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A series of experts from leading financial services company Macquarie Capital as well as an artificial intelligence (AI) model have crunched the numbers when it comes to the 2025 Melbourne Cup - and both declared the same winner.
Macquarie's quantitative analysts team incorporated value, momentum, sentiment, quality and innovative data, and concluded Half Yours will be the victor at Flemington just after 3pm on Tuesday.
When it came to the AI-inspired PunterGPT model, it was the same outcome, with the five-year-old Aussie gelding tipped to finish ahead of Irish stayer Presage Nocturne and Valiant King.
Macquarie Capital's system proved fruitful in 2023, when Without A Fight outclassed the field over 3200 metres - however, it was a different story last year when Robbie Dolan's Knight's Choice stunned punters given he was an $81 chance.
It comes as Jamie Melham will ride Half Yours, where she will seek to become the first female hoop to win both the Melbourne Cup and Caulfield Cup.
Melham, 29, is also aiming to emulate close friend Michelle Payne on the 10th anniversary of her iconic win when she rode rank outsider Prince Of Penzance.
A series of experts from Macquarie Capital as well as an artificial intelligence (AI) model have crunched the numbers when it comes to the 2025 Melbourne Cup - and both declared the same winner, Half Yours (pictured)
Macquarie Capital's quantitative analysts team as well as the AI inspired PunterGPT model both concluded Half Yours will salute at Flemington
Jamie Melham (pictured, right) will ride Half Yours, where she will seek to become the first female hoop to win both the Melbourne Cup and Caulfield Cup
Payne is the only female jockey to previously win the Melbourne Cup, back in 2015.
'I'm very, very excited about it,' Melham said when quizzed by reporters about her chances on board the recent Caulfield Cup winner.
'This horse (Half Yours) is looking and feeling amazing, he is ready to go.'
Melham also isn't worried about riding in wet conditions.
'I don't like the rain that much, but he loves it,' she added.
'Barrier eight (also) makes my job just a little bit easier. I would just love to get as close as I can to the rail early.
'He won't have any trouble running this trip out.'
It comes as the Flemington track has been downgraded to a soft seven following almost 30mm of rain overnight.
