A crowd of 47,551, the third highest attendance at Caulfield in 31 years, saw imported five-year-old stallion Tawqeet win the $2,515,000 BMW Caulfield Cup on Saturday, 21 October 2006, under a magnificent ride from jockey Dwayne Dunn.
Dunn weaved Tawqeet through an inside opening in the main straight and powered to an exciting victory, providing trainer David Hayes with a second success in the Melbourne Racing Club's premier Group One event, following his earlier win with Fraar in 1993.
Starting at tote odds of $17, Tawqeet defeated Aqua D'Amore ($31) by a long neck, with Japanese outsider *Delta Blues ($81) a half length adrift in third position. Race favourite Sphenophyta ($4.40) finished fifth.
Carrying 53.5kg and starting from barrier two, Tawqeet covered the 2400 metre journey in 2 minutes 27.69 seconds on a Good 3 rated track.
The unplaced horses in finishing order and beaten margin were:
| 4th | Activation - 3/4 length | |
| 5th | Sphenophyta - 1 length | |
| 6th | Our Smoking Joe - 1 1/4 lengths | |
| 7th | *Pop Rock - 1 1/2 lengths | |
| 8th | Dizelle - 1 3/4 lengths | |
| 9th | Serenade Rose - 2 lengths | |
| 10th | Railings - 3 1/4 lengths | |
| 11th | Grand Zulu - 4 1/2 lengths | |
| 12th | Zipping - 4 1/2 lengths | |
| 13th | Growl - 5 1/4 lengths | |
| 14th | Headturner - 8 1/2 lengths | |
| 15th | Ice Chariot - 9 1/4 lengths | |
| 16th | Roman Arch - 11 1/4 lengths | |
| 17th | Short Pause - 14 1/4 lengths | |
| 18th | Land 'N Stars - 18 lengths |
*Japan trained horses: Delta Blues, Pop Rock
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