Winning Horse: Yulong January (Aus)

5yoG King Of Prussia (Aus) - Duty With Honour (Aus)(West Point (Aus))

22 starts - 9 wins 4 seconds 1 third 2 fourths $683850

Black Type Placings

3rd G3 Caulfield Zeditave Stakes 1200m (2019)

2nd LR Caulfield John Dillon Stakes 1400m (2020)

2nd LR Caulfield Gothic Stakes 1400m (2018)

Other Wins

1st Flemington Congratulations Arhof Inductee 1400m (2021)

1st Flemington Welcome 2020 Hcp 1400m (2020)

1st Flemington Yuletide Hcp 1400m (2019)

1st Pakenham Racing.Com Vobis Gold Bullion 1400m (2019)

1st Ballarat Goldenvue Estate (Bm84) 1400m (2019)

1st Randwick Young Members (Bm74) 1400m (2018)

1st Swan Hill Tac Be Races Ready (Bm64) 1300m (2018)

1st Swan Hill Bet365 Mdn Plate 1200m (2018) (Debut Run)

Race Result:

1st: Yulong January (M Zahra/C Maher & D Eustace) - $2.30F

2nd: Rubisaki (B Egan/P Payne) - $5
3rd: Odeon (J Kah/M Ellerton & S Zahra) - $5.50

Winning Time: 1:24.78 Last 600m:

Margins: Long Neck x Head

Winning Trainer: Ciaron Maher & Dave Eustace (Dave speaking)

“He’s an absolute star. It’s great to have these older horses and older geldings coming back prep on prep. He didn’t quite come up in the spring so he had a nice break and the team at Yulong hand stuck with him. He’s rewarding.

“There’s another race (here) on 19 June. His rating is starting to edge up. We’ve never tried him at a mile. He does look like a 1400 metre specialist but we might have to at some stage this prep.

“We knew we had to lead but didn’t really want to. Mark got it spot on, rated him beautifully. He was really brave to his credit. He always is but he had to fend off a very good horse. Rubisaki did dive at him.

At home: “We had to mix it up a bit. He’d spent a lot of time at the beach and was just a little not quite himself so he went to Fingal, which he enjoyed and spent a little bit of time back at the beach and then back to Caulfield. These older horses, they can settle a bit too much into a routine so we change it up a bit.”

Winning Jockey: Mark Zahra

“He’s an absolute gentleman. He’s been a bit fidgety in the gates so I was a bit worried that he jumped well enough but he’s a horse you can get to the front and goes as fast as you want.

“He came back nice underneath me. Had a beautiful time in front and slowly picked up and picked up. He was all out late but you could see him with his ears back. He’s an all-out winner.

“I’ve seen all of these blokes going forward and annoying me but in fairness I wasn’t going that hard either. I just had to see what the others were doing and go a bit quicker for them to establish their position.

“The way he was so relaxed and saving his energy in front, I was alway pretty confident. I knew I was out late but he just wins. He had his ears flat back and he tries so hard for you.”