Light Pillar

(IRE)

Country

Ireland

Foal Date

01-Apr-14

Sex

gelding

Colour

bay

Sire

Galileo

Dam

Burning Sunset

Prize Money

$84798

Trainer

C & D Maher & Eustace

Owners

Ciaron Maher Racing, Halo Racing Services Pty Ltd, Mrs J McKenna, D F Degenhardt, Al Galayel One, A Cox, Mrs S Cox, A J Willoughby, R C Betts, D P Sinn, B J Quin, M E Tait, R Smith, Ms M C Glennan, S J Swanell, P A Roach & K R Teschendorff

About

Light Pillar is an 11yo bay gelding from Ireland trained by C & D Maher & Eustace, Cranbourne. He is by the stallion Galileo out of the dam Burning Sunset. Light Pillar has secured 5 wins in his career. On 29th Aug 2021 at Sportsbet-Ballarat, Light Pillar achieved his most notable victory in the $50000 Bm114 Gotta Take Care Hurdle. Light Pillar has retired from racing, with his final run on 29th Aug 2021 at Sportsbet-Ballarat.

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Sportsbet-Ballarat 29-Aug-21 3600m SOFT 7 R3 Hdle $31,200 (of $50,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 04:17.010, SP: $4.60 In-running: Settled 7th, 1200m 5th, 800m 3rd, 400m 2nd	W Mccarthy 71.5kg	1 (9)
Traralgon 18-Aug-21 2400m SOFT 5 R2 0-116 hdl-trl, Winning Time: 03:16.640	W Gordon 0 2.25L	2 (5)
Ladbrokes Park Lakeside 01-Aug-21 3400m SOFT 7 R4 Bm120 hdle $960 (of $50,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 04:11.980, SP: $3.40 In-running: Settled 1st, 1200m 2nd, 800m 3rd, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:40.160	W Mccarthy 69kg 18.00L	5 (6)
Sportsbet-Pakenham 18-Jul-21 3200m SOFT 7 R2 Mdn hdle-sw $21,450 (of $35,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 03:54.990, SP: $1.45F In-running: Settled 4th, 1200m 2nd, 800m 3rd, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:41.360	S Pateman 69.5kg	1 (7)
Cranbourne-Trn 02-Jul-21 2800m HEAVY 8 R3 0-116 hdl-trl, Winning Time: 03:31.740	C Mccarthy 0 2.25L	2 (7)
Ladbrokes Park Lakeside 23-May-21 2100m GOOD 4 R5 Bm78 $1,000 (of $50,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 02:11.610, SP: $21 In-running: Settled 10th, 1200m 10th, 800m 9th, 400m 11th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.690	W Price 57.5kg, Cd 55.5kg 7.70L	10 (12)
Cranbourne-Trn 14-May-21 2400m HEAVY 9 R1 0-116 hdl-trl, Winning Time: 02:51.860	C Mccarthy 0 0.20L	2 (6)
Mornington 27-Sep-20 2415m HEAVY 9 R3 Bm70 $2,500 (of $50,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 02:36.620, SP: $9 In-running: Settled 5th, 1200m 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.320	L Lafferty 62kg, Cd 59kg 6.35L	4 (9)
Bendigo 02-Sep-20 2400m GOOD 4 R2 Bm78 $1,000 (of $50,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 02:31.690, SP: $5 In-running: Settled 3rd, 1200m 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.470 Vet: gelding found to be lame in near hindleg	J Allen 60.5kg 6.40L	7 (8)
Ladbrokes Park Hillside 12-Aug-20 2400m SOFT 7 R3 Bm70 $9,000 (of $50,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 02:35.410, SP: $5.50 In-running: Settled 6th, 1200m 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.940 Midfield, wide, strong speed late, pipped at post	L Lafferty 62kg, Cd 59kg 0.20L	2 (8)
Bendigo 29-Jul-20 2400m GOOD 4 R3 Bm78 $5,670 (of $31,500) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 02:33.470, SP: $4.40 In-running: Settled 2nd, 1200m 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:35.590 Outside leader, kept trying, looked home, nabbed	J Allen 60 0.30L	2 (6)
