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Watch out Australia! Prepare for Heartbreak as Ebor hero is entered

Heartbreak City and a very happy entourage, including jockey Adam McNamara and part-owner Aidan Sheils (right)
Heartbreak City and a very happy entourage, including jockey Adam McNamara and part-owner Aidan Sheils (right)Credit: Mark Cranham

Those at the Melbourne Cup have perhaps not quite seen it all, but they may well have done come November 1 if the fun-loving owners behind Ebor winner Heartbreak City are in town.

There have been no wilder scenes of celebration this year, or perhaps any year, than those witnessed on the Knavesmire this month, when the trio who form the Here For The Craic Partnership - Aidan Sheils, Niall Reilly and Charlie Gavigan - jumped, screamed, hugged and gave Nick Luck an interview he will never forget.

"When we win a race we go haywire," admitted Sheils, by then some way adrift of adhering to York's County Stud dress code.

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