Shocking
- Australian racehorse - Melbourne Cup winner
Shocking
was foaled in 2005 and was by Street Cry out of the mare
Maria Di Castiglia (by Danehill)
In
27 race starts he won 7, ran second 6 times and also 2
thirds for a career prize money haul of $4,981,275.
His
main win was in the 2009 Melbourne
Cup ridden by Corey Brown and trained by Mark Kavanagh
after having won the Lexus
Stakes (Hotham Handicap) over 2500m to qualify three
days earlier.
He
also won the Makybe
Diva Stakes and his final start in the Australian
Cup over 2000 metres.
To
view a video of Shocking winning the 2009 Melbourne Cup
click here
