2007 Melbourne Cup confirmed starters, with barrier positions, jockeys, and trainers, for the 2007 Melbourne Cup: The favourites for this year's Melbourne Cup were: 1. Master O'Reilly 2. Purple Moon 3. Zipping 4. Sirmione 5. Princess Coup 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 (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. Due to the 2007 Australian Equine influenza
Horse racing in Wales Horse racing in Wales Horse racing in Wales has a long tradition dating back to the 18th century. Wales has held flat racing, National Hunt and harness racing, and presently has three racecourses, at Chepstow, Bangor-on-Dee and Ffos Las. The Welsh National is held annually at Chepstow between Christmas and New Year and is the highlight of the Welsh racing calendar. Organised horse racing in Wales originated with the gentry and aristocracy and among the earliest organised racing were point-to-point meetings. By 1833 there were internationally recognised flat races at many locations around the country, including Cowbridge, Haverfordwest, Conwy, Aberystwyth,