2006 Melbourne Cup

The 2006 Melbourne Cup was held on Tuesday, 7 November 2006, in Melbourne, Australia.

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.[1][2]

Field and barriers for the Melbourne Cup at Flemington on Tuesday 7 November after final declarations:[3]

Field
Saddle
cloth		 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) J 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) J Hawkes Greg Childs 54 kg
7 3600 Short Pause (17) D Hayes N Callow 53.5 kg
8 8324 Activation (22) G Rogerson M Rodd 53 kg
9 5160 Land 'N Stars (6) J Poulton (GB) J Egan 53 kg
10 4960 Mahtoum (7) Kim Waugh C 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) G 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) D O'Brien S Baster 51 kg
20 2323 Glistening (24) Luca Cumani (GB) S Seamer 51 kg
21 2151 Mandela (14) R 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.[4]

Result and Official race times

The official race times and placings as released by the VRC.[5]

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

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References
  1. 2006 Melbourne Cup result
  2. Sports, Fox (7 November 2006). "Delta Blues holds on for thrilling win". News.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 November 2008.
  3. "Melbourne Cup field". Fox Sports Australia. 4 November 2006.
  4. "Efficient scratched from Cup". Fox Sports Australia. 7 November 2006.
  5. Flemington Race 7 Archived 1 December 2006 at Archive.today VRC official times
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