Ciaron Maher & David Eustace

King Colorado springs minor upset in Group 1 J.J. Atkins

Posted on June 10, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

The domination of the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace stable throughout the winter in South Australia made its way to Queensland on Saturday as King Colorado has bounced from a maiden victory at Kembla Grange, to now Group 1 winner in the J.J Atkins. In what can only be described as a major plunge by[...]

Posted on June 10, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockey Mark Zahra and training duo Ciaron Maher & David Eustace have combined in the opening race at Eagle Farm on Saturday, as Namesake ($7.50) proved too good against the two-year-olds in the Oxlade Stakes. It was an elite steer by Mark Zahra sitting in behind what looked like a genuine tempo throughout the 1300m[...]

Posted on May 20, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

It was the two girls down the bottom of the page that fought out the finish in this year's edition of the Group 1 Goodwood, as Royal Merchant ($17) proved too strong for Another Award in the closing stages. It's yet another Group 1 victory of the campaign for the training duo of Ciaron Maher[...]

Posted on February 25, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Steinem has returned to the races in fine style recording an impressive win in the Group 2 Weight For Age Peter Young Stakes over 1800m at Sandown, defeating the 2022 Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip, who flashed home to finish second first-up. With the saddle slipping on Josh Richards' mount Deny Knowledge, Richards couldn't control[...]

Posted on February 25, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

John Allen and Ciaron Maher & David Eustace have combined with Recommendation to take out the Group 3 Zeditave Stakes in somewhat of a boil over in the three-year-old race over 1200m at Sandown. La Danseuse Rogue and Queen Of The Ball led the field with the eventual winner, and as the other two started[...]

Posted on February 25, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Right You Are extends his picket fence to four-in-a-row with an ultra-impressive win in the Listed Victoria Gold Cup with Ethan Brown and Ciaron Maher & David Eustace kicking off Blue Diamond Stakes Day with the favourite winning the first. Ethan Brown took the odds-on elect to the front of the field and with only[...]

Posted on February 18, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

All eyes were on the returning sprinting champ – Nature Strip – in Saturday's Black Caviar Lightning at Flemington. However, it was Coolangatta getting her second Group 1 success in the 1000m weight-for-age feature. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained three-year-old filly was set a trick assignment first-up but with a strong jump out prior[...]

Posted on November 22, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Johann Gerard-Dubord says working for the world-class Ciaron Maher & David Eustace stable is purely a privilege, despite the pressure involved with such a large-scale operation.

Posted on October 22, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

At long last, Bella Nipotima is a deserving Group 1 winner. And she did it in style for Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, saluting in the $2 million Manikato Stakes over 1200m by a very comfortable 4.75-lengths. The star five-year-old mare walloped the field after breaking clear from the turn and from her inside barrier-one lane. It[...]

Posted on October 1, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Ethan Brown's amazing Spring has continued as he piloted Smokin' Romans to a Turnbull Stakes win and boil over in the Group 1 feature race of the day. There was no big secret as to who was going to lead the Turnbull, with Knights Order being in the race and he set a very good tempo for[...]

Posted on September 17, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Venerable six-year-old Smokin' Romans has qualified for next month's Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) with a gritty on-speed performance to win the Group 3 MRC Foundation Cup (2000m) at Caulfield on Saturday in the hands of Ethan Brown. The New Zealand-bred son of Ghibellines leapt from 57th in order of entry to be free from the ballot for a[...]

Posted on September 10, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

One last mile race in an effort to bring up her first Group 1 victory before She's Ideel retires to stud? Now that is an ideal scenario, says Ciaron Maher and David Eustace's bloodstock manager, Will Bourne. The veteran seven-year-old mare starts in the $1 million Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington on Saturday in what could be the final[...]

Posted on August 27, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Snapdancer was able to lead from barrier to box in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield, defying a late charge from I'm Thunderstruck and Cascadian.

Posted on August 20, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Bonny mare Bella Nipotina fought hard in the shadows of the post to add more blacktype to her wrap sheet, with a tough win in the Listed Carlyon Stakes at Moonee Valley.

Posted on May 7, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Ciaron Maher was simple in his instructions to young jockey Ethan Brown – start well and your own slice of history awaits. Brown did just that aboard five-year-old Snapdancer, before guiding the mare to a comfortable 1.5-length win in the $502,250 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville. In doing so, the 23-year-old went on to[...]

Posted on April 23, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

It all looked so easy, but the comfortable winning jockey aboard Grandslam from the $250,000 VOBIS Gold Heath (2000m) at Caulfield on Saturday said her lead-up was anything but simple. Which is why Jamie Kah has an impressive 60 wins so far this Victorian jockeys' season – she knows how to solve difficult problems. Kah[...]

Posted on April 16, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Verona had caused an upset in the first Group 3 of the afternoon at Royal Randwick, winning the Frank Packer Plate (2000m) in fine fashion. The Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained three-year-old was given a lovely steer under William Pike, beating Maurice's Medad and a disappointing Straight Arron. The former Kiwi had started just once[...]

King Colorado springs minor upset in Group 1 J.J. Atkins

Namesake gets the head down in Oxlade Stakes win

Royal Merchant claims Group 1 glory in Goodwood

Steinem takes out Group 2 Peter Young Stakes

Recommendation causes minor boil over in Group 3 Zeditave Stakes

Right You Are dominates his rivals in Victoria Gold Cup

Coolangatta storms over rivals for more Group 1 success

Gerard-Dubord loving ‘pressure’ of Maher & Eustace operation

Bella Nipotina cruises to victory in Manikato Stakes

Ethan Brown guides Smokin’ Romans to Turnbull upset

Smokin’ Romans fends off rivals in Group 3

She’s Ideel destined for breeding barn

Snapdancer takes out Group 1 Memsie Stakes

Bella Nipotina on track for Manikato Stakes

Snapdancer lands the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes

Grandslam thrashes rivals in VOBIS Gold Heath

Verona causes boilover in Frank Packer Plate

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