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) scratched	David Hayes	Glen Boss	1	50.5		108
24	LEICA DING	Darren Weir	Craig Williams	2	50.5	0.5	105