David Eustace

A Beautiful Night, Hanseatic Win Previews

Posted on January 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A Beautiful Night has put herself in the Blue Diamond picture with an all-the-way win in the fillies Preview at Caulfield but exciting colt Hanseatic has tightened his grip on favouritism for the Group One race. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained A Beautiful Night continued her stable's successful run in two-year-old races this season,[...]

Posted on January 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Yulong January has taken all before him during a summer winning spree and his co-trainer Ciaron Maher is confident the progressive gelding can continue his rise in the John Dillon Stakes. After finishing fourth at Kyneton in the first start of his current campaign in early November, four-year-old Yulong January has pieced together four straight[...]

Posted on January 23, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The powerful Ciaron Maher Racing stable has already had a host of juvenile winners this season and Maher hopes the run continues as he targets the major races Maher and his co-trainer David Eustace prepared filly Away Game to win the recent $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic at the Gold Coast while Golden Slipper[...]

Posted on January 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Bookmakers have reacted swiftly to Cellsabeel's Rosehill win to promote the filly to $8 favouritism for the Golden Slipper. With the Australian Turf Club recognising the odds-makers on Saturday, they had a bad start when the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Cellsabeel made light work of the Iron Jack Handicap (1100m) as the $2 favourite.[...]

Posted on January 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Connections of last-start Listed winner All Too Royal are looking favourably at a start in the Kensington Stakes which will have a small field at Flemington. Five-year-old All Too Royal is one of seven nominations for Saturday's Listed 1000m straight-track sprint with the entries headlined by Group One-winning three-year-old colt Microphone who tops the weights[...]

Posted on January 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

One of the early favourites for the Blue Diamond Stakes has finished strongly in a Rosehill barrier trial as she prepares for her race return. Muntaseera was an impressive winner at Rosehill on November 30 at her second start after a stakes placing in Melbourne on debut. The two-year-old filly made her first public appearance[...]

Posted on January 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Flemington winner Jabali Ridge will be given the chance to press his claims for a Blue Diamond late entry when he heads to the Prelude for colts and geldings at his next start. Trained by Mick Price and Michael Kent jr, Jabali Ridge scored a two-length victory over 1000m at Flemington on Saturday at his[...]

Posted on January 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Ciaron Maher is a fan of all-women syndicates for Magic Millions horses after the stable again reaped the benefits at this year's carnival. In the past two years his horses have picked up $712,000 in bonus payments for horses raced by all-female syndicates. Magic Millions gives a $500,000 bonus to be shared by the[...]

Posted on January 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Co-trainer Ciaron Maher struggled to think of a more satisfying win in his career after Away Game won the Magic Millions 2YO Classic. All week Maher, who co-trains with David Eustace, had been predicting Away Game was ready to fire on the big stage but his claims were ignored by most. Despite starting at $41,[...]

Posted on January 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

It's the middle of summer but co-trainer Ciaron Maher is already thinking of the winter with Etana after she won the Magic Millions Quality. Etana ($3.90), bounced back from a costly defeat at the Gold Coast a week earlier when she defeated Reckless Choice, the $3.50 favourite, by 2-1/2 lengths, with Testashadow ($10) a short[...]

Posted on January 8, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Ciaron Maher-David Eustace partnership is hoping the Gold Coast's reputation as a track where barriers can be irrelevant will help the stable create Magic Millions history. Inside barriers have not always been an advantage in Millions races where there are 16 runners and a mad charge to the first turn. In fact 11 of[...]

Posted on January 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Co-trainer Ciaron Maher is pleased with Rathlin and Away Game as he targets his first Magic Millions Classic win. Maher took the two to the Gold Coast on Saturday for a work-out and to give them experience on the track ahead of Saturday's $2 million 2YO Classic. They worked together between races and will have[...]

Posted on January 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Three-year-old filly How Womantic has made it two wins from as many starts with a comfortable victory in her city debut at Caulfield. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained How Womantic was coming off a maiden win at Geelong on December 13 and stepped up to benchmark-70 grade against her own age in Saturday's Cathie[...]

Posted on January 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Progressive gelding Yulong January has added to his winning sequence over summer with a determined victory at Flemington. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained four-year-old was the $1.70 favourite in Wednesday's Welcome 2020 Handicap (1400m) and after taking a sit under jockey Jye McNeil he was up for the fight in the straight to get[...]

Posted on January 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A Beautiful Night is likely to progress to the Blue Diamond Preview for fillies after scoring a narrow win in her second start at Flemington. Trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, A Beautiful Night finished second to the Anthony Freedman-trained Award Winner on debut at Bendigo last month before finishing well to edge out[...]

Posted on December 31, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

After their one-two finish in the Listed Sandown Cup at the end of the Melbourne spring carnival, stablemates Azuro and Wall Of Fire are now set for their next staying assignment. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained pair will run in Wednesday's Listed Bagot Handicap over 2800m, one of the feature races on the New[...]

Posted on December 26, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

All Too Royal has made the progression to stakes grade with an impressive fresh win in the Christmas Stakes at Caulfield. Having his second start at Listed level, All Too Royal was too strong for his nine rivals in Thursday's race over 1200m. Ridden by in-form jockey Jye McNeil, All Too Royal ($4.60) raced to[...]

A Beautiful Night, Hanseatic Win Previews

Yulong January Aims For Fifth Straight Win

Maher With Strong Hand Heading To Diamond

Cellsabeel Stamps Golden Slipper Claims

Kensington Stakes Option For All Too Royal

Muntaseera On Path Towards Blue Diamond

Jabali Ridge To Head To Diamond Prelude

Maher A Fan Of Millions Women’s Bonus

Maher’s Away Game Is Strong In Magic Millions Classic

Etana Back In Form With Gold Coast Victory

Millions Draws No Barrier For Maher Stable

Maher’s Millions Hopefuls Work Strongly

How Womantic Steps Up For Metro Victory

Yulong January Wins Again At Flemington

A Beautiful Night Scores Flemington Win

Bagot Next Target For Sandown Cup Quinella

A Fresh All Too Royal Wins Christmas Stakes

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