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Shocking is an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse, trained by Mark Kavanagh, who won the 149th Melbourne Cup on 3 November 2009 by three-quarters of a length.
Shocking is by the outstanding sire, Street Cry (Ireland) out of Maria Di Castaglia by Danehill (USA). George Fraser purchased Maria di Castiglia (GB) while she was carrying Shocking in utero at a William Inglis bloodstock sale for $20,000. Mr Fraser later sold the resulting foal, Shocking, at the 2007 Magic Millions Yearling Sale for $45,000 to a local horse broker. After being broken in, he was sold on to Laurence Eales for $64,000 in late 2007. Laurence Eales also owns the 2009 Caulfield Stakes winner Whobegotyou, also by Street Cry.
At the time of winning the Melbourne Cup he was four years old and had qualified after winning the Lexus Stakes over 2,500 metres at Flemington on 31 October 2009. The Melbourne Cup was Shocking's 15th start. He defeated Crime Scene (ridden by Kerrin McEvoy) and Mourilyan (ridden by Glyn Schofield) who placed second and third respectively. It was the first Melbourne Cup win for jockey Corey Brown, who placed second in the 2008 race in a photo finish, second in the 2002 race and dead-heated for third whilst riding Lahar in the 1999 Melbourne Cup.
Green, Yellow, Light turns red
There's a devil playing in my head
I didn't want to I didn't try
Now I'm haunted by their image as I watch them die
I replay the ending of life so sweet
Now they're seeing heaven in their sleep.
There's an angel in shadow blue coming clearer and it looks like you
There's a devil in hazy blue coming clearer
shocking?
I'm too hardened to turn back
my heart has gone black
I'll crush the American Dream
Empowered by their faces as I watch them scream
Turning the silence to pure aggression releasing the demons of depression
There's an angel in shadow blue coming clearer and it looks like you
There's a devil in hazy blue coming clearer