Breaking: Melbourne Cup winner Half Yours suffers nasty fall in Caulfield Cup

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Breaking: Melbourne Cup winner Half Yours suffers nasty fall in Caulfield Cup. (2026, October 17). ABC News (AU). https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-17/half-yours-caulfield-cup-fall-everest/107279316

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Half Years, the winner of last year's Melbourne Cup, suffered a serious fall in the Caulfield Cup race when it appeared to collide with Kings Valley about 200 meters from the finish line. The accident caused jockey Mark Zahra and another horse, Ohope Wins, to also go down as Jye McNeil was unable to avoid Half Years.
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Half Yours McEvoy Racing Melbourne Cup New Zealand's the Caulfield Cup

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Half Yours PERSON · 2× Jye McNeil PERSON · 1× Mark Zahra PERSON · 1× McEvoy Racing ORG · 1× New Zealand's GPE · 1× Ohope Wins PERSON · 1×

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With about 200 metres to go in the 2,400m race, Half Yours was in the middle of the pack when there appeared to be contact with Kings Valley. Half Yours went down hard, sending jockey Mark Zahra into the turf, with New Zealand's Ohope Wins also coming down after Jye McNeil was unable to avoid the fallen McEvoy Racing product. Loading
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2026-10-17 · ABC News (AU)
Breaking: Melbourne Cup winner Half Yours suffers nasty fall in Caulfield Cup · assertive framing

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Last year's Melbourne Cup winner, Half Yours, has gone down in a nasty fall late in the Caulfield Cup. asserted
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With about 200 metres to go in the 2,400m race, Half Yours was in the middle of the pack when there appeared to be contact with Kings Valley. Half Yours went down hard, sending jockey Mark Zahra into the turf, with New Zealand's Ohope Wins also coming down after Jye McNeil was unable to avoid the fallen McEvoy Racing product. Loading asserted
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