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.[2]

2007 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
LocationFlemington Racecourse
Melbourne, Australia
Date6 November 2007
Winning horseEfficient
JockeyMichael Rodd
TrainerGraeme Rogerson
SurfaceGrass
Attendance102,411[1]

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!

Commentator Greg Miles describes the climax of the race

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 Sarrera Michael Moroney Sebastian 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 Peter 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
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. "Track records and Attendances". Flemington.com.au. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  2. "2007 Melbourne Cup result". Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  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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