Ciaron Maher and David Eustace are among the top horse racing trainers in Australia, with the pair set to have five runners in the 2023 Melbourne Cup.
These five runners will include defending champion Gold Trip, who is well and truly in contention to win the Melbourne Cup again, priced at $5 with betting sites.
The Maher-Eustace training combo will also have Right You Are ($61), Ashrun ($34), Future History ($26) and Interpretation ($51) in the final 24.
How many Melbourne Cups have Ciaron Maher & David Eustace won?
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace recorded their one and only Melbourne Cup in 2022, when Japanese stayer Gold Trip saluted over the 3200m journey.
It was a history-making day for the training partnership, with neither having won the Melbourne Cup before, despite long and illustrious careers in Australian racing.
Maher-Eustace runners in the Melbourne Cup 2023
Gold Trip
- Age: 7YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Horse
- Sire: Outstrip (GB)
- Dam: Sarvana (USA)
Win: $5.00
Place: $2.00
Best odds at Neds
Career stats for Gold Trip
- Career: 24: 3-5-5
- Flemington: 3: 2-0-0
- Distance: 2: 1-0-0
- Soft: 11: 2-3-2
- Good: 9: 1-1-2
- Heavy: 4: 0-1-1
- Group 1: 15: 2-2-3
- Win %: 13%
- Place %: 54%
Right You Are
- Age: 7YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: So You Think (NZ)
- Dam: Leica Ding
Right You Are 2023 Melbourne Cup Odds
Win: +6000
Place: +1650
Best odds at Neds
Career stats for Right You Are
- Career: 26: 10-4-4
- Flemington: 6: 2-1-2
- Distance: 0: 0-0-0
- Wet: 10: 3-3-0
- Good: 16: 7-1-4
- Group 1: 3: 0-0-0
- Win %: 38%
- Place %: 69%
Ashrun
- Age: 8YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Authorized (IRE)
- Dam: Ashantee (GER)
Win: +3300
Place: +825
Best odds at Unibet
Career stats for Ashrun
- Career: 17: 4-3-1
- Flemington: 4: 1-0-0
- Distance: 1: 0-0-0
- Wet: 4: 1-1-1
- Good: 11: 3-2-0
- Group 1: 3: 0-0-1
- Win %: 24%
- Place %: 47%
Future History
- Age: 6YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Showcasing (GB)
- Dam: Likelihood (USA)
Win: +2500
Place: +625
Best odds at Unibet
Career stats for Future History
- Career: 16: 6-4-1
- Flemington: 1: 1-0-0
- Distance: 0: 0-0-0
- Wet: 9: 3-2-0
- Good: 6: 3-1-1
- Group 1: 0: 0-0-0
- Win %: –
- Place %: –
Interpretation
- Age: 6YO
- Color: Brown
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Galileo (IRE)
- Dam: Daldiyna (FR)
Win: $51.00
Place: $13.50
Best odds at Bet365
Career stats for Interpretation
- Career: 16: 4-1-2
- Flemington: 6: 0-0-1
- Distance: 2: 0-0-0
- Wet: 7: 1-0-0
- Good: 8: 3-1-1
- Group 1: 2: 0-0-0
- Win %: –
- Place %: –
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