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]
Results
Saddle cloth |
Form | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Weight |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | x112 | Yeats (4) | A. O'Brien (Ire) | K Fallon | 59 kg |
2 | 30x3 | Delta Blues(11) | K Sumii (Jpn) | Y Iwata | 56 kg |
3 | 5800 | Railings (2) | J Hawkes | D Beadman | 55.5 kg |
4 | 5511 | Tawqeet (9) | D Hayes | D Dunn | 55.5 kg |
5 | 7424 | Geordieland (10) | J Osborne (GB) | L Dettori | 54 kg |
6 | 4607 | Headturner (19) | J Hawkes | G 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) | K Waugh | C Brown | 53 kg |
11 | 5056 | On a Jeune (15) | P Montgomerie | D Gauci | 53 kg |
12 | 11x7 | Pop Rock (12) | K Sumii (Jpn) | D Oliver | 53 kg |
13 | 1501 | Zipping (20) | G Rogerson | G Boss | 52.5 kg |
14 | 6948 | Dizelle (21) | J Hawkes | B Shinn | 52 kg |
15 | 6400 | Ice Chariot (1) | R Maund | J Byrne | 52 kg |
16 | x924 | Kerry O'Reilly (5) | J Gibbs (NZ) | C Lammas | 52 kg |
17 | x220 | Zabeat (16) | D Logan (NZ) | O 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) | L Cumani (GB) | S Seamer | 51 kg |
21 | 2151 | Mandela (14) | R Yuill (NZ) | C 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 | C 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]
Official race times
The official race times and placings as released by the VRC.[5]
Place | Barrier | Horse | Race Time |
---|---|---|---|
1st | 10 | Delta Blues (JPN) | 3:21.47 |
2nd | 11 | Pop Rock (JPN) | 3:21.50 |
3rd | 3 | Maybe Better | 3:22.18 |
4th | 19 | Zipping | 3:22.43 |
5th | 6 | Land 'n Stars (GB) | 3:22.71 |
6th | 7 | Mahtoum | |
7th | 4 | Yeats | |
8th | 21 | Activation | |
9th | 13 | Mandela | |
10th | 23 | Glistening | |
11th | 5 | Kerry O'Reilly | |
12th | 2 | Railings | |
13th | 18 | Headturner | |
14th | 16 | Short Pause | |
15th | 17 | Dolphin Jo | |
16th | 12 | Art Success | |
17th | 20 | Dizelle | |
18th | 9 | Geordieland | |
19th | 8 | Tawqeet | |
20th | 14 | On A Jeune | |
21st | 22 | Demerger | |
22nd | 1 | Ice Chariot | |
23rd | 15 | Zabeat (NZ) | 3:29.75 |
- | - | Scratched |
Video
- Race video on YouTube
References
- ↑ 2006 Melbourne Cup result
- ↑ Sports, Fox (7 November 2006). "Delta Blues holds on for thrilling win". News.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 November 2008.
- ↑ "Melbourne Cup field". Fox Sports Australia. 4 November 2006.
- ↑ "Efficient scratched from Cup". Fox Sports Australia. 7 November 2006.
- ↑ Flemington Race 7 VRC official times