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]
| Melbourne Cup | |
| Location | Flemington Racecourse Melbourne, Australia |
|---|---|
| Date | 3 November 2009 |
| Winning horse | Shocking |
| Jockey | Corey Brown |
| Trainer | Mark Kavanagh |
| Surface | Grass |
| Attendance | 102,161[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
- "Track records and Attendances". Flemington.com.au. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- 2009 result
- Mark Kavanagh's Shocking wins Melbourne Cup, The Australian, 3 November 2009
- "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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