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Article: Shocking result in Melbourne
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- November 3, 2009
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GODOLPHIN have vowed to continue their quest for Emirates
Melbourne Cup glory after having to settle for second once again in
2009.
Trainer Saeed bin Suroor has saddled Central Park (1999) and Give
The Slip (2001) for minor honours in the last 10 years and Crime
Scene provided another runner-up placing as he went down by three-
quarters of a length to Shocking.
Ex-Sir Michael Stoute inmate Warringah set a slow early pace but
as he began to flag at the top of the straight, Kerrin McEvoy swept
through on Crime Scene to take it up.
However, Corey Brown was sitting on his heels aboard the Mark
Kavanagh-trained Shocking and delivered a perfectly-timed challenge
in the closing stages.
Although ...