2006 Melbourne Cup

2006 Melbourne Cup run over 3200M at Flemington.

Photo finish for 1st place.
Ireland's Yeats was the favourite.

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• 2006

[ThoroughbredWorld]

Delta Blues against his stablemate Pop Rock? WHAT A BATTLE! I remember this so well. Delta Blues is an astounding horse too. Japan dominated the Cup that year for sure!

[balthazarsmith]

how in the world did he hold on to win from leading at the top on the straight like that gutsy win

[amazed66]

@TheDLPVideos if that's the case then fair enough and I don't claim to be any expert on Australian racing but remember Jeune from UK racing, so looked up the horse's career runs record on the Racing Post website and it only had the last 3 runs listed with Hayes as the trainer and the first of those was for the Melbourne Cup win.

[TheDLPVideos]

@amazed66 He didn't have one run for Hayes in Australia lmao, he had 7 races before the Melbourne Cup (including a G1 Underwood win) and had another 17 runs for Hayes after the Melbourne Cup LOL.

[711ATOM]

Mr. Katsuhiko Sumii, the trainer of Delta Blues and Pop Rock, can now put Victoire Pisa's 2011 Dubai World Cup win on his record. He has really become on the best trainers in the world and I hope he will bring some horses to future Melbourne Cup races.

[RaulForPresident]

Lol I remember watching the Caulfield Cup and after seeing Delta Blues get 3rd, immediately said that the horse would win the Cup. Being underage i got my dad to put $5 on it to win. $125 later.....

[scrappy5011]

@emmelby tough as guts!Incredible run.

[SeriouslyWhatTheFark]

I backed Maybe Better e/w, dam I was pissed

[shadowman32au]

i backed delta blues. Because it flew home to second in the caulfield cup that year. Got blocked and was at 80s. Paid 20 for the place. Came second in the caulfield and would have won in a canter if not blocked. A great day for the showdowman

[iloveleah12]

I Backed Mabey Better for the place

[chasersbf]

I had money on Pop Rock.

I'll never forget. God damn it.

[myfrobert]

Yeats only finished 7th here, with the jockey Kieren Fallon stating that his mount just lacked his usual finishing kick and was not suited by the stop-start pace of the race. He was forced to make a big move a mile out to get to the front, ensuring that he maintained his speed for the finishing straight. Maybe we can make a match race between Yeats and Makybe Diva in a computer game called Melbourne Cup Challenge?