Melbourne Cup: Shocking Finish
It was a rather unexpected finish to the Melbourne Cup yesterday with Shocking taking first place followed by Crime Scene and Mourilyan. So it was training Mark Kavanagh rather than Bart Cummings who took center stage at Flemington. It’s likely that Shocking will now receive invitations to race all over the world, in places like Dubai. It was finally a bitter sweet victory for the jockey, Corey Brown, who apparently has raced twice in the Cup before – and come second twice!! In 2002 he came second on Mt Prudent behind Media Puzzle and then again last year on Bauer.
I had my money on a couple of the favourites – Viewed and Efficient. However, Viewed came a disappointing 7th while Efficient was ruled out of the race altogether at the last minute amid injury concerns.
