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2009 Melbourne Cup
Australian horse race
Australian horse race
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2009 Melbourne Cup |
| horse race | Melbourne Cup |
| location | Flemington Racecourse |
| Melbourne, Australia | |
| date | 3 November 2009 |
| winning horse | Shocking |
| winning jockey | Corey Brown |
| winning trainer | Mark Kavanagh |
| surface | Grass |
| attendance | 102,161 |
| previous | [2008](2008-melbourne-cup) |
| next | [2010](2010-melbourne-cup) |
Melbourne, Australia
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).
The race was won by Shocking. The 9–1 winner, trained by Mark Kavanagh and ridden by Corey Brown, won by three-quarters of a length.
Field
Horses are from Australia, unless otherwise indicated.
| Saddle | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cloth | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Weight (kg) | Barrier | Placing |
| 1 | Viewed | Bart Cummings | Brad Rawiller | 58.0 | 9 | 7th |
| 2nd | C'est La Guerre (NZ) | John Sadler | Nicholas Hall | 55.5 | 7 | 8th |
| 3 | Fiumicino (NZ) | M, W & J Hawkes | Steven King | 55.5 | 24 | 22nd |
| 4 | Master O'Reilly (NZ) | Danny O'Brien | Vlad Duric | 55.0 | 16 | 4th |
| 5 | Mourilyan (IRE) | Herman Brown (RSA) | Glyn Schofield | 54.5 | 14 | 3rd |
| 6 | Roman Emperor (NZ) | Bart Cummings | Hugh Bowman | 54.0 | 15 | 21st |
| 7 | Ista Kareem (NZ) | Colin Little | Luke Nolen | 53.5 | 23 | 15th |
| 8 | Crime Scene (IRE) | Saeed bin Suroor (UAE) | Kerrin McEvoy | 53.0 | 11 | 2nd |
| 9 | Munsef (GB) | Ian Williams (GB) | Zac Purton | 53.0 | 5 | 12th |
| 10 | Zavite (NZ) | Anthony Cummings | Mark Zahra | 53.0 | 3 | 19th |
| 11 | Alcopop | Jake Stephens | Dom Tournuer | 52.5 | 12 | 6th |
| 12 | Harris Tweed (NZ) | Murray & Bjorn Baker | Craig Newitt | 52.5 | 20 | 5th |
| 13 | Kibbutz (NZ) | Jarrod McLean | Chris Symons | 52.5 | 8 | 9th |
| 14 | Newport | Paul Perry | Peter Wells | 52.5 | 18 | 10th |
| 15 | Warringah (GB) | Chris Waller | Damien Oliver | 52.5 | 8 | 23rd |
| 16 | Gallions Reach (NZ) | Richard Yuill (NZ) | Dwayne Dunn | 52.0 | 6 | 13th |
| 17 | Spin Around | Steven Cooper (NZ) | Mark Du Plessis | 52.0 | 4 | 20th |
| 18 | Basaltico (IRE) | Luca Cumani (GB) | Danny Nikolic | 51.5 | 10 | 18th |
| 19 | Capecover (NZ) | Alexander R Fieldes (NZ) | Noel Harris | 51.5 | 19 | 17th |
| 20 | Daffodil (NZ) | Kevin Gray (NZ) | Chris Munce | 51.5 | 21 | 11th |
| 21 | Shocking | Mark Kavanagh | Corey Brown | 51.0 | 22 | 1st |
| 22 | Allez Wonder | Bart Cummings | Michelle Payne | 50.5 | 13 | 16th |
| 23 | Changingoftheguard | |||||
| (IRE) | David A. Hayes | Glen Boss | 50.5 | 1 | SCR | |
| 24 | Leica Ding | Darren Weir | Craig Williams | 50.5 | 2 | 14th |
;Notes
- Horses in barriers to the outside of the scratched horse will move inwards.
References
References
- "Track records and Attendances". Flemington.com.au.
- "2009 result".
- [https://archive.today/20121215190832/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26299516-5013406,00.html Mark Kavanagh's Shocking wins Melbourne Cup], [[The Australian]], 3 November 2009
- (3 November 2009). "Shocking claims Melbourne Cup win". BBC Sport.
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