Back-of-house changes at Ciaron Maher Racing, including the decision of Declan Maher to go it alone in Queensland, may have set tongues wagging, but the man in charge is focusing on the task ahead.
The first three months of 2025 have seen many changes at Ciaron Maher Racing, including the departure of several staff members including chief executive Ben Sellenger and the decision of the trainer’s brother to open his own stable.
But while externally there is a lot of noise about what is happening at CMR, for the man at the centre of it, he remains focused on matters on the track.
CMR has already surpassed its own prize money benchmark, with an Everest turbo-charged $51.7 million banked so far this season, and is to date marginally ahead of the prize money record set by Chris Waller in 2023/24 with just short of four months of the season remaining.
Personnel moves are continuing to make headlines at Maher’s dual-state operation, with his brother Declan announcing this week that he was leaving Ballarat before another Victorian winter grips to set up on the Gold Coast.
Declan has run his brother’s Ballarat stable from the time it was acquired from Darren Weir in 2019, but after overseeing up to 200 horses at a time, he’s decided it’s time to go out on his own.
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