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No Half Measures Tops July Cup at 66-1 to Deliver Hughes’s First Group 1 Triumph

Connections plan future breeding assignments after the upset, with Saba Desert eyeing autumn Group 1 bids alongside More Thunder

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Overview

  • No Half Measures delivered a 66-1 shock in the Al Basti Equiworld Dubai July Cup, becoming the longest-priced winner since the race began in 1876.
  • The victory gave Richard Hughes his first Group 1 success as a trainer and marked a milestone win for jockey Neil Callan.
  • Hughes and his team are now mapping out future racing targets for No Half Measures and planning her transition to breeding duties.
  • Notable Speech, the pre-race favourite, finished fifth on his sprint debut and will be redirected back to middle-distance Group contests.
  • Earlier on Super Saturday, More Thunder won the Bunbury Cup and Saba Desert captured the Superlative Stakes, prompting their trainers to plan autumn pattern and Group 1 campaigns.