The Melbourne Cup for 2009 has come and gone. Read about Shocking’s win here: A Shocking Win – 2009 Melbourne Cup Results. Despite the fact the 2009 Melbourne Cup field contained 17 foreign runners, it was Australian-trained Shocking who took the title, barely wresting it from two Irish runners – Crime Scene and Mourilyan. The 2009 Melbourne Cup field was a testament to the international nature of the the race in the modern era, though international runners still aren’t reliably taking the Cup.
The final field for the 2009 Melbourne Cup looked as follows:
2009 Melbourne Cup Final Field:
# |
Horse |
Trainer |
Jockey |
Barrier |
Weight |
Penalty |
Handicapper Rating |
| 1 |
VIEWED |
Bart Cummings | Brad Rawiller | 9 | 58 | 1.0 | 119 |
| 2 |
C’EST LA GUERRE (NZ) |
John Sadler | Nicholas Hall | 7 | 55.5 | 111 | |
| 3 |
FIUMICINO (NZ) |
Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Steven King | 24 | 55.5 | 112 | |
| 4 |
MASTER O’REILLY (NZ) |
Danny O’Brien | Vlad Duric | 16 | 55 | 110 | |
| 5 |
MOURILYAN (IRE) |
Herman Brown | Glyn Schofield | 14 | 54.5 | 112 | |
| 6 |
ROMAN EMPEROR (NZ) |
Bart Cummings | Hugh Bowman | 15 | 54 | 114 | |
| 7 |
ISTA KAREEM (NZ) |
Colin Little | Luke Nolen | 23 | 53.5 | 106 | |
| 8 |
CRIME SCENE (IRE) |
Saeed Bin Suroor | Kerrin McEvoy | 11 | 53 | 109 | |
| 9 |
MUNSEF (GB) |
Ian Williams | Zac Purton | 5 | 53 | 108 | |
| 10 |
ZAVITE (NZ) |
Anthony Cummings | Mark Zahra | 3 | 53 | 107 | |
| 11 |
ALCOPOP |
Jake Stephens | Dom Tourneur | 12 | 52.5 | 2.5 | 108 |
| 12 |
HARRIS TWEED (NZ) |
Murray & Bjorn Baker | Craig Newitt | 20 | 52.5 | 107 | |
| 13 |
KIBBUTZ (NZ) |
Jarrod McLean | Chris Symons | 8 | 52.5 | 104 | |
| 14 |
NEWPORT |
Paul Perry | Peter Wells | 18 | 52.5 | 104 | |
| 15 |
WARRINGAH (GB) |
Chris Waller | Damien Oliver | 17 | 52.5 | 105 | |
| 16 |
GALLIONS REACH (NZ) |
Richard Yuill | Dwayne Dunn | 6 | 52 | 102 | |
| 17 |
SPIN AROUND |
Steven Cooper | Mark Du Plessis | 4 | 52 | 102 | |
| 18 |
BASALTICO (IRE) |
Luca Cumani | Danny Nikolic | 10 | 51.5 | 102 | |
| 19 |
CAPECOVER (NZ) |
Alexander R Fieldes | Noel Harris | 19 | 51.5 | 102 | |
| 20 |
DAFFODIL (NZ) |
Kevin Gray | Chris Munce | 21 | 51.5 | 110 | |
| 21 |
SHOCKING |
Mark Kavanagh | Corey Brown | 22 | 51 | 105 | |
| 22 |
ALLEZ WONDER |
Bart Cummings | Michelle Payne | 13 | 50.5 | 0.5 | 111 |
| 23 |
CHANGINGOFTHEGUARD (IRE)
|
David Hayes | Glen Boss | 1 | 50.5 | 108 | |
| 24 |
LEICA DING |
Darren Weir | Craig Williams | 2 | 50.5 | 0.5 | 105 |
