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Rekindling; pleased for Joseph but couldn’t have a three year old. Glad Nakeeta got 5th.
Well played Rekindling backers. Good to see Joseph O Brien as the winning training as well at 24!Incredible!
Maybe in a few years time he will be trying to break his dads Group 1 record!
Humidor 10/1, Rekindling 12/1 and Max Dynamite 14/1 for me. Best of luck everyone, it’s going to be a long night.
And a long night is made all that shorter.
You couldn’t write the script really, first winning Derbies together as father and son, now making the ‘race that stops a nation’ more of a family feud. Like Lloyd Williams said post-race, father had better watch out..
Hats off to you Degaussed, dare I say that will be a bet you remember for the rest of your life. Bloody brilliant stuff.
video replay link here:
http://racing.hkjc.com/racing/overseas/English/results.aspx?para=/20171107/S2/3
(if error message pops up, hover cursor over bottom right of replay box and click the grey Standard button that shows).
my takeaway is that for these days the Lazy Punter’s Melbourne Cup System puts too much emphasis on participation in the Aussie lead-up races (Makybe Diva, Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, etc).
Well done Rekindling backers – you guys are on fire this morning. I really considered the colt but you can only back so many and I had a gut feeling the Aussies would keep it at home. How wrong was I. A clean sweep! I remember backing Rekindling for the Derby after he won the Ballysax and had him on my side when he won later at the Curragh so I’m happy I wasn’t wrong in thinking in the spring this was a nice horse. I never thought he’d prove it down under though. Again, well done to the winners. Most of the field never really got into it and the likes of Frankie never even threatened.
Follyhoog
you must be jumping around in delight well done I should have listened to you when the light came on 
Well done also Degaussed the pair of you nailed itThings turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...Steady on Steve
No cigar for the English still… Well done Ireland, No weight and a class horse was always a big chance if he ran up to his best.Well done Fellow Rekindling backers.
The guy on the video stood to win 1 million dollars if he picked the winner with a Bookies promo.
THE MOMENT DOMINIC (Mill Park) WON $1,000,000 ON REKINDLING!!!
Winner of the TAB #MelbourneCup Millionaire Promotion.#TABWeLoveABet pic.twitter.com/YGpKTmaY54
— TAB (@tabcomau) November 7, 2017
Well done Fellow Rekindling backers.
The guy on the video stood to win 1 million dollars if he picked the winner with a Bookies promo.
Thats brilliant Botchy, imagine what his heart rate must have been!
Knowing the bookies its probably in free bets as opposed to cash haha
Well done the O’Briens . They have emulated another O’Brien father and son duo by taking first and second in a major race : David O’Brien , of course , trained Secreto to beat his father’s EL Gran Senor in the 1984 Derby .
Although I have attended The Melbourne Cup , it is not a race which gets me over excited . I suppose I can say the same thing about all handicap races on the flat . I put it down to the paucity of class among most of the runners . Rekindling was easily the best horse in this field , even though he could hardly win an argument in Europe all season – he finished 16th of 18 in our Derby , albeit he did improve by stepping up in trip . The same can be said of Johannes Vermeer . A wise decision to book Aussie jockeys for both horses.
Anyhow , congratulations to the backers of Rekindling . He was always travelling smoothly throughout the race and showed true grit and tenacity to get the better of Johannes Vermeer.
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WELL DONE ALL REKINDLING FANS TOP STUFF
And did anyone else notice the first four all single figure draws.
That makes Nakeeta and Thomas Hobsons runs all the more meritsome!!
Doesn’t get you excited…Ok…Did you happen to mention prior that Rekindled was as you say ” easily the best horse in the field “…. Nobody likes the after the facts genius…So can you back up the easily the best with a prior post or are you just full of you know what and wind ??? Waiting….
No cigar for the English still… Well done Ireland, No weight and a class horse was always a big chance if he ran up to his best.
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