Ciaron Maher Racing Takes A Look At Maurice
The Ciaron Maher Racing team, the trainers of Maurice’s best-ever son Hitotsu have released a variety of videos highlighting their current Maurice weanlings on farm at Bong Bong in the Southern Highlands. Headed by CMR Racing Bloodstock manager Will Bourne, the videos discover the key physical attributes of the born racehorses. “They sure are racehorses,” said Bourne when discussing the 4 Maurice weanlings the team has invested in. Having not sent yearlings to the sales since 2021 the Maurice progeny will be highly sought after over the next 2-3 years given the success of the likes of Hitotsu and Mazu. The colts and geldings have undoubtedly been the standouts for Maurice thus far and BTX are lucky to have bred an outstanding colt out of Flandersrain by the Japanese sire.
With the rise and rise of horses the likes of So You Think and Dundeel in the past 12 months, horses by the likes of Maurice are going to be far more lucrative at the sales than in previous years. The proven formula of purchasing classic prospects, by classic stallions is proving to be a highly successful strategy. It may not be long until the resurgence of the middle distance and staying stallion returns to the popularity such stallions receive in Europe. Already standing at $88,000 at Arrowfield Stud, alongside barn mate Dundeel ($66,000) and across the valley from So You Think ($99,000) these stallions whose progeny were once viewed as value at the sales are expected to see a significant price hike. An extremely positive sign for the Breeding Pack.
With Australian Racing already extremely sprinter-dominated the likes of Stay Inside and Russian Revolution are always going to be extremely popular, but the trend towards investing in horses who breed racehorses from 1600-2400m adds an extra angle in which the Breeding Pack represents outstanding value.
The Breeding Pack has shares available from $200 with 10 foals by some of Australia’s premium bloodstock expected to reach the sales over the next 3 years.