Persan set to strike winning form in Zipping Classic

TONY and Calvin McEvoy are rolling the dice with an ultra-consistent maiden at Flemington on Tuesday. Elphingstone lines up in the listed $175000 Desirable Stakes for three-year-old fillies, 1400m, on the back of four consecutive wins. The Ballarat filly has raced five times and finished second at her past four outings, including three this…

Andrew Gluyas (right) celebrates Air Assault's win in the Listed Hill Smith Stakes with jockey Jason Holder. Picture: Makoto Kaneko He's already a two-time Group 1-winning trainer but Andrew Gluyas will break new ground at Flemington on Saturday when Air Assault takes his place in the Victoria Derby. After more than 13 years in partnership with his…

Sydney-based racing enthusiast Adam Carney was far more likely to be at Royal Randwick than Flemington on the first Tuesday in November but all that changed on Wednesday at lunchtime. Now his wife, Tayla, is shopping for a new dress and hunting around for somewhere for the pair to stay and enjoy what Carney describes as the fulfillment of a boyhood…

Ciaron Maher and David Eustace will back-up Gold Trip into the Cox Plate after all the early indications are that he has taken no harm from his tough run in the Caulfield Cup. Gold Trip will be joined in Australia's weight-for-age championship at Moonee Valley on Saturday by three-year-old King Colorado. The pair are among 12 acceptors for the…

The weather forecast will have a bearing on whether Gold Trip attempts to avenge his defeat last year's Caulfield Cup. Fine weather is forecast for the remainder of the week which is playing on the minds of trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace ahead of acceptances for the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) on Saturday. Maher said the weather was one…

Although he was unwanted late in the betting, Griff (+400) from the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace yard has claimed his second victory in as many starts, after taking out the Group 2 Stutt Stakes at Moonee Valley. The son of Trapeze Artist was very impressive last start in the Exford Plate at Flemington, where Mark Zahra gave him a great ride from…

International representation is expected for the Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate after the closing of nominations for the two Group 1 races. A total of 175 horses, 24 from overseas, were entered for the Caulfield Cup when nominations close on Tuesday while there was 178, 17 internationally, entered for the Cox Plate. In 2022, 169/32 were entered in the…

Leading Victorian jockey John Allen, with 19 Group 1 wins in the bank, and he will contest his first Darwin Cup (2050m) on Monday. The $200000 feature at Fannie Bay - the biggest race in the NT, will draw the curtain on the month-long Darwin Cup Carnival, with the Ballarat-based rider partnering Grandslam for leading Top End trainer Gary…

With his go-to senior jockey sidelined through suspension, Pat Carey has called on his apprentice Celine Gaudray to ride Bulawayo in the Group 1 Victoria Derby at Flemington. Gaudray has only had one ride in a Group 1 race previously, finishing out of the money in Brisbane earlier in the year, but Carey does not expect Gaudray, who is the only…

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Vermentino will be chasing his fourth win from as many starts when he tackles the Raymond Martin Handicap over 1200m at Moonee Valley on Saturday. Entered for two races over the weekend - and a clear favourite for both - the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-prepared galloper is likely to be scratched from Sunday's straight-course assignment at…

The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained stayer Persan has registered his first win in more than 18 months with an all-the-way win at Flemington. An emerging stayer through 2020, Persan eventually ran fifth in that year's Melbourne Cup and returned the following March to win first-up at Moonee Valley. But the stayer had been in the winning…

Muramasa will be lining up for only his fourth start when he runs in the Victoria Derby at Flemington. The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable is hoping Muramasa can repeat the effort of Hitotsu in the 2022 Victoria Derby. Like Hitotsu last year, Muramasa will wear the same colours that the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained colt wore to…

Moonee Valley's Cox Plate committee has elected not to use its discretion to deny any of the 12 acceptors a start in the race, with Caulfield Cup runner-up Gold Trip - to be partnered by champion UK jockey Jamie Spencer - adding another dimension to Saturday's $5 million race. In previous years, the race committee hasn't shied away from blocking an…

The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable is hoping the Cox Plate can turn into a war of attrition and their lone starter Gold Trip will prove the best stayer. Gold Trip is backing up into the Group 12040m showpiece at Moonee Valley on Saturday after finishing second to Durston in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) last Saturday. Mahar and Eustace…

The Caulfield Guineas is likely to be the next stop for Tijuana following his win in the Stutt Stakes Tijuana has claimed a second stakes victory by riding the speed to claim the Stutt Stakes at Moonee Valley. The win on Friday night in the Group 2 race for three-year-olds over 1600m confirmed Tijuana's spring credentials and set him up for a start…

Proscenium Arch and Bonheur will attempt to give Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young a second win in the Thousand Guineas Prelude at Caulfield. Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young know what it takes to win the Thousand Guineas Prelude with a filly at double figure odds. Acting scored as a $21 chance in the Group 2 race over 1400m in 2019 and the stable…

First declarations for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cup along with the Cox Plate have been taken Lindsay Park trainers Ben and JD Hayes are yet to commit to a start in a spring feature for Mr Brightside after first declarations closed for Melbourne's three biggest races of the carnival. Mr Brightside, winner of the Group 2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) at…

The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Sir Bailey is about to embark on his three-year-old campaign that may lead to a bigger prize during the spring. The son of multiple Group 1 winning mare Jameka resumes in the Inglis Ready2Race Sale October 11 Plate (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday, his first start since April. Maher and Eustace have…

David Eustace (pictured) and Ciaron Maher have six runners in the VRC Members Handicap at Flemington. Picture: Brett Holburt/Racing Photos via Getty Images Bookies are wary but co-trainer David Eustace is playing down hopes of the stable's latest Melbourne Cup hope winning at his Australian debut at Flemington. Eustace and training partner Ciaron…

Floating Artist will chase a Caulfield Cup ballot exemption in the Coongy Cup at Caulfield It wasn't until Floating Artist strolled home to claim his third win on the trot that the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable considered a Caulfield Cup start. But to make sure of getting into Saturday's 2400m Group 1 Handicap, Floating Artist needed to win…

A Queensland campaign is in the offering for Floating Artist but first there will be a stopover in NSW for the former UK galloper. Floating Artist is among nominations for the Group 3 Hawkesbury Gold Cup (1600m) on Saturday ahead of travel further north to Brisbane for the Winter Carnival. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained galloper has had…

The long-range prediction of a dry spring is music to the ears of the Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman stable when it comes to the upcoming preparation of Pounding. Pounding kicks off his spring campaign in the Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday with Moody looking to turn the gelding into a Group 1 winner. While he is a…

When the first All-Star Mile was run, Annabel Neasham did not have a trainers' licence and was working for Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable. That was 2019 and a second All-Star Mile was run before Neasham began training in her own right, producing her first runner in the August of 2020. Less than two years after registering her first winner at…

A new version of Interpretation is expected to make his reappearance ahead of the Spring Carnival at Moonee Valley. Highly fancied for the Melbourne Cup last year, Interpretation failed to live up to the expectations placed on him by trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace along with the punting public. Interpretation came to Australia to join…