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The 2007 Melbourne Cup, the 147th running of Australia's most prestigious thoroughbred horse race, was run on Tuesday, 6 November 2007, going at 3:00 pm local time (0400 UTC). The race was sponsored by Emirates Airline. The winner of the race was Efficient, by a half a length, followed by Purple Moon and Mahler in third.[1] Due to the 2007 Australian Equine influenza outbreak, believed to have been started by a horse brought into Australia from Japan, neither 2006 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[2]: | Entry Order | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Weight (kg) | Barrier | Placing | | 1 | Tawqeet (USA) | David Hayes | D Dunn | 57 | 3 | 14th | | 2 | Blue Monday (GB) | David Hayes | N Rawiller | 56 | 14 | 7th | | 3 | Blutigeroo | Colin Little | L Nolen | 55.5 | 12 | 19th | | 4 | Gallic **SCRATCHED** (NZ) | Graeme Rogerson | S W Arnold | 55.5 | 24 | | | 5 | Railings | Roger James | G Childs | 55.5 | 18 | 20th | | 6 | Efficient (NZ) | Graeme Rogerson | M Rodd | 54.5 | 10 | 1st | | 7 | Maybe Better **SCRATCHED** | Brian Mayfield-Smith | C Brown | 54 | 7 | | | 8 | Tungsten Strike (USA) | Amanda Perrett | Darryll Holland | 54 | 2 | 21st (Last) | | 9 | Zipping | Graeme Rogerson | D Nikolic | 54 | 22 | 4th | | 10 | Black Tom | David Hayes | P A Hall | 53.5 | 21 | 17th | | 11 | Master O'Reilly (NZ) | Danny O'Brien | V Duric | 53.5 | 17 | 8th | | 12 | Purple Moon (IRE) | Luca Cumani | D Oliver | 53.5 | 15 | 2nd | | 13 | Lazer Sharp | David Hayes | B Shinn | 52.5 | 16 | 10th | | 14 | On a Jeune | Andrew J Payne | K McEvoy | 52.5 | 4 | 6th | | 15 | Scenic Shot | Daniel Morton | M J Zahra | 52.5 | 19 | 16th | | 16 | Sarrera | Michael Moroney | S Murphy | 52 | 23 | 18th | | 17 | Sculptor (NZ) | Peter Mckenzie | L Cropp | 52 | 8 | 9th | | 18 | Dolphin Jo | Terry & Karina O'Sullivan | C Lindop | 51.5 | 1 | 5th | | 19 | Douro Valley | Danny O'Brien | J M Winks | 51.5 | 13 | 11th | | 20 | Sirmione | Bart Cummings | P Mertens | 51.5 | 20 | 12th | | 21 | The Fuzz **SCRATCHED** (NZ) | David Hayes | C Williams | 51.5 | 11 | | | 22 | Eskimo Queen (NZ) | Michael Moroney | C Newitt | 51 | 5 | 15th | | 23 | Princess Coup | Mark Walker | N G Harris | 51 | 9 | 13th | | 24 | Mahler (GB) | Aidan O'Brien | S Baster | 50.5 | 6 | 3rd | The favourites for this year's Melbourne Cup were: 1. Master O'Reilly 2. Purple Moon 3. Zipping 4. Sirmione 5. Princess Coup Results | Place | Barrier | Horse | Race Time | | 1st | 9 | Efficient (NZ) | 3:23.34 | | 2nd | 13 | Purple Moon (IRE) | | | 3rd | 6 | Mahler (GB) | | | 4th | 20 | Zipping | | | 5th | 1 | Dolphin Jo | | | 6th | 4 | On A Jeune | | | 7th | 12 | Blue Monday (GB) | | | 8th | 15 | Master O'Reilly (NZ) | | | 9th | 7 | Sculptor (NZ) | | | 10th | 14 | Lazer Sharp | | | 11th | 11 | Douro Valley | | | 12th | 18 | Sirmione | | | 13th | 8 | Princess Coup | | | 14th | 3 | Tawqeet (USA) | | | 15th | 5 | Eskimo Queen (NZ) | | | 16th | 17 | Scenic Shot | | | 17th | 19 | Black Tom | | | 18th | 21 | Sarrera | | | 19th | 10 | Blutigeroo | | | 20th | 16 | Railings | | | 21st | 2 | Tungsten Strike (USA) | | | - | - | Gallic (NZ) | Scratched | | - | - | Maybe Better | Scratched | | - | - | The Fuzz (NZ) | Scratched | References
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