Currently spelling and looking outstanding. He has been broken in and has had one preparation to date and will resume pre-training in the coming weeks. Below is an update from Cavallo Park. Above is a video with comments from highly regarded horseman, Matt Vella, about the colt when he was in Pre-training.
This outstanding colt that we are offering has all the hallmarks of success. He is from a MEDICEAN mare whose produced 3 to race, all winners. His half-sister, Group 3 winner KONASANA, added some more black type to the page with a close up placing in a Group 3 at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day.
Sire
YES YES YES was the brilliant winner of the $14 million The Everest in record-breaking time! One of the fastest horses from the Encosta De Lago sire line. He was the fastest ever winner over 1200m. at Randwick, earnings of over $7.2 million. His grandsire is multiple Champion sire ENCOSTADELAGO and his is from the family of Leading Older Female Sprinter INHERTIME. He also won the Gr.2 Todman Stakes at 2 in record-breaking time!
YES YES YES still holds the record, running faster time than NATURE STRIP, GIGA KICK and of course the mighty BELLA NIPOTINA.
Dam
POSING is by Medicean. She was a winner in Ireland and is the half-sister to Elshaadin who is the dam of MOQTARREB. This is her fourth foal. Dam of 3 foals to race, ALL WINNERS, including Konasana who had a close up placing in a Group 3 at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day.
Trainer
Ciaron Maher took his first tentative steps in racing as a teenager, working with a trainer after school each day. He was an apprentice jockey with Peter Hayes in Adelaide and Melbourne before becoming an accomplished jumps jockey, competing in Australia versus Ireland jockey challenges and riding in England, Ireland and Dubai.
In 2005 he established himself as a trainer in Warrnambool, home of jumps racing. His first winner was Spectacular Storm in a hurdle race at Terang, followed up smartly by another win at Sandown. The stage was set for a successful career not only in jumps racing, but also on the flat as the stable grew. Ciaron Maher has since moved to Caulfield, where he has expansive stables on the course. He has retained facilities in Warrnambool, which suit horses in need of a country setting, and has secured new premises at Randwick. At his property in Pakenham, on the edge of Melbourne’s suburbs, he has agistment and pre-training facilities.
A young trainer with an eye for picking winning prospects at yearling sales, he has built a stable of loyal owners as well as successful horses. He welcomes first-time owners as well as experienced racing hands. He is regarded as hard-working, thoughtful and, above all, patient. His promise is that every horse will be given every chance to develop its full potential.
Ciaron Maher discovered the thrill of Group 1 success in 2007 with TEARS I CRY winning the VRC Emirates stakes at Flemington. Black type races have flowed since then, SRIKANDI winning the Group 1 AAMI Stradbroke Handicap and the Group 1 Sky Racing Tatts Club Tiara, SET SQUARE winning the Group 1 Crown Oaks, and the following year, JAMEKA winning the Group 1 Crown Oaks including the Group 1 BMW Stakes and the Group 1 Caulfield Cup not forgetting LOVING GABY (by I Am Invincible) winning the Group 1 William Reid Stakes in 2020.
Nominations
Paid Up for the lucrative BOBS bonus scheme, $5 million Golden Slipper, $1 million Golden Rose, $2 million Blue Diamond and the $200,000 Blue Sapphire.
Costings
Share Price Includes – Purchase Price, Nominations and Bonus Schemes, Clinicals and Mortality Insurance which is covered up to the 30th September 2025.
Ongoing Expenses and MMF: The Ongoing Expenses consist of a $77 flat Monthly Management Fee (MMF) per owner, regardless of share percentage. The remainder of the fees are the Ongoing Expenses for the horse billed monthly, in arears, which are split between the owners based on their percentage held. The following are estimated total monthly costs based on averages, as the Ongoing Expenses for the horse do vary depending on the current whereabouts of the horse i.e. training, spelling etc. The following amounts include both the $77 MMF and the average Ongoing Expenses combined:
2.5% – $162 estimated total monthly cost
5% – $247 estimated total monthly cost
10% – $417 estimated total monthly cost
The first monthly ongoing expense will be due on the 1st January 2025.
