The 2006 Melbourne Cup was the 146th running of the Melbourne Cup, a prestigious Australian Thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over , 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.2006 Melbourne Cup result
Field and barriers for the Melbourne Cup at Flemington on Tuesday 7 November after final declarations:
Field
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.
Saddlecloth Form Horse Trainer Jockey Weight Barrier Placing TimeFlemington Race 7 VRC official times1x112Yeats Aidan O'Brien (IRE)Kieren Fallon59 kg47th230x3Delta Blues (JPN)K Sumii (JPN)Yasunari Iwata56 kg101st3:21.4735800Railings John HawkesDarren Beadman55.5 kg212th45511Tawqeet David A. HayesDwayne Dunn55.5 kg819th57424Geordieland Jamie Osborne (GB)Frankie Dettori54 kg918th64607Headturner John HawkesGreg Childs54 kg1813th73600Short Pause D HayesN Callow53.5 kg1614th88324Activation Graeme RogersonMichael Rodd53 kg218th95160Land 'N Stars J Poulton (GB) J Egan53 kg65th104960Mahtoum Kim WaughCorey Brown53 kg76th115056On a Jeune P MontgomerieDarren Gauci53 kg1420th1211x7Pop Rock K Sumii (JPN)Damien Oliver53 kg112nd3:21.50131501Zipping Graeme RogersonGlen Boss52.5 kg194th3:22.43146948Dizelle J HawkesBlake Shinn52 kg2017th156400Ice ChariotR MaundJ Byrne52 kg122nd16x924Kerry O'Reilly Jim Gibbs (NZ)Cameron Lammas52 kg511th17x220Zabeat (NZ) Donna Logan (NZ)Oliver Doleuze52 kg1523rd180045Art Success J CollinsA Pattillo51.5 kg1216th197998Demerger Danny O'BrienStephen Baster51 kg2221st202323Glistening Luca Cumani (GB)Scott Seamer51 kg2310th212151Mandela Richard Yuill (NZ)Craig Williams51 kg139th220306Dolphin Jo T and K O'SullivanA Spiteri50 kg1715th235811Maybe BetterBrian Mayfield-SmithChris Munce50 kg33rd3:22.18
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