July Cup Heroine No Half Measures Retired

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Group 1 winner No Half Measures (Cable Bay) has been retired according to trainer Richard Hughes.

The R. P. Gallagher runner's biggest claim to fame was her victory in the G1 July Cup Stakes. She also won the G3 Trophy Stakes and Listed Prix Moonlight Cloud in 2024. Bred by Bumble Bloodstock and Mrs. S. Nicholls, she retires the winner of seven of her 16 starts with $735,634 in earnings.

“We were thrilled with the run, we might have been a little bit unfortunate that it didn't come up soft like other years because she will go on soft ground,” said Hughes. “She still ran very well and proved that it was no fluke at Newmarket, it justified her.

“We were really pleased with the run, that's her last run and she'll go off to the breeding sheds now so she's gone out on a high. She's a filly we'll never forget, that's for sure.”

Bought for a mere snip at £34,000 by Richard Hughes from Marwell Park at the Goffs UK Premier & Silver Yearling Sale in 2022, No Half Measures is the second foal and winner out of the placed mare Fascinator (Helmet). This is the same family as G3 Molecomb Stakes hero and dual Group 1-placed Kachy (Kyllachy), as well as multiple group winner Beat The Bank (Paco Boy) and G3 Chipchase Stakes heroine Chil Chil (Exceed And Excel), third in the G1 Sprint Cup.

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