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May 27, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 

Shocking holds off Crime Scene, wins Melbourne Cup

Shocking, with jockey Corey Brown on board wins the Melbourne Cup horse racing at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne on Tuesday. Crime Scene (behind) came in second.
4 November 2009 / AP, MELBOURNE
Shocking won the 5.5 million Australian dollars ($5 million) Melbourne Cup on Tuesday to give trainer Mark Kavanagh his second victory in four days.
A 10-to-one chance for the 3,200-meter (2-mile) classic, Shocking pulled away from the pack with Irish stayer Crime Scene in the straight and won by three-quarters of a length.

South Africa-trained Mourilyan ran on late for third place.

The Melbourne Cup is the biggest event on the Australian racing calendar and draws more than 100,000 people to Flemington race course and millions of viewers on TV.

Kavanagh said he worked Shocking specifically with the 149th Melbourne Cup in mind, saying the 4-year-old Colt had needed a run at the Lexus Stakes, which he won on a dead track here on Saturday.

“He was so good on Saturday and he improved, he improved since that run and his preparation was timed to perfection,” Kavanagh said in a TV interview.

Brown, who was second in a photo-finish on Bauer in last year’s Cup, said he knew just after coming into the straight that he could win it with Shocking.

“In the back of my mind I didn’t think I could win but once I got to about the 300 I thought I was a winner,” he said. “I wish everyone could experience the feeling that I’m having right now ‘cause it’s just unbelievable’.”

Master O’Reilly placed fourth, with Harris Tweed in fifth place.

Late favorite Alcopop was sixth, ahead of 2008 champion Viewed, one of three entries for 12-time winning trainer Bart Cummings.

 
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