2009 Melbourne Cup

2009 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
LocationFlemington Racecourse
Melbourne, Australia
Date3 November 2009
Winning horseShocking
JockeyCorey Brown
TrainerMark Kavanagh
SurfaceGrass
Attendance102,161[1]
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300 meters to go, here's Shocking after Crime Scene who's hit the lead, Harris Tweed was wider out and then C'est La Guerre and Alcopop. It's Crime Scene and Shocking racing clear at the 200, from Alcopop. It's on the outside Shocking and Crime Scene, Shocking with his head in front of Crime Scene, Shocking drawing away! It's Shocking to win the Melbourne Cup from Crime Scene, Mourilyan's come from nowhere to grab third!

Commentator Greg Miles describes the climax of the race

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]

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 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
  • b Horses in barriers to the outside of the scratched horse will move inwards.

References

  1. ^ "Track records and Attendances". Flemington.com.au. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  2. ^ "2009 result". Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  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.