ARMY RANGER (14) - Trainer: Joseph O'Brien, jockey: Jamie Spencer
19. HUMIDOR (3) - Trainer: Darren Weir, jockey: Blake Shinn
20. HARTNELL (1) - Trainer: James Cummings, jockey: Damian Lane
21. VENTURA STORM (10) - Trainers: David and B Hayes and T Dabernig, jockey: Glen Boss
22. BONDI BEACH (8) - Trainer: Robert Hickmott, jockey: Michael Walker
Last
GALLANTE (16) - Trainer: Robert Hickmott, jockey: Michael Dee
Scratched
Who Shot Thebarman (11) - Trainer: Chris Waller, jockey: Tommy Berry

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