2007 Melbourne Cup

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.[1]

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.

Race starters

These were the confirmed starters, with barrier positions, jockeys, and trainers, for the 2007 Melbourne Cup:[2]

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

References

  1. 2007 Melbourne Cup result
  2. "Melbourne Cup Entries". Flemington Racecourse Website. 3 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-03.
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