News - PIERRO (AUS)
The second session of the 2020 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale at the Gold Coast on Tuesday was highlighted by Godolphin selling a full sister to Pierro that fetched $1,050,000, while mares in foal to the outstanding young sire were also in demand.
Rated a Breednet ‘One to Watch’ when winning at Geelong earlier this month, two year-old Pierro gelding Saltpeter confirmed his potential when stepping successfully up to Saturday class at Caulfield on Saturday.
Dual Group I winner Shadow Hero won’t be the only stakes-winning son of Pierro that David Hayes will be training when he heads to Hong Kong with news classy two year-old colt Untamed will also join his team.
Golden Slipper winning sire Pierro has had a huge season and his promising two year-old winner at Geelong on Friday holds the potential of better things to come.
Pierro already has a Hong Kong Derby winner in Furore on his resume and hopefully will have another with news his dual Group I winning three year-old Shadow Hero has been sold to Hong Kong and will be trained by David Hayes.
Golden Slipper winner Pierro became the latest sire to crack a century of winners for the season and he did it with a very promising four year-old in Sikorsky, who saluted at Flemington on Saturday for the Lindsay Park team.
The bar is set high for Golden Slipper winners that go to stud and all are afforded great opportunity from the get go, but some do better than others and a substantial fee increase this year for Pierro would suggest many breeders believe he has the potential to go all the way and emulate the success of legendary Golden Slipper winning Champion Australian Sires such as Marscay, Flying Spur and
Talented Pierro filly Rocha Clock showed her true form at Randwick on Saturday signalling the potential of Black Type to come.
It’s become one of the most successful nicks in Australian breeding, Pierro over daughters of champion sire Redoute’s Choice, and it delivered another stakes-winner on Saturday with tough staying three year-old Sacramento taking out the Listed VRC St Leger (2800m).
When Golden Slipper winner Pierro retired to Coolmore in 2013 there was high expectation for his stud career to come and one of those first crop horses to really put him on the map was Pierata, who hung up his racing plates for the last time after a brave second in the Group I ATC All Aged Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday.
The second day of The Championships at Randwick on Saturday started well for leading sire Pierro who produced the quinella in the Listed $150,000 Fernhill Mile (1600m) for two year-olds with Untamed and Wheelhouse hitting the line together.
It might not carry Group I status, but with ten of the 15 runners being Group I winners, the $5million MRC All Star Mile (1600m) produced a great contest with four year-old Pierro gelding Regal Power claiming a memorable victory over his stablemate Superstorm.
Golden Slipper winner Pierro went very close to a Group I double on Saturday with his quality three year-old Shadow Hero capturing the Group I ATC Randwick Guineas (1600m), while talented Perth trained four year-old Regal Power was beaten half a length in the Group I VRC Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington.
The final session of the 2020 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale Book One in Melbourne on Monday was topped by a quality colt that sold for $575,000 by Golden Slipper winner Pierro, who was the leading sire at the sale by aggregate.
A $1,050,000 Inglis Easter purchase for Hermitage Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd / Wexford Stables / Andrew Williams Bloodstock from the Coolmore draft, exciting ro three year-old Dragon Leap was in hot form at Ellerslie on Saturday when scoring a dominant win in the Group II Jamieson Park Avondale Guineas (2100m).
Winning Saturday's Group II Legacy Lodge Waikato Guineas isn't a critical element of Dragon Leap's campaign, according to Matamata trainer Lance O'Sullivan.
Waikato bloodstock agent Garry Carvell went home with the horse he wanted on the first day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale.
Coolmore’s Golden Slipper winner Pierro is currently the leading sire in the country by earnings and stakes-winners, but has been somewhat flying under the radar at Magic Millions with a filly from Phoenix Park selling on Friday for $550,000.
Blue-blooded Pierro colt Untamed kicked off his career with a stylish debut victory on Friday night at Canterbury carrying the China Horse Club colours.
Two of Australia’s biggest farms in Arrowfield and Coolmore have very different stallion rosters, but in the instance of this nick they have created a match made in heaven.