Ladbrokes Park Lakeside 01-Jul-20 2100m SOFT 6 R7 Bm84 (of $40,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 02:16.120, SP: $16 In-running: Settled 9th, 1200m 9th, 800m 9th, 400m 12th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.900 Over raced throughout, was very one paced in run	J Allen 57kg 12.15L	12 (13)
Ladbrokes Park Lakeside 24-May-20 1400m HEAVY 8 R8 Bm78 $2,000 (of $40,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:28.789, SP: $16 In-running: Settled 9th, 800m 9th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.170	M Zahra 59kg 6.60L	4 (10)
Cranbourne-Trn 08-Mar-19 2400m SOFT 5 R1 0-116 HDL-TRL, Winning Time: 03:06.850	T Sadler 15.00L	3 (6)
Cranbourne-Trn 18-Feb-19 1190m GOOD 4 R4 2UP-TRL, Winning Time: 01:13.890	T Nugent 3.10L	5 (7)
Killarney 22-Aug-18 2259m GOOD R2 HCP $4,556 (of $15,500) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 02:26.970, SP: $6	S Crosse 60.5kg 5.50L	2 (4)
Down Royal 28-Jul-18 2816m GOOD R1 LR HER MAJESTY'S $3,077 (of $50,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 03:05.010, SP: $5 Led, headed 2f out, soon pushed along, ridden in 3rd 1 1/2f out, no extra inside final furlong, dropped to 4th closing stages	D O'brien 59.5kg 7.25L	4 (5)
Royal Ascot 23-Jun-18 4355m GOOD R2 4UP HCP $7,264 (of $90,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 04:45.240, SP: $21 Tracked leaders, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, lost 2nd entering final furlong, kept on same pace in 4th	D O'brien 57.5kg 6.50L	4 (16)
Listowel 03-Jun-18 2971m GOOD R1 4UP HCP $3,821 (of $13,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 03:22.730, SP: $6 Led, headed briefly after 1f, pushed along under 2f out, soon ridden and headed final 100 yards, no impression on winner, kept on one pace	D O'connor 72kg 0.75L	2 (8)
Dundalk 06-May-18 2414m SYNTHETIC R1 4UP HCP $12,796 (of $13,500) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 02:33.740, SP: $2F Raced in 2nd, closed travelling smoothly straight, led over 1 1/2f out, quickly joined, led again and stayed on best inside final furlong	S Crosse 53.5kg	1 (5)
Saint-Cloud 08-Sep-17 3000m GOOD R1 G3 PRIX DE LUTECE $5,849 (of $38,632) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 03:18.040, SP: $12	S Pasquier 56kg 3.25L	5 (5)
Deauville 13-Aug-17 3000m SOFT R2 LR PRIX HOUYET $8,042 (of $26,560) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 03:11.700, SP: $7.70	S Pasquier 57kg 3.25L	4 (10)
Deauville 07-Jul-17 3000m GOOD R1 3Y HCP $9,724 (of $15,888) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 03:18.360, SP: $2F	S Pasquier 56.5kg 1.25L	2 (8)
Lyon-Parilly 26-May-17 2400m GOOD R1 3Y HCP $14,622 (of $8,547) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 02:33.820, SP: $2.50F	S Pasquier 59.5kg	1 (6)
Lyon-Parilly 29-Apr-17 2200m GOOD R1 3YC&G HCP $6,141 (of $18,254) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 02:24.970, SP: $4	S Pasquier 56.5kg 3.00L	3 (6)
Argentan 29-Mar-17 2100m GOOD R1 3Y MDN $8,773 (of $5,795) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 02:13.900, SP: $2F	S Pasquier 58kg	1 (9)
Deauville 17-Oct-16 1900m SYNTHETIC R1 2YC&G MDN-SW $2,018 (of $40,353) Barrier 14, Winning Time: 02:00.060, SP: $5.30	S Pasquier 58kg 5.00L	5 (14)