- 2007 Melbourne Cup
The 2007 Melbourne Cup, the 147th running of Australia's most prestigious
thoroughbred horse race, was run on Tuesday,November 6 2007 , going at 3:00 PM local time (0400 UTC). The race was sponsored byEmirates Airline . The winner of the race was Efficient, by a half a length, followed by Purple Moon and Mahler in third.Due to the
2007 Australian Equine influenza outbreak , believed to have been started by a horse brought into Australia from Japan, neither2006 Melbourne Cup winner Delta Blues nor runner-up Pop Rock participated in the 2007 Melbourne Cup.Race starters
These were the confirmed starters, with barrier positions, jockeys, and trainers, for the 2007 Melbourne Cup [cite news|url=http://www.flemington.com.au/victoria-racing-club/racing-information-raceday-results.asp?id=58|title=Melbourne Cup Entries|publisher=Flemington Racecourse Website|date=2007-11-03|accessdate=2007-11-03] :
The favourites for this year's Melbourne Cup were:
1. Master O'Reilly2. Purple Moon3. Zipping4. Sirmione5. Princess Coup
Results
[cite news
url = http://www.flemington.com.au/victoria-racing-club/racing-information-raceday-results.asp?id=58
title = Melbourne Cup Results
publisher = Flemington Racecourse Website
date = November 6, 2007
accessdate = 2007-11-06]References
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