2007 Melbourne Cup

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2007 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Location Flemington Racecourse
Melbourne, Australia
Date6 November 2007
Winning horse Efficient
Jockey Michael Rodd
Trainer Graeme Rogerson
SurfaceGrass
Attendance102,411 [1]
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Mahler the leader in the Cup from Purple Moon, Sculptor, Douro Valley the rail, Lazer Sharp runs on, Zipping and Efficient is coming down the outside. Purple Moon for Ollie got to Mahler now, here comes Efficient he's mowing them down out wide. Purple Moon in front, Efficient the only danger. Purple Moon in front, Efficient is getting there, Efficient getting to Purple Moon, Efficient is going to win the Cup half a length to Purple Moon!

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Commentator Greg Miles describes the climax of the race

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]

NumberHorseTrainerJockeyWeight (kg)BarrierPlacing
1Tawqeet (USA)David Hayes Dwayne Dunn 573
2Blue Monday (GB)David Hayes Nash Rawiller 5614
3BlutigerooColin Little Luke Nolen 55.512
4Gallic (NZ) Graeme Rogerson Stephen Arnold55.524Scratched
5 Railings Roger James Greg Childs55.51820
Efficient (NZ) Graeme Rogerson Michael Rodd 54.510
7Maybe BetterBrian Mayfield-Smith Corey Brown 547Scratched
8Tungsten Strike (USA) Amanda Perrett Darryll Holland 542
9 Zipping Graeme Rogerson Danny Nikolic 5422
10Black Tom David A. Hayes P A Hall53.521
11 Master O'Reilly (NZ)Danny O'BrienVlad Duric53.517
12Purple Moon (IRE) Luca Cumani Damien Oliver 53.515
13Lazer Sharp David A. Hayes Blake Shinn 52.516
14 On a Jeune Andrew J Payne Kerrin McEvoy 52.54
15Scenic ShotDaniel Morton Mark Zahra 52.519
16 Sarrera Michael Moroney Sebastian Murphy 5223
17Sculptor (NZ)Peter MckenzieLisa Cropp528
18Dolphin JoTerry & Karina O'SullivanClaire Lindop51.51
19Douro ValleyDanny O'BrienJames Winks51.513
20 Sirmione Bart Cummings Peter Mertens51.520
21The Fuzz (NZ) David A. Hayes Craig Williams 51.511Scratched
22Eskimo Queen (NZ) Michael Moroney Craig Newitt 515
23 Princess Coup Mark Walker Noel Harris 519
24Mahler (GB) Aidan O'Brien Stephen Baster50.56

The favourites for this year's Melbourne Cup were:

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

Results

PlaceBarrierHorseRace Time
1st9Efficient (NZ)3:23.34
2nd13Purple Moon (IRE)
3rd6Mahler (GB)
4th20Zipping
5th1Dolphin Jo
6th4On A Jeune
7th12Blue Monday (GB)
8th15Master O'Reilly (NZ)
9th7Sculptor (NZ)
10th14Lazer Sharp
11th11Douro Valley
12th18Sirmione
13th8Princess Coup
14th3Tawqeet (USA)
15th5Eskimo Queen (NZ)
16th17Scenic Shot
17th19Black Tom
18th21Sarrera
19th10Blutigeroo
20th16Railings
21st2Tungsten Strike (USA)
--Gallic (NZ)Scratched
--Maybe BetterScratched
--The Fuzz (NZ)Scratched

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