2006 Melbourne Cup

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2006 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Location Flemington Racecourse
Melbourne, Australia
Date7 November 2006
Winning horse Delta Blues
Jockey Yasunari Iwata
Trainer Katsuhiko Sumii
SurfaceGrass
Attendance106,691 [1]
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Delta Blues in front again from Mandela, 300 left to go, Maybe Better coming on, Zipping battlingly strongly, Pop Rock joining in. Delta Blues in front at the 200, Pop Rock his danger on the outside. Delta Blues by a length, Pop Rock coming at him, Japan 1-2. Oliver weals the whip. Pop Rock trying to get to Delta Blues. Delta Blues and Pop Rock they come to the line oh very close, Delta Blues maybe a nose to Pop Rock, very little between them!

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Commentator Greg Miles describes the climax of the race

The 2006 Melbourne Cup was the 146th 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 2006 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse.

The winner of the 2006 Melbourne Cup was Delta Blues, ridden by Yasunari Iwata, which won by a nose ahead of Pop Rock, with Maybe Better coming in third place. [2] [3]

Field and barriers for the Melbourne Cup at Flemington on Tuesday 7 November after final declarations: [4]

Field

Victoria Derby winner Efficient pulled out of the Melbourne Cup lineup early on Tuesday morning with a knee injury, reducing the field to 23 runners. Efficient was aiming to become the first three-year-old since Skipton in 1941 to claim the Derby-Cup double. Efficient returned a year later and won the 2007 Melbourne Cup.

Tawqeet was inspected by veterinarians early Tuesday after concerns had been raised he may have injured his hoof after pulling the shoe on Monday afternoon. [5]

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Form Horse Trainer Jockey WeightBarrierPlacingTime [6]
1x112 Yeats Aidan O'Brien (Ire) Kieren Fallon 59 kg47th
230x3 Delta Blues K Sumii (Jpn) Yasunari Iwata 56 kg101st3:21.47
35800 Railings John Hawkes Darren Beadman 55.5 kg212th
45511Tawqeet David A. Hayes Dwayne Dunn 55.5 kg819th
57424Geordieland Jamie Osborne (GB) Frankie Dettori 54 kg918th
64607HeadturnerJohn HawkesGreg Childs54 kg1813th
73600Short PauseD HayesN Callow53.5 kg1614th
88324Activation Graeme Rogerson Michael Rodd 53 kg218th
95160Land 'N StarsJ Poulton (GB)J Egan53 kg65th
104960Mahtoum Kim Waugh Corey Brown 53 kg76th
115056 On a Jeune P Montgomerie Darren Gauci 53 kg1420th
1211x7 Pop Rock K Sumii (Jpn) Damien Oliver 53 kg112nd3:21.50
131501 Zipping Graeme Rogerson Glen Boss 52.5 kg194th3:22.43
146948 Dizelle J Hawkes Blake Shinn 52 kg2017th
156400Ice ChariotR MaundJ Byrne52 kg122nd
16x924Kerry O'ReillyJim Gibbs (NZ)Cameron Lammas52 kg511th
17x220Zabeat (NZ)Donna Logan (NZ) Oliver Doleuze 52 kg1523rd
180045Art SuccessJ CollinsA Pattillo51.5 kg1216th
197998DemergerDanny O'BrienStephen Baster51 kg2221st
202323Glistening Luca Cumani (GB)Scott Seamer51 kg2310th
212151 Mandela Richard Yuill (NZ) Craig Williams 51 kg139th
220306Dolphin JoT and K O'SullivanA Spiteri50 kg1715th
235811 Maybe Better Brian Mayfield-Smith Chris Munce 50 kg33rd3:22.18

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References

  1. "Track records and Attendances". Flemington.com.au. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  2. 2006 Melbourne Cup result
  3. Sports, Fox (7 November 2006). "Delta Blues holds on for thrilling win". News.com.au . Archived from the original on 6 November 2008.
  4. "Melbourne Cup field". Fox Sports Australia . 4 November 2006.
  5. "Efficient scratched from Cup". Fox Sports Australia . 7 November 2006.
  6. Flemington Race 7 Archived 1 December 2006 at archive.today VRC official times