2006 Melbourne Cup

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.

2006 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
LocationFlemington Racecourse
Melbourne, Australia
Date7 November 2006
Winning horseDelta Blues
JockeyYasunari Iwata
TrainerKatsuhiko Sumii
SurfaceGrass
Attendance106,691[1]

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!

Commentator Greg Miles describes the climax of the race

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

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Form Horse Trainer Jockey Weight
1 x112 Yeats (4) Aidan O'Brien (Ire) Kieren Fallon 59 kg
2 30x3 Delta Blues(11) K Sumii (Jpn) Yasunari Iwata 56 kg
3 5800 Railings (2) John Hawkes Darren Beadman 55.5 kg
4 5511 Tawqeet (9) David A. Hayes D Dunn 55.5 kg
5 7424 Geordieland (10) Jamie Osborne (GB) Frankie Dettori 54 kg
6 4607 Headturner (19) John Hawkes Greg Childs 54 kg
7 3600 Short Pause (17) D Hayes N Callow 53.5 kg
8 8324 Activation (22) Graeme Rogerson Michael Rodd 53 kg
9 5160 Land 'N Stars (6) J Poulton (GB) J Egan 53 kg
10 4960 Mahtoum (7) Kim Waugh Corey Brown 53 kg
11 5056 On a Jeune (15) P Montgomerie Darren Gauci 53 kg
12 11x7 Pop Rock (12) K Sumii (Jpn) Damien Oliver 53 kg
13 1501 Zipping (20) Graeme Rogerson Glen Boss 52.5 kg
14 6948 Dizelle (21) J Hawkes Blake Shinn 52 kg
15 6400 Ice Chariot (1) R Maund J Byrne 52 kg
16 x924 Kerry O'Reilly (5) Jim Gibbs (NZ) Cameron Lammas 52 kg
17 x220 Zabeat (16) D Logan (NZ) Oliver Doleuze 52 kg
18 0045 Art Success (13) J Collins A Pattillo 51.5 kg
19 7998 Demerger (23) Danny O'Brien Stephen Baster 51 kg
20 2323 Glistening (24) Luca Cumani (GB) S Seamer 51 kg
21 2151 Mandela (14) Richard Yuill (NZ) Craig Williams 51 kg
22 0306 Dolphin Jo (18) T and K O'Sullivan A Spiteri 50 kg
23 5811 Maybe Better (3) B Mayfield-Smith Chris Munce 50 kg

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. 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]

Result and Official race times

The official race times and placings as released by the VRC.[6]

Place Barrier Horse Race Time
1st10Delta Blues (JPN)3:21.47
2nd11Pop Rock (JPN)3:21.50
3rd3Maybe Better3:22.18
4th19Zipping3:22.43
5th6Land 'n Stars (GB)3:22.71
6th7Mahtoum
7th4Yeats
8th21Activation
9th13Mandela
10th23Glistening
11th5Kerry O'Reilly
12th2Railings
13th18Headturner
14th16Short Pause
15th17Dolphin Jo
16th12Art Success
17th20Dizelle
18th9Geordieland
19th8Tawqeet
20th14On A Jeune
21st22Demerger
22nd1Ice Chariot
23rd15Zabeat (NZ)3:29.75
--EfficientScratched

Video

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
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