News - PIERRO (AUS)

Missing the Golden Slipper may prove a blessing in disguise for progressive Pierro colt Bellevue Hill, who made light of the heavy conditions at Rosehill on Saturday to kick away and win the Group III ATC The Schweppervescence as he pleased.

The Frankie Lor-trained Furore continued New Zealand’s stellar record in the HK$18million Hong Kong Derby (2000m) when he took out the Classic race at Sha Tin on Sunday.

The Asian market is an important one for any young stallion and Pierro’s stocks have risen sky high after his talented son Furore raced to a dominant win in the HK$18 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday.

Talented juvenile Folk Dress showed her potential at Matamata on Wednesday when taking out the Matley Financial Services 1200.

Well known WA based owner breeders Bob and Sandra Peters have had a lot of success so far with Coolmore’s star young sire Pierro and it continued at Ascot on Saturday when Regal Power broke through for his first Black type win in the Listed WATC Lex Piper Stakes bringing a timely pedigree update for his Inglis Easter bound half-brother.

In the thoroughbred game, a once hugely successful commercial family can all but disappear in the space of a few generations, while a rare few can power on for centuries.

The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable don’t send many horses to Canberra, but produced a super impressive winner in the nation’s capital on Friday when Pierro colt Bellevue Hill coasted home in a class of his own.

Group I winning Pierro stallion Levendi will miss the upcoming autumn carnival and faces possible retirement to stud after fracturing his pelvis in a trial at Warwick Farm on Monday morning.

A super successful nick between these two champion sires is showing every sign of continuing into the next generation.

Premier Sale graduate Furore (NZ) (Pierro) emerged as one of Hong Kong’s budding four-year-old stars with a powerful come-from-behind performance in Sunday’s HK$10 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m).

Hunter Valley breeder David Bentata enjoyed success at the highest level with his outstanding mare Ofcourseican and will also be having fun with her Pierro daughter Pierrless, who saluted at Moonee Valley on Friday night.

Voting is closed for our 2018 Breednet Foal of the Year and the winner may very well be a Group I star of the future if we take into account the pedigree and the success of her breeders Bob and Sandra Peters.

A Golden Slipper winner and now a leading sire Pierro has plenty of exciting horses to run for him in the autumn, but none more so than his stunning four year-old son Pierata, who is overdue to rack up a deserved Group I win.

Dual Group I winning mare Alizee was the obvious star attraction at the Randwick barrier trials on Monday morning steaming to an easy victory, but there were also a couple of interesting two year-old winners including a colt by Pierro sporting the famed cerise colours of Ingham Racing.

After his full sister Arcadia Queen garnered national headlines with her facile win in the Group 1 Kingston Town last week, the Bob Peters homebred Arcadia Prince made his own statement at Ascot on Saturday when earning his first stakes win in the Group III AJ Scahill Stakes (1400m).

A homebred for Bob and Sandra Peters, the Grant and Alana Williams trained Pierro filly Arcadia Queen stamped herself as the find of the summer when powering clear to score a resounding victory in the $1million Group I WATC Kingston Town Classic at Ascot on Saturday.

This debut winner by Pierro highlights a nick that clicks!.

A week ago Pierro filly Arcadia Queen beat the best of her sex to win the Group III WATC Champion Fillies Stakes and this week she beat the colts to win the Group II WATC West Australian Guineas at Ascot.

After Pierro’s son Arcadia Prince recorded his fifth win earlier on the card, it was the turn of his little sister Arcadia Queen to strut her stuff in the Group III WA Champion Fillies Stakes and she didn’t let anybody down.

Triple Crown Syndications owners were in the winner's circle at Canterbury on Friday night with promising Pierro filly Reelem in Ruby.