Rekindling
| Rekindling | |
|---|---|
Racing silks of Lloyd J Williams | |
| Sire | High Chaparral |
| Grandsire | Sadler's Wells |
| Dam | Sitara |
| Damsire | Salse |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 23 March 2014 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Pocock Family |
| Owner | Lloyd Williams and others |
| Trainer | David Wachman Joseph Patrick O'Brien Liam Howley |
| Record | 11: 4-2-0 |
| Earnings | £2,409,320 |
| Major wins | |
| Ballysax Stakes (2017) Curragh Cup (2017) Melbourne Cup (2017) | |
| Awards | |
| 2017/18 Australian Champion Stayer | |
| Last updated on 7 November 2017 | |
Rekindling (foaled 23 March 2014) is a retired British-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire, who won the 2017 Melbourne Cup. After winning once from three starts in 2016 he developed into a high-class staying colt in the following year, winning the Ballysax Stakes and Curragh Cup as well as producing several good efforts in defeat including a second place in the Irish St Leger Trial Stakes and fourth-place finishes in the Dante Stakes and the St Leger Stakes. In November 2017 he became the youngest horse in 76 years to win the Melbourne Cup.