Fuelled by caffeine and adrenaline, the team behind Melbourne Cup winner Shocking has backed up from a night of partying to fulfil a gruelling round of media commitments.Trainer Mark Kavanagh admitted it had been a long night with little sleep, owner Laurence Eales had no sleep at all while jockey Corey Brown was in bed by a sedate 1am."I'm not in pristine condition," Kavanagh said."Just like Coke tastes better out of a glass bottle, French champagne tastes a lot better out of the Melbourne Cup.

Fuelled by caffeine and adrenaline, the team behind Melbourne Cup winner Shocking has backed up from a night of partying to fulfil a gruelling round of media commitments.

Trainer Mark Kavanagh admitted it had been a long night with little sleep, owner Laurence Eales had no sleep at all while jockey Corey Brown was in bed by a sedate 1am.

"I'm not in pristine condition," Kavanagh said.

"Just like Coke tastes better out of a glass bottle, French champagne tastes a lot better out of the Melbourne Cup.

"But I did make it to the stables this morning.

"As soon as you win the Melbourne Cup, the VRC hands you a list of media interviews you are expected to do.

"And I didn't know there were so many radio stations in Australia. They haven't stopped ringing but it's all part of winning the Melbourne Cup."

The hero of the hour, Shocking, pulled up best of all from his exertions and as well as thinking about taking him to the Dubai World Cup meeting in March, Kavanagh is keen to sit down with Eales and talk about England.

"Last night he was going everywhere," Kavanagh said.

"But we will have a look at things. The people from Royal Ascot spoke to us on Monday and there are some nice races over there.

"(Stablemate) Whobegotyou has already been invited to Dubai so there's a lot to think about."

Both Whobegotyou and Shocking are by Dubai World Cup winner Street Cry who stands at Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Studs.

Street Cry came back to Australia this year after an absence of two years and Shocking's dam Maria Di Castiglia was due to be served by him this spring.

After deciding to invest some of the money he had earned from his earth moving business into thoroughbreds, Eales researched the stud books and decided he liked Street Cry's pedigree.

With Whobegotyou a dual Group One winner and Shocking taking the Melbourne Cup, Eales' investment has reaped huge rewards.

"I just had a gut feeling about Street Cry," he said.

He also had an instinct about Kavanagh, choosing him as the trainer for his fledgling racing operation.

"I read about him, he had a small stable in Melbourne and I knew he had to work hard and he took the time to come and look at the horses."

At that stage, the young horses were at Eales' property in far north Queensland where his children were the first to ride them.

Although he foiled Bart Cummings' bid for a 13th Cup, Kavanagh paid tribute to the country's most revered trainer.

"As a young boy I used to watch him at his stables in Adelaide," he said.

"You would see these horses who were scrawny little things and six months later they would look like different horses.

"It's all about having them peak at the right time and not too soon."

For Brown, the reality of having the Melbourne Cup in his hands erased the memory of 2008 when he was beaten on Bauer in the closest photo-finish on record.

He admitted he was haunted by the memory and had little chance to escape it with the race finish given a constant airing.

"Last year played on my mind a lot," Brown said.

"I got sick of seeing it replayed over and over.

"At the time I didn't think I'd won but the more you see it the closer it looks."

Having won the Victoria Derby and Melbourne Cup, Brown will continue his Flemington carnival aboard Melito in Thursday's VRC Oaks.