Melbourne — Rekindling won the 157th running of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse on Tuesday, giving Irish trainer Joseph O’Brien a maiden triumph down under and victory over his father’s horse in a thrilling sprint to the line. The four-year-old colt, a 14-1 shot, roared home in the final straight of the 3,200m handicap, reeling in master trainer Aidan O’Brien’s Johannes Vermeer to clinch "the race that stops a nation" by half-a-length. The William Mullins-trained Max Dynamite came third, completing an Irish trifecta, as prerace favourite Marmelo faded to ninth in the $4.76m race. "I just can’t quite believe it," said Joseph O’Brien in front of terraces packed with a festive public holiday crowd. "His prep went really well and [jockey] Corey [Brown] gave him an unbelievable ride. It’s not often in a big race that everything goes so well. Over the moon." Ballydoyle trainer Aidan O’Brien has made a number of bids to win the world’s richest two-mile handicap over the past dec...
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