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.
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 | Barrier | Placing |
| 1 | Viewed | Bart Cummings | Brad Rawiller | 58.0 | 9 | 7th |
| 2nd | C'est La Guerre | John Sadler | Nicholas Hall | 55.5 | 7 | 8th |
| 3 | Fiumicino | M, W & J Hawkes | Steven King | 55.5 | 24 | 22nd |
| 4 | Master O'Reilly | Danny O'Brien | Vlad Duric | 55.0 | 16 | 4th |
| 5 | Mourilyan | Herman Brown | Glyn Schofield | 54.5 | 14 | 3rd |
| 6 | Roman Emperor | Bart Cummings | Hugh Bowman | 54.0 | 15 | 21st |
| 7 | Ista Kareem | Colin Little | Luke Nolen | 53.5 | 23 | 15th |
| 8 | Crime Scene | Saeed bin Suroor | Kerrin McEvoy | 53.0 | 11 | 2nd |
| 9 | Munsef | Ian Williams | Zac Purton | 53.0 | 5 | 12th |
| 10 | Zavite | Anthony Cummings | Mark Zahra | 53.0 | 3 | 19th |
| 11 | Alcopop | Jake Stephens | Dom Tournuer | 52.5 | 12 | 6th |
| 12 | Harris Tweed | Murray & Bjorn Baker | Craig Newitt | 52.5 | 20 | 5th |
| 13 | Kibbutz | Jarrod McLean | Chris Symons | 52.5 | 8 | 9th |
| 14 | Newport | Paul Perry | Peter Wells | 52.5 | 18 | 10th |
| 15 | Warringah | Chris Waller | Damien Oliver | 52.5 | 8 | 23rd |
| 16 | Gallions Reach | Richard Yuill | Dwayne Dunn | 52.0 | 6 | 13th |
| 17 | Spin Around | Steven Cooper | Mark Du Plessis | 52.0 | 4 | 20th |
| 18 | Basaltico | Luca Cumani | Danny Nikolic | 51.5 | 10 | 18th |
| 19 | Capecover | Alexander R Fieldes | Noel Harris | 51.5 | 19 | 17th |
| 20 | Daffodil | Kevin Gray | 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 | David A. Hayes | Glen Boss | 50.5 | 1 | SCR |
| 24 | Leica Ding | Darren Weir | Craig Williams | 50.5 | 2 | 14th |
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