5 Oct 2012

Melbourne Cup winner retires

11:44 am on 5 October 2012

The Australian stayer Efficient, the winner of the 2007 Melbourne Cup, has been retired after sustaining a leg injury.

By Zabeel, the sire of two other Melbourne Cup winners - Might And Power and Jezabeel - Efficient raced 29 times for seven wins and just over $5 million in prizemoney.