2007 Melbourne Cup

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2007 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
LocationFlemington Racecourse
Melbourne, Australia
Date6 November 2007
Winning horseEfficient
JockeyMichael Rodd
TrainerGraeme Rogerson
SurfaceGrass
Attendance102,411[1]
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The 2007 Melbourne Cup, the 147th running of Australia's most prestigious thoroughbred horse race, was run on Tuesday, 6 November 2007, going at 3:00 pm local time (0400 UTC). The race was sponsored by Emirates Airline. The winner of the race was Efficient, by a half a length, followed by Purple Moon and Mahler in third.[2]

Due to the 2007 Australian Equine influenza outbreak, believed to have been started by a horse brought into Australia from Japan, neither 2006 Melbourne Cup winner Delta Blues nor runner-up Pop Rock participated in the 2007 Melbourne Cup.

Field[]

These were the confirmed starters, with barrier positions, jockeys, and trainers, for the 2007 Melbourne Cup:[3]

Number Horse Trainer Jockey Weight (kg) Barrier Placing
1 Tawqeet (USA) David Hayes Dwayne Dunn 57 3 14
2 Blue Monday (GB) David Hayes Nash Rawiller 56 14 7
3 Blutigeroo Colin Little Luke Nolen 55.5 12 19
4 Gallic (NZ) Graeme Rogerson Stephen Arnold 55.5 24 Scratched
5 Railings Roger James Greg Childs 55.5 18 20
6 Efficient (NZ) Graeme Rogerson Michael Rodd 54.5 10 1
7 Maybe Better Brian Mayfield-Smith Corey Brown 54 7 Scratched
8 Tungsten Strike (USA) Amanda Perrett Darryll Holland 54 2 21
9 Zipping Graeme Rogerson Danny Nikolic 54 22 4
10 Black Tom David A. Hayes P A Hall 53.5 21 17
11 Master O'Reilly (NZ) Danny O'Brien Vlad Duric 53.5 17 8
12 Purple Moon (IRE) Luca Cumani Damien Oliver 53.5 15 2
13 Lazer Sharp David A. Hayes Blake Shinn 52.5 16 10
14 On a Jeune Andrew J Payne Kerrin McEvoy 52.5 4 6
15 Scenic Shot Daniel Morton Mark Zahra 52.5 19 16
16 Michael Moroney S Murphy 52 23 18
17 Sculptor (NZ) Peter Mckenzie Lisa Cropp 52 8 9
18 Dolphin Jo Terry & Karina O'Sullivan Claire Lindop 51.5 1 5
19 Douro Valley Danny O'Brien James Winks 51.5 13 11
20 Sirmione Bart Cummings P Mertens 51.5 20 12
21 The Fuzz (NZ) David A. Hayes Craig Williams 51.5 11 Scratched
22 Eskimo Queen (NZ) Michael Moroney Craig Newitt 51 5 15
23 Princess Coup Mark Walker Noel Harris 51 9 13
24 Mahler (GB) Aidan O'Brien Stephen Baster 50.5 6 3

The favourites for this year's Melbourne Cup were:

1. Master O'Reilly 2. Purple Moon 3. Zipping 4. Sirmione 5. Princess Coup

Results[]

Place Barrier Horse Race Time
1st 9 Efficient (NZ) 3:23.34
2nd 13 Purple Moon (IRE)
3rd 6 Mahler (GB)
4th 20 Zipping
5th 1 Dolphin Jo
6th 4 On A Jeune
7th 12 Blue Monday (GB)
8th 15 Master O'Reilly (NZ)
9th 7 Sculptor (NZ)
10th 14 Lazer Sharp
11th 11 Douro Valley
12th 18 Sirmione
13th 8 Princess Coup
14th 3 Tawqeet (USA)
15th 5 Eskimo Queen (NZ)
16th 17 Scenic Shot
17th 19 Black Tom
18th 21 Sarrera
19th 10 Blutigeroo
20th 16 Railings
21st 2 Tungsten Strike (USA)
- - Gallic (NZ) Scratched
- - Maybe Better Scratched
- - The Fuzz (NZ) Scratched

References[]

  1. ^ "Track records and Attendances". Flemington.com.au. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  2. ^ 2007 Melbourne Cup result
  3. ^ "Melbourne Cup Entries". Flemington Racecourse Website. 3 November 2007. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 3 November 2007.
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