Ciaron Maher and David Eustace continued their remarkable start to the new season with a treble at Moonee Valley on Saturday. They won with How Womantic ($2.60), Flash Flood ($9) and Junipal ($2.15 favourite) to them 13 Victorian city winners this season with a strike rate of close to 24 per cent. Junipal, which saluted in the Powerflo Solutions Handicap, 1600m, has returned this campaign as a gelding. Eustace said he felt Junipal was racing at his peak. He said five-year-old now had enough ratings points to gain a start in the Toorak Handicap and might go to that race via the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes. Ballarat jockey John Allen took the ride on Saturday. "He's living up to that potential now. He travelled really well so I think that a strongly run 1400m (in the Ruoer Clarke) would suit. "I'll let Ciaron, Dave and the owners decide that, but I'd be happy to stick with him if I can," Allen said.
Junipal (John Allen) returns to scale. Picture: Racing Photos
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace continued their remarkable start to the new season with a treble at Moonee Valley on Saturday.
They won with How Womantic ($2.60), Flash Flood ($9) and Junipal ($2.15 favourite) to them 13 Victorian city winners this season with a strike rate of close to 24 per cent.
Junipal, which saluted in the Powerflo Solutions Handicap, 1600m, has returned this campaign as a gelding.
Eustace said he felt Junipal was racing at his peak.
He said five-year-old now had enough ratings points to gain a start in the Toorak Handicap and might go to that race via the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes.
Ballarat jockey John Allen took the ride on Saturday.
"He's living up to that potential now. He travelled really well so I think that a strongly run 1400m (in the Ruoer Clarke) would suit.
"I'll let Ciaron, Dave and the owners decide that, but I'd be happy to stick with him if I can," Allen said.
