The Melbourne Cup result in 2006 was a win by the Japanese trained Delta Blues over stablemate Pop Rock with Maybe Better finishing third. A big Spring Carnival crowd of 106,691 people attended the running of the 2006 Melbourne Cup.
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2006 Melbourne Cup winners and placegetters
| Position |
Winner |
Weight |
Jockey |
Odds |
| 1ST |
DELTA BLUES |
56.0 |
Y Iwata |
$17.00 |
| 2ND |
POP ROCK |
53.0 |
D Oliver |
$6.00 |
| 3RD |
MAYBE BETTER |
50.0 |
C Munce |
$10.00 |
| then followed |
|
| 4th |
Zipping |
52.5 |
G Boss |
$10.00 |
| 5th |
Land ‘n Stars |
53.0 |
J Egan |
$201.00 |
| 6th |
Mahtoum |
53.0 |
C Brown |
$201.00 |
| 7th |
Yeats |
59.0 |
K Fallon |
$5.50 |
| 8th |
Activation |
53.0 |
M Rodd |
$21.00 |
| 9th |
Mandela |
51.0 |
C Williams |
$21.00 |
| 10th |
Glistening |
51.0 |
S Seamer |
$81.00 |
| 11th |
Kerry O’Reilly |
52.0 |
C Lammas |
$51.00 |
| 12th |
Railings |
55.5 |
D Beadman |
$51.00 |
| 13th |
Headturner |
54.0 |
G Childs |
$67.00 |
| 14th |
Short Pause |
53.5 |
N Callow |
$201.00 |
| 15th |
Dolphin Jo |
50.0 |
A Spiteri |
$81.00 |
| 16th |
Art Success |
51.5 |
T Pattillo |
$41.00 |
| 17th |
Dizelle |
52.5 |
B Shinn |
$26.00 |
| 18th |
Geordieland |
54.0 |
F Dettori |
$16.00 |
| 19th |
Tawqeet |
55.5 |
D Dunn |
$6.00 |
| 20th |
On A Jeune |
53.0 |
D Gauci |
$21.00 |
| 21st |
Demerger |
51.0 |
S Baster |
$101.00 |
| 22nd |
Ice Chariot |
52.0 |
JiByrne |
$201.00 |
| 23rd |
Zabeat |
52.0 |
O Doleuze |
$201.00 |
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| Margin: 1/2 hd, 4 1/2 len Time: 3.21.50 Crowd: 106,691 |
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