Brew (foaled 1994 in

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who won the 2000 Melbourne Cup for trainer Mike Moroney and jockey

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. Brew's first stakes win was the Listed Japan Trophy at 2559 metres on Turnbull Stakes day. This race is now called

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and is run at Group 3 level. Brew carried the lightweight of 49 kilograms and defeated the veteran Yippyio and the stablemate Second Coming in the Melbourne Cup. After finishing second to Yippyio in the Moonee Valley Cup, Brew qualified for the

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by winning The Group 2 Saab Quality at 2500 metres on Derby Day, three days before the Cup. When winning the Saab Quality, Brew achieved a Timeform rating of 113. Brew is a son of

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and the champion

racemare and

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winner

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but was gelded before showing his best form. The

was Brew's last win. In the Melbourne Cup, Brew achieved a career peak Timeform rating of 114. Brew also ran in the previous Melbourne Cup in 1999 which was won by

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A little known fact: Some time after winning the Melbourne Cup, Brew was spelled from racing and trained for duty as a police horse in Melbourne. He returned to racing but never found his previous form. Brew is now at Living Legends, the International Home of Rest for Champion Horses located in Woodlands Historic Park,

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. Since the death of 1999 winner

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on 24 June 2022, he is both the oldest and the earliest winning of all the surviving Melbourne Cup winning horses.

Pedigree

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Brew's racing record

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Brew's pedigree and racing stats
1994 racehorse births Racehorses bred in New Zealand Racehorses trained in Australia Melbourne Cup winners Thoroughbred family 10-d {{racehorse-stub

Pedigree

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