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Efficient Wins Melbourne Cup

| 12:00 am

Efficient (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}) was a gray streak flying down the lane to just nail Purple Rain (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) on the line to win yesterday's G1 Melbourne Cup at Flemington. Mahler (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) held on for third.