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Lord Hybrow 
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This guy winning was a brilliant result for the race.
I just love that an unfashionably bred local horse who started his career running 2nd in a 1600m maiden at Camperdown can still work through the grades & rise to claim the greatest race in the country
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Second Chance
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Posted: 04 Nov 2025 at 4:00pm |
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Interestingly his fee went up from $3k to $11k on the back of Half Your's exploits earlier on this year, so it'll be more than interesting to see how many he'll end up serving this season.
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djebel
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Posted: 04 Nov 2025 at 4:22pm |
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He has that kind of ability that's for sure. Unfortunately he is 2 stone lite.
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stayer
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Posted: 04 Nov 2025 at 4:23pm |
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Rightio.
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Gay3
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Posted: 04 Nov 2025 at 4:25pm |
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Calvin said WFA races when asked a few days ago.
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It takes a wise man a lifetime to grow a tree and a fool five minutes to kill one.
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djebel
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Posted: 04 Nov 2025 at 4:28pm |
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If a horse like Marienbard can win an Arc why can't any very good stayer ?
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djebel
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Posted: 04 Nov 2025 at 4:29pm |
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I do not know what they do in the Autumn but I hope they dream of doing the Rising Fast treble.
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Tlazolteotl
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Posted: 04 Nov 2025 at 5:42pm |
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Very late foal - 10/11/20 Very late to start racing - 10/1/24 - so 4yo If this form I'm looking at is accurate.
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Second Chance
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Posted: 04 Nov 2025 at 5:47pm |
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January 3yo.
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Tlazolteotl
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Posted: 04 Nov 2025 at 5:49pm |
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D'OH!
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Tlazolteotl
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Posted: 04 Nov 2025 at 5:50pm |
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I wonder why he was born in November. Is his mother an elephant?
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HarnessGuru
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Posted: 04 Nov 2025 at 5:55pm |
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How did the racing world let Estadio Mestalla go around $19! Last start winner V Half Yours & wins 2hrs after Half Yours takes out the Cup!
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Tlazolteotl
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Posted: 04 Nov 2025 at 5:59pm |
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Two possible reasons. He was better at middle distance than staying and he was going better in that last campaign where he won the Arc.
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Foxseal
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Where to next for Cups champ?In a year where he's had 10 starts for six wins and risen through the grades from a Benchmark 64 to a Caulfield and Melbourne Cups hero, Half Yours is now set for a well-earned break. The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained stayer has pulled up well from his Melbourne Cup triumph and won't be rushed back to the races in the new year. "The autumn's going to be very quiet for him," Tony McEvoy said on Wednesday. We've had him in all year; to think we can get him back in the autumn's probably unfair. "We haven't made a decision, but we'll probably go back to Queensland, there's a race up there called the Q22 or the Doomben Cup and then probably target a Cox Plate, which can still open up the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. |
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Posted: 06 Nov 2025 at 9:32am |
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Very sensible & similar to what they've done with Cool Archie after his gruelling 2yo campaign
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Posted: 06 Nov 2025 at 10:58am |
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Bravo! This is why they deserved to win the Cup!
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Tom Rolfe
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Posted: 11 Nov 2025 at 7:00pm |
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According to Ch9 6.00pm news melbourne connections are thinking about royal ascot and the japan cup
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Second Chance
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Posted: 11 Nov 2025 at 7:34pm |
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So a 20,00km trip to Ascot in late 2026 followed by a 9,000 km trip two months later to run in Japan. BOL boys.
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Tom Rolfe
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Posted: 11 Nov 2025 at 8:01pm |
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royal ascot is 16-20 june in 2026. there are only 2 group 1s for older horses that might suit - the prince of wales stakes over abt 2000m and the gold cup over abt 4000m. guessing the connections are thinking about the latter and i imagine trawlerman will be a short priced fav if he races on next year. maybe they are aiming going for a G2 race over 2400 possibly the hardwicke stakes if my memory is working. maybe the story was misreported. The last aus horse i can think of that excelled over more than 2 miles in aus was wakeful and that was circa 1900 a long time ago - historians tick me off if i am wrong
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Tlazolteotl
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Posted: 11 Nov 2025 at 8:14pm |
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Won't happen.
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Posted: 11 Nov 2025 at 8:30pm |
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Won’t happen if it was reported on Ch 9 (no offence, Tom) - their Cup coverage was shyte!
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djebel
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Posted: 11 Nov 2025 at 9:08pm |
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No reason why they can't dream of a Japan Cup.
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scratchy09
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Posted: 12 Nov 2025 at 7:21am |
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You'd probably look to the 2027 Gold Cup if you were to. A 2026 Japan Cup seems reasonable. He is clearly progressive but at this point in time, it is unlikely he is good enough to win either.
On a side note however, it got me thinking. This was almost the spring that wasn't for Half Yours. As he was first emergency for the Naturalism, imagine if he missed that run? He might've had to run in an 1800m Hcp, then into the Might and Power, if he wanted to run in the Caulfield Cup. |
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Tlazolteotl
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Posted: 12 Nov 2025 at 4:20pm |
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I mean the English races. I can't see how the Japan Cup would work either, unless they give up defending the cups and keep him to wfa all spring, but it's not impossible. He would have to be dominating wfa here, which is a fair step up from winning handicaps with 52.5/53 kg.
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Jamal
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Posted: 12 Nov 2025 at 11:38pm |
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Would need to improve by a lot to be competitive in Japan and Europe.
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djebel
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He would not need to improve a great deal to be competitive in a Japan Cup or any race he eligible for in Europe. There is 26 days between the Melbourne Cup in 2026 and the Japan Cup. Obviously it would not be easy but it would be doable. Perhaps Hong Kong is more realistic ?
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Posted: 13 Nov 2025 at 9:36pm |
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14 days quarantine in Australia prior to departure from Australia and another 7 days upon arrival in Japan is required when transporting horses from Australia to Japan, he's an animal not a vehicle. Only you would think that turn around is doable.
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scratchy09
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Afros.
Plenty of horses come here having to do far worse quarantine and still win. So it is clearly possible. |
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Jamal
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Won the Melbourne Cup (3200m) by 2.75 lengths.
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Posted: 16 Nov 2025 at 7:15pm |
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Really?
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