2009 Melbourne Cup

The 2009 Melbourne Cup, the 149th running of Australia's most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race was run on Tuesday, 3 November 2009, starting at 3:00 PM local time (0400 UTC).[2]

2009 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
LocationFlemington Racecourse
Melbourne, Australia
Date3 November 2009
Winning horseShocking
JockeyCorey Brown
TrainerMark Kavanagh
SurfaceGrass
Attendance102,161[1]

The race was won by Shocking.[3] The 9–1 winner, trained by Mark Kavanagh and ridden by Corey Brown, won by three-quarters of a length.[4]

Field

Horses are from Australia, unless otherwise indicated.

Saddle
cloth
Horse Trainer Jockey Weight (kg) Barrier[b] Placing
1 Viewed Bart Cummings Brad Rawiller 58.0 9 7
2 C'est La Guerre(NZ) John Sadler Nicholas Hall 55.5 7 8
3 Fiumicino(NZ) M,W & J Hawkes Steven King 55.5 24 22
4 Master O'Reilly(NZ) Danny O'Brien Vlad Duric 55.0 16 4
5 Mourilyan(IRE) Herman Brown (RSA) Glyn Schofield 54.5 14 3
6 Roman Emperor(NZ) Bart Cummings Hugh Bowman 54.0 15 21
7 Ista Kareem(NZ) Colin Little Luke Nolen 53.5 23 15
8 Crime Scene(IRE) Saeed bin Suroor (UAE) Kerrin McEvoy 53.0 11 2
9 Munsef(GB) Ian Williams (GB) Zac Purton 53.0 5 12
10 Zavite(NZ) Anthony Cummings Mark Zahra 53.0 3 19
11 Alcopop Jake Stephens Dom Tournuer 52.5 12 6
12 Harris Tweed(NZ) Murray & Bjorn Baker Craig Newitt 52.5 20 5
13 Kibbutz(NZ) Jarrod McLean Chris Symons 52.5 8 9
14 Newport Paul Perry Peter Wells 52.5 18 10
15 Warringah(GB) Chris Waller Damien Oliver 52.5 8 23
16 Gallions Reach(NZ) Richard Yuill (NZ) Dwayne Dunn 52.0 6 13
17 Spin Around Steven Cooper (NZ) Mark Du Plessis 52.0 4 20
18 Basaltico(IRE) Luca Cumani (GB) Danny Nikolic 51.5 10 18
19 Capecover(NZ) Alexander R Fieldes (NZ) Noel Harris 51.5 19 17
20 Daffodil(NZ) Kevin Gray (NZ) Chris Munce 51.5 21 11
21 Shocking Mark Kavanagh Corey Brown 51.0 22 1
22 Allez Wonder Bart Cummings Michelle Payne 50.5 13 16
23 Changingoftheguard
(IRE)
David A. Hayes Glen Boss 50.5 1 SCR
24 Leica Ding Darren Weir Craig Williams 50.5 2 14
Notes
  • b Horses in barriers to the outside of the scratched horse will move inwards.

References

  1. "Track records and Attendances". Flemington.com.au. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  2. 2009 result
  3. Mark Kavanagh's Shocking wins Melbourne Cup, The Australian, 3 November 2009
  4. "Shocking claims Melbourne Cup win". BBC Sport. 3 November 2009. Archived from the original on 4 November 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
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