Melbourne Cup Betting

Melbourne Cup winner Efficient makes a one-off autumn appearance at Flemington tomorrow. Owner Lloyd Williams intends to only run in tomorrow’s Blamey Stakes before setting the Zabeel gelding aside for another tilt at the Cup in November.

Efficient did not win a race between last year’s Cup and the 2006 Victoria Derby and in doing so, became the first horse since Phar Lap to complete the year-to-year double.

He has met with some support in early betting for the Blamey, firming from $18 into $13.

Interestingly, his half-brother Guillotine was set to resume in Sydney tomorrow, but trainer David Payne scratched him after drawing a wide barrier. Guillotine is an early favourite for next month’s AJC Derby and considered by many to be a long term prospect for this year’s Melbourne Cup as well.

Perhaps a family quinella in 2008?

Efficient Won the Melbourne Cup 2007, at the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne. It was a fantastic climax to race, with Efficient making a 200 meter sprint from the outside of the pack, making up a seven horse deficit to win by a head over Purple Moon. This 4 year old, who was trained by Graeme Rogerson, run a truly fantastic race and sure put a lot of smiles on punters faces, when paying out odds of 24 -1 for the win and $7.40 for the place. Efficient won the Victoria Derby at the Melbourne Cup carnival last year but was only ninth to El Segundo in the Cox Plate at his last start. Efficient is already heading bets to starts this race as favorite next year.

Where they finished –

Place Horse Jockey
1St Efficient M Rodd
2nd Purple Moon D Oliver
3rd Mahler S Baster
4th Zipping D Nikolic
5th Dolphin Jo Mc C Lindop
6th On A Jeune K McEnvoy
7th Blue Monday N Rawiller
8th Master O’Reilly V Duric (Fav)
9th Sculptor Ms L Cropp
10th Lazer Sharp B Shinn
11th Douro Valley J Winks
12th Sirminone P Metens
13th Princess Coup N Harris
14th Tawqeet D Dunn
15th Eskimo Queen C Newitt
16th Scenic Shot C Williams
17th Black Tom P Hall
18th Sarrera S Murphy
19th Bluetigeroo L Nolen
20th Railings S Arnold
21st Tungsten Strike D Holland

The Melbourne Cup day is fixed for the first Tuesday in November, and this great Race is held in a Melbourne suburb called Flemington, which was named after a Butcher that once lived there.

The Melbourne Cup is known as one of the world’s greatest races and its History dates back to 1871, when the first ever Melbourne Cup Race was held. The Prize for winning this great race at the time was not a Cup at all but a hand beaten Gold Watch, 17 Horses started the race and the winning horse was called Archer, and he had walked 500 miles from his stable in Nowra, New South Wales, before running in this race.

Australia is a nation that likes its leisure activities and you can be sure that one 2 mile long race every year (The Melbourne Cup) will bring Australia to a standstill. In 2005 this already famous race became even bigger ‘if that was possible’ when Makybe Diva became the only three time winner of the race, this great mare had already set the record for winning the Melbourne Cup twice and she made History also by winning it a third time.

Melbourne Cup Winners from 2000 – 2007

Year Winner Jockey
2000 Brew K McEvoy
2001 Ethereal S Seamer
2002 Media Puzzle D Oliver
2003 Makybe Diva G Boss
2004 Makybe Diva G Boss
2005 Makybe Diva G Boss
2006 Delta Blues Y Iwata
2007 Efficient M Rodd