Rekindling
| Rekindling | |
|---|---|
| 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 O'Brien |
| Record | 10: 4-2-0 |
| Earnings | £2,409,320 |
| Major wins | |
|
Ballysax Stakes (2017) Curragh Cup (2017) Melbourne Cup (2017) |
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| Last updated on 7 November 2017 | |
Rekindling (foaled 23 March 2014) is a British-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse, 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.
Rekindling is a bay horse bred by the Pocock Family at the Stringston Farm in Somerset. As a foal he was consigned to the Tattersalls sale in November 2014 and was bought for 60,000 guineas by the Camas Park Stud. He subsequently entered the ownership of Lloyd Williams and was sent into training with David Wachman in Ireland.
He was from the penultimate crop of foals sired by High Chaparral, who won The Derby in 2002 and the Breeders' Cup Turf in 2002 and 2003. His other progeny have included So You Think, Dundeel and Toronado. Rekindling's dam Sitara showed modest racing ability, winning one minor race in Britain from eight attempts. As a broodmare she also produced Rekindling's full-brother Golden Sword, who won the Chester Vase in 2009. She was a great grandaughter of the French mare Faizebad (foaled 1962), whose other descendants have included Doyoun and Alexandrova.
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