The 2009 Melbourne Cup results saw the Mark Kavanagh-trained four-year-old Shocking ($9) salute from a wide barrier 22 draw. Shocking earned his way into the ‘race that stops a nation’ with a win in the Group 3 Lexus Stakes. While this seemed an unlikely point of entry for a Melbourne Cup champion, Shocking proved to have incredible staying power on the day.

Coming in second in the 2009 Melbourne Cup quinella just three quarters of a length behind was the Saeed Bin Suroor-trained international Crime Scene, with the Herman Brown-trained Mourilyan finishing in third about two lengths back. The 2009 Melbourne Cup results were quite unexpected, as Alcopop, Efficient and Viewed were the strong favourites in Melbourne Cup betting.

The unexpected nature of the 2009 Melbourne Cup results was underlined by the 2009 Melbourne Cup trifecta payouts, which paid out at over $9,000 per dollar wagered!

Read the full 2009 Melbourne Cup results as the race happened by following the link, then see below for the official 2009 Melbourne Cup Finishing Order.

2009 Melbourne Cup Results & Finishing Order

Place	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1st	SHOCKING	Mark Kavanagh	Corey Brown	22	51.0
2nd	CRIME SCENE	Saeed Bin Suroor	Kerrin McEvoy	11	53.0
3rd	MOURILYAN	Herman Brown	Glyn Schofield	14	54.5
4th	MASTER O’REILLY	Danny O’Brien	Vlad Duric	16	55.0
5th	HARRIS TWEED	Murray & Bjorn Baker	Craig Newitt	20	52.5
6th	ALCOPOP	Jake Stephens	Dom Tourneur	12	52.5
7th	VIEWED	Bart Cummings	Brad Rawiller	9	58.0
8th	C’EST LA GUERRE	John Sadler	Nicholas Hall	7	55.5
9th	KIBBUTZ	Jarrod McLean	Chris Symons	8	52.5
10th	NEWPORT	Paul Perry	Peter Wells	18	52.5
11th	DAFFODIL	Kevin Gray	Chris Munce	21	51.5
12th	MUNSEF	Ian Williams	Zac Purton	5	53.0
13th	GALLIONS REACH	Richard Yuill	Dwayne Dunn	6	52.0
14th	LEICA DING	Darren Weir	Craig Williams	2	50.5
15th	ISTA KAREEM	Colin Little	Luke Nolen	23	53.5
16th	ALLEZ WONDER	Bart Cummings	Michelle Payne	13	50.5
17th	CAPECOVER	Alexander R Fieldes	Noel Harris	19	51.5
18th	BASALTICO	Luca Cumani	Danny Nikolic	10	51.5
19th	ZAVITE	Anthony Cummings	Mark Zahra	3	53.0
20th	SPIN AROUND	Steven Cooper	Mark Du Plessis	4	52.0
21st	ROMAN EMPEROR	Bart Cummings	Hugh Bowman	15	54.0
22nd	FIUMICINO	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Steven King	24	55.5
Last	WARRINGAH	Chris Waller	Damien Oliver	17	52.5
SCR	CHANGINGOFTHEGUARD	David Hayes	Glen Boss	1	50.5