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One of the defining wins of the season was Six O'Clock News in the City Of Auckland Cup at Ellerslie on New Year's Day.
The horse that at one stage had 10 times more critics than fans, simply left the opposition struggling.
Many of those critics said that was the big, skinny bloke's one big win and that would be the end of him for the season.
Co-trainer Paddy Busuttin and rider Noel Harris have a different story.
Six O'Clock News has gone to the next level. And that's up, not down.
Six O'Clock News has always been an upright, lean horse that looked as though he was going to get physically better with time.
Six O'Clock News is one of those.
But if you're thinking of backing him in the $1 million Stella Artois Auckland Cup late this afternoon don't bother going to see him in the pre-race Cup parade.
You may change your mind.
There is a moment, or perhaps a week or two, when horses like Six O'Clock News turn the corner.
Paddy Busuttin says his horse's corner came when he gave him a brief break after the City Of Auckland Cup.
"He was meant to have 10 days off.
"But he did so well after six days I had to put him back into work otherwise I wasn't going to be able to have him ready for this 3200m race.
"He's always been a hyper horse, but during that six days he just ate and lied down and relaxed."
Perhaps the company helped.
Six O'Clock News shared his paddock for that six days with the mighty Castletown, winner of an Auckland Cup, also a Derby at Ellerslie and three Wellington Cups, all four cups being at 3200m.
The long-retired old bloke might just have talked some sense into the young buck.
Six O'Clock News - when you remove the prejudice about the light frame - looked magnificent at the Busuttin Cambridge stable yesterday.
"I couldn't be more pleased with him," said Busuttin, who trains in partnership with son Trent.
Noel Harris drove from Matamata to Cambridge on Monday morning to give Six O'Clock News his final gallop.
Thick fog prevented the all-important timing of the gallop, but the Busuttins were relaxed after talking to Harris.
"He's fit and ready," said Harris, one of the best judges in the business. "He's changed. He's relaxed and lazy."
The Six O'Clock News syndicate comprises 26 owners of the actual 10 shares in the horse.
One of the toughest to beat will be the now Australian-trained Capecover.
Which will be an interesting result for Cambridge bloodstock agent Stu Hale, who with wife Kay bred Capecover and sold him at auction for $44,000.
Hale then bought Six O'Clock News and organised the syndicate that races the horse.
The worst result for Six O'Clock News would be the showers that, in some forecasts, are predicted for later today.
The better the Ellerslie footing, the better his chance.