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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. Fraser later sold the resulting foal, Shocking, at the
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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
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Shocking's 2010 autumn campaign was curtailed by an injury after two unplaced starts. Returning in the spring of 2010, he won second-up in the Group Two
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over 1,600 metres, putting him into
Melbourne Cup favouritism. He followed up with a luckless fourth in the
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468:References
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155:Major wins
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712:The Age
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