2009 Melbourne Cup

{{Short description|Australian horse race}}

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{{Infobox horse race

|name = 2009 Melbourne Cup

|horse race = Melbourne Cup

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|location = Flemington Racecourse
Melbourne, Australia

|date = 3 November 2009

|winning horse = Shocking

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|winning jockey = Corey Brown

|winning trainer = Mark Kavanagh

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|surface = Grass

|attendance = 102,161{{cite web|url=https://www.flemington.com.au/racing/track-records-and-attendances|title=Track records and Attendances|work=Flemington.com.au|accessdate=3 November 2019|archive-date=20 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320224301/https://www.flemington.com.au/racing/track-records-and-attendances|url-status=dead}}

|conditions =

|previous = 2008

|next = 2010}}

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|quote = 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!

|source = Commentator Greg Miles describes the climax of the race

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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).{{Cite web |url=http://www.breednet.com.au/Stakes-Race-IndResults.asp?racename=Emirates+Melbourne+Cup&md=3%2F11%2F2009 |title=2009 result |access-date=22 December 2021 |archive-date=24 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324025150/http://breednet.com.au/Stakes-Race-IndResults.asp?racename=Emirates+Melbourne+Cup&md=3%2F11%2F2009 |url-status=dead }}

The race was won by Shocking.[https://archive.today/20121215190832/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26299516-5013406,00.html Mark Kavanagh's Shocking wins Melbourne Cup], The Australian, 3 November 2009

The 9–1 winner, trained by Mark Kavanagh and ridden by Corey Brown, won by three-quarters of a length.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/8338232.stm|title=Shocking claims Melbourne Cup win |date=3 November 2009|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=2009-11-04| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20091104101715/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/8338232.stm| archivedate= 4 November 2009 | url-status= live}}