2007 November | Australia Melbourne Cup and Racing News

Efficient has won the 2007 Melbourne Cup, at Flemington racecourse.

Only 21 horses started the big race after Gallic, The Fuzz and Maybe Better were all scratched and one of the favourites, Miss Finland was pulled out by her trainer.

Mahler made most of the early running alongside with Tungsten Strike, but as the horses came into Flemington’s famous straight, a late surge from Efficient edged out the Cup’s second favourite Purple Moon.

Winning jockey, Michael Rodd said “I just won the Melbourne cup. I just won the cup, I can’t believe it this is just unbelievable to do it on this little horse,” he said.

Purple Moon was second and Mahler third.

Melbourne Cup
Horse (Barrier)	Jockey	Trainer	Fixed Price
TAWQEET (3)	D DUNN	DAVID HAYES	56.00
BLUE MONDAY (14)	N RAWILLER	DAVID HAYES	36.00
BLUTIGEROO (12)	L NOLEN	COLIN LITTLE	26.00
GALLIC (24)	S W ARNOLD	GRAEME ROGERSON	18.00
RAILINGS (18)	G CHILDS	ROGER JAMES	201.00
EFFICIENT (10)	M RODD	GRAEME ROGERSON	17.00
MAYBE BETTER (7)	C BROWN	BRIAN MAYFIELD-SMI	17.00
TUNGSTEN STRIKE (2)	DARRYLL	HOLLAND AMANDA PERRETT	34.00
ZIPPING (22)	D NIKOLIC	GRAEME ROGERSON	8.50
BLACK TOM (21)	P A HALL	DAVID HAYES	201.00
MASTER O’REILLY (17)	V DURIC	DANNY O’BRIEN	5.00
PURPLE MOON (15)	D OLIVER	LUCA CUMANI	8.00
LAZER SHARP (16)	B SHINN	DAVID HAYES	41.00
ON A JEUNE (4)	K MCEVOY	ANDREW J PAYNE	34.00
SCENIC SHOT (19)	M J ZAHRA	DANIEL MORTON	101.00
SARRERA (23)	S MURPHY	MICHAEL MORONEY	81.00
SCULPTOR (8)	L CROPP	PETER MCKENZIE	31.00
DOLPHIN JO (1)	C LINDOP	TERRY & KARINA O’S	61.00
DOURO VALLEY (13)	J M WINKS	DANNY O’BRIEN	41.00
SIRMIONE (20)	P MERTENS	BART CUMMINGS	15.00
THE FUZZ (11)	C WILLIAMS	DAVID HAYES	34.00
ESKIMO QUEEN (5)	C NEWITT	MICHAEL MORONEY	26.00
PRINCESS COUP (9)	N G HARRIS	MARK WALKER	15.00
MAHLER (6)	S BASTER	AIDAN O’BRIEN	10.00

The big race, the $1.5 million dollar AAMI Victoria Derby 2007, witnessed Kibbutz taking the honours! The favourite Marching was third and Villian fourth.

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Horse racing fans flock to ticket agents to buy tickets to the Saturday’s Victoria Derby. The Caulfield Cup and the Cox Plate races created the momentum that is unlikely to stop. With fine weather forecast, Derby Day, Cup Day and Oaks Day should top 100,000 spectators each.

In the $1.5m AAMI Victoria Derby betting, Marching is the favourite with Kibbutz and Villian following close by. However favourites have not had that much luck in the past Victoria Derby events!