Skua (AUS) Horse
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Skua, a 3yo brown colt from Australia trained by Ciaron Maher, is by Ghaiyyath out of Dowitcher. He has not yet broken his maiden, with two starts and no win. In his latest outing at Seymour on 7 Aug 2026, John Allen rode him to a third‑place finish behind Night Guard.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Seymour 07-Aug-26 1400m SOFT 7 R1 MDN-SW $3,825 (of $42,500) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:27.700, SP: 2.40 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 8th, 400m 5th 1st Night Guard ( E Brown 59.5 ) 2nd Estival ( B Button 57.5 , Cd 56 ) 0.30L 3rd Skua ( J Allen 57 ) 0.80L See full results | J Allen 57kg 0.80L | 3 (14) |
| Donald 16-Jul-26 1050m R12 Jump Out-H8, Winning Time: 01:07.550 1st Say It How It Is ( N Farley ) 2nd Midnight Fox ( S Field ) 3rd Skua ( J Allen ) | J Allen | 3 (5) |
| Newcastle 06-Mar-26 1300m GOOD 4 R2 PAUL PERRY $8,950 (of $50,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:18.590, SP: 18.00 In-running: 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.810 1st Southend ( D Gibbons 57 ) 2nd Skua ( J Collett 57 ) 1.08L 3rd Somethings Burnin' ( A Hyeronimus 57 ) 1.24L See full results | J Collett 57kg 1.08L | 2 (9) |
| Randwick 19-Feb-26 1050m SOFT 5 R6 2Y-BT, Winning Time: 01:03.110 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.260 1st Keystrike ( T Sherry ) 2nd Campione D'italia ( J B Mcdonald ) 0.46L 3rd Pearl Of Dubai ( A Adkins ) 0.69L 6th Skua ( J Collett ) 6.76L | J Collett 6.76L | 6 (7) |
| Canterbury 06-Feb-26 899m GOOD 4 R11 2Y-BT, Winning Time: 00:54.930 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.130 1st Avengers ( Z T Lloyd ) 2nd Blocker ( N C Rawiller ) 1.43L 3rd Zoo Dazzler ( T Berry ) 2.16L 8th Skua ( J Collett ) 3.97L | J Collett 3.97L | 8 (8) |