2007 Melbourne Cup

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. The race was sponsored by the airline Emirates. 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, neither 2006 Melbourne Cup winner Delta Blues nor runner-up Pop Rock participated in the 2007 Melbourne Cup.

Field

These were the confirmed starters, with barrier positions, jockeys, and trainers, for the 2007 Melbourne Cup:

Number	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Weight	Barrier	Placing
1	Tawqeet	David Hayes	Dwayne Dunn	57	3	14
2	Blue Monday	David Hayes	Nash Rawiller	56	14	7
3	Blutigeroo	Colin Little	Luke Nolen	55.5	12	19
4	Gallic	Graeme Rogerson	Stephen Arnold	55.5	24	Scratched
5	Railings	Roger [James (horse trainer)\|Roger James]	Greg Childs	55.5	18	20
6	Efficient (NZ)	Graeme Rogerson	Michael Rodd	54.5	10	1
7	Maybe Better	Brian Mayfield-Smith	Corey Brown	54	7	Scratched
8	Tungsten Strike	Amanda Perrett	Darryll Holland	54	2	21
9	Zipping	Graeme Rogerson	Danny Nikolic	54	22	4
10	Black Tom	David A. Hayes	P A Hall	53.5	21	17
11	Master O'Reilly	Danny O'Brien	Vlad Duric	53.5	17	8
12	Purple Moon	Luca Cumani	Damien Oliver	53.5	15	2
13	Lazer Sharp	David A. Hayes	Blake Shinn	52.5	16	10
14	On a Jeune	Andrew J Payne	Kerrin McEvoy	52.5	4	6
15	Scenic Shot	Daniel Morton	Mark Zahra	52.5	19	16
16	Sarrera	Michael Moroney	Sebastian Murphy	52	23	18
17	Sculptor	Peter Mckenzie	Lisa Cropp	52	8	9
18	Dolphin Jo	Terry & Karina O'Sullivan	Claire Lindop	51.5	1	5
19	Douro Valley	Danny O'Brien	James Winks	51.5	13	11
20	Sirmione	Bart Cummings	Peter Mertens	51.5	20	12
21	The Fuzz	David A. Hayes	Craig Williams	51.5	11	Scratched
22	Eskimo Queen	Michael Moroney	Craig Newitt	51	5	15
23	Princess Coup	Mark Walker	Noel Harris	51	9	13
24	Mahler	Aidan O'Brien	Stephen Baster	50.5	6	3

The favourites for this year's Melbourne Cup were:
1. Master O'Reilly
2. Purple Moon
3. Zipping
4. Sirmione
5. Princess Coup