| Melbourne Cup | |
| Location | Flemington Racecourse Melbourne, Australia |
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| Date | 7 November 2017 |
| Winning horse | Rekindling |
| Starting price | $15 |
| Jockey | Corey Brown |
| Trainer | Joseph O'Brien |
| Surface | Grass |
| Attendance | 90,536[1] |
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Johannes Vermeer takes the lead, 200 meters to go, Johannes Vermeer in front but here comes Rekindling. Johannes Vermeer, Rekindling, Max Dynamite back to the inside at the hundred. Johannes Vermeer, Rekindling wearing it down, Johannes Vermeer and Rekindling stride for stride, Rekindling has won the Emirates Melbourne Cup!
Commentator Matt Hill describes the climax of the race
The 2017 Emirates Melbourne Cup was the 157th running of the Melbourne Cup, a prestigious Australian Thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), was held on 7 November 2017 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse.
The race was won by Rekindling (foaled 23 March 2014) who was the first 3 year old horse to win the Cup since Skipton in 1941. He was ridden by Corey Brown and trained by Joseph O'Brien.[2][3][4] Johannes Vermeer finished second and Max Dynamite was third.
| Number | Horse[5] | Trainer | Jockey | Weight (kg) | Barrier | Placing |
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| 1 | Hartnell | James Cummings | Damian Lane | 57.5 | 12 | 20 |
| 2 | Almandin | Robert Hickmott | Frankie Dettori | 56.5 | 14 | 12 |
| 3 | Humidor | Darren Weir | Blake Shinn | 56 | 13 | 19 |
| 4 | Tiberian | Alan Couteil | Olivier Peslier | 55.5 | 23 | 7 |
| 5 | Marmelo | Hughie Morrison | Hugh Bowman | 55 | 16 | 9 |
| 6 | Red Cardinal | Andreas Wohler | Kerrin McEvoy | 55 | 24 | 11 |
| 7 | Johannes Vermeer | Aidan O'Brien | Ben Melham | 54.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | Bondi Beach | Robert Hickmott | Michael Walker | 54 | 1 | 22 |
| 9 | Max Dynamite | Willie Mullins | Zac Purton | 54 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Ventura Storm | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Glen Boss | 54 | 6 | 21 |
| 11 | Who Shot Thebarman | Chris Waller | Tommy Berry | 54 | 20 | Scratched |
| 12 | Wicklow Brave | Willie Mullins | Stephen Baster | 54 | 8 | 10 |
| 13 | Big Duke | Darren Weir | Brenton Avdulla | 53.5 | 5 | 4 |
| 14 | US Army Ranger | Joseph O'Brien | Jamie Spencer | 53.5 | 22 | 18 |
| 15 | Boom Time | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Cory Parish | 53 | 9 | 15 |
| 16 | Gallante | Robert Hickmott | Michael Dee | 53 | 18 | 23 |
| 17 | Libran | Chris Waller | Dwayne Dunn | 53 | 7 | 8 |
| 18 | Nakeeta | Iain Jardine | Glyn Schofield | 53 | 19 | 5 |
| 19 | Single Gaze | Nick Olive | Kathy O’Hara | 53 | 11 | 17 |
| 20 | Wall of Fire | Hugo Palmer | Craig Williams | 53 | 15 | 16 |
| 21 | Thomas Hobson | Willie Mullins | Ben Allen | 52 | 21 | 6 |
| 22 | Rekindling | Joseph O’Brien | Corey Brown | 51.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 23 | Amelie’s Star | Darren Weir | Dean Yendall | 51 | 10 | 14 |
| 24 | Cismontane | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Beau Mertens | 50 | 17 | 13 |
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