Delta Blues (デルタブルース, 3 May 2001 – 8 October 2024) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2006 Melbourne Cup.

In doing so he defeated Pop Rock, another Japanese horse, also trained by Katsuhiko Sumii.

[4] Delta Blues won the Best Horse by Home-Bred Sire JRA award in 2004.

[7][8] Delta Blues won the Melbourne Cup by a nose ahead of Pop Rock, with Maybe Better finishing in third place.

[11] Delta Blues died due to complications from laminitis at the Japanese thoroughbred retirement facility, Old Friends Japan, on 8 October 2024.