2006 Melbourne Cup

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

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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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. Efficient returned a year later and won the 2007 Melbourne Cup.

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]

Saddle
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Form Horse Trainer Jockey Weight Barrier Placing Time[6]
1 x112 Yeats Aidan O'Brien (Ire) Kieren Fallon 59 kg 4 7th
2 30x3 Delta Blues K Sumii (Jpn) Yasunari Iwata 56 kg 10 1st 3:21.47
3 5800 Railings John Hawkes Darren Beadman 55.5 kg 2 12th
4 5511 Tawqeet David A. Hayes Dwayne Dunn 55.5 kg 8 19th
5 7424 Geordieland Jamie Osborne (GB) Frankie Dettori 54 kg 9 18th
6 4607 Headturner John Hawkes Greg Childs 54 kg 18 13th
7 3600 Short Pause D Hayes N Callow 53.5 kg 16 14th
8 8324 Activation Graeme Rogerson Michael Rodd 53 kg 21 8th
9 5160 Land 'N Stars J Poulton (GB) J Egan 53 kg 6 5th
10 4960 Mahtoum Kim Waugh Corey Brown 53 kg 7 6th
11 5056 On a Jeune P Montgomerie Darren Gauci 53 kg 14 20th
12 11x7 Pop Rock K Sumii (Jpn) Damien Oliver 53 kg 11 2nd 3:21.50
13 1501 Zipping Graeme Rogerson Glen Boss 52.5 kg 19 4th 3:22.43
14 6948 Dizelle J Hawkes Blake Shinn 52 kg 20 17th
15 6400 Ice Chariot R Maund J Byrne 52 kg 1 22nd
16 x924 Kerry O'Reilly Jim Gibbs (NZ) Cameron Lammas 52 kg 5 11th
17 x220 Zabeat (NZ) Donna Logan (NZ) Oliver Doleuze 52 kg 15 23rd
18 0045 Art Success J Collins A Pattillo 51.5 kg 12 16th
19 7998 Demerger Danny O'Brien Stephen Baster 51 kg 22 21st
20 2323 Glistening Luca Cumani (GB) Scott Seamer 51 kg 23 10th
21 2151 Mandela Richard Yuill (NZ) Craig Williams 51 kg 13 9th
22 0306 Dolphin Jo T and K O'Sullivan A Spiteri 50 kg 17 15th
23 5811 Maybe Better Brian Mayfield-Smith Chris Munce 50 kg 3 3rd 3:22.18

Video

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References

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  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