2007 Melbourne Cup | |
Horse Race: | Melbourne Cup |
Location: | Flemington Racecourse Melbourne, Australia |
Date: | 6 November 2007 |
Winning Horse: | Efficient |
Winning Jockey: | Michael Rodd |
Winning Trainer: | Graeme Rogerson |
Surface: | Grass |
Attendance: | 102,411[1] |
Previous: | 2006 |
Next: | 2008 |
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.
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 | 56 | 14 | 7 | ||
3 | Blutigeroo | Colin Little | Luke Nolen | 55.5 | 12 | 19 | |
4 | Gallic (NZ) | Stephen Arnold | 55.5 | 24 | Scratched | ||
5 | Greg Childs | 55.5 | 18 | 20 | |||
6 | Efficient (NZ) | Michael Rodd | 54.5 | 10 | 1 | ||
7 | Maybe Better | Brian Mayfield-Smith | 54 | 7 | Scratched | ||
8 | Tungsten Strike (USA) | Amanda Perrett | Darryll Holland | 54 | 2 | 21 | |
9 | 54 | 22 | 4 | ||||
10 | Black Tom | 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 | Blake Shinn | 52.5 | 16 | 10 | ||
14 | Andrew J Payne | Kerrin McEvoy | 52.5 | 4 | 6 | ||
15 | Scenic Shot | Daniel Morton | 52.5 | 19 | 16 | ||
16 | Sarrera | 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) | Craig Williams | 51.5 | 11 | Scratched | ||
22 | Eskimo Queen (NZ) | Michael Moroney | 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'Reilly2. Purple Moon3. Zipping 4. Sirmione5. Princess Coup
Place | Barrier | Horse | Race Time | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 9 | Efficient (NZ) | 3:23.34 | |
2nd | 13 | Purple Moon (IRE) | ||
3rd | 6 | Mahler (GB) | ||
4th | 20 | Zipping | ||
5th | 1 | Dolphin Jo | ||
6th | 4 | On A Jeune | ||
7th | 12 | Blue Monday (GB) | ||
8th | 15 | Master O'Reilly (NZ) | ||
9th | 7 | Sculptor (NZ) | ||
10th | 14 | Lazer Sharp | ||
11th | 11 | Douro Valley | ||
12th | 18 | Sirmione | ||
13th | 8 | Princess Coup | ||
14th | 3 | Tawqeet (USA) | ||
15th | 5 | Eskimo Queen (NZ) | ||
16th | 17 | Scenic Shot | ||
17th | 19 | Black Tom | ||
18th | 21 | Sarrera | ||
19th | 10 | Blutigeroo | ||
20th | 16 | Railings | ||
21st | 2 | Tungsten Strike (USA) | ||
- | - | Scratched | ||
- | - | Scratched | ||
- | - | Scratched |