News - PIERRO (AUS)
Golden Slipper winner Pierro just keeps producing nice winners including a well-bred filly that carried the Blue Sky Bloodstock colours to victory at Goulburn on Sunday.
Australia’s leading second season sire Pierro added a new stakes-winner to his tally on Saturday when his improving gelding Action scored a resounding win in the Group II WATC Derby at Ascot in Perth.
Stablemates Mark Two and Pierrocity are a run away from booking trips to Brisbane.
No sign of rain this year with a crowd of nearly 20,000 in attendance to watch a great day of racing at Randwick with four Group I events proving that the racetrack is still a place where the expected and the unexpected can co-exist.
He might have won a Golden Slipper and been the Champion 2YO of his generation, but as a sire Pierro is taking his brilliance in a new direction with a Group I VRC Oaks winner in the spring in Pinot and now a Group I ATC Australian Derby winner in the autumn.
Australia's leading second season sire Pierro already has an Oaks winner in Pinot and Kris Lees, believes he may just have a Derby winner there as well.
Coolmore's Golden Slipper hero Pierro already has an Oaks winner on his sire resume in Pinot and may well end up with a Derby winner after progressive colt Levendi scored a determined victory in the Group II ATC Tulloch Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday.
With less than two weeks until the 2018 Golden Slipper it seems only fitting that the busiest sire in 2017 should in fact be a Golden Slipper winner.
The 2018 Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale got off to an even start on a day where the Victorian industry led from the front.
Winless since capturing the Group III Magic Night Stakes at Rosehill back in March last year, Tulip looked a class above in Friday night’s Group III Typhoon Tracy Stakes.
Keeping his record at a perfect three for three following a facile win over 1900 metres at Gosford, the Kris Less trained Furore is a logical one to follow on Thursday.
Another champagne day of racing on Saturday with 13 stakes races highlighted by three Group 1’s at Caulfield, the Blue Diamond Stakes, Futurity Stakes and Oakleigh Plate.
With the season entering the championship phase Snitzel heads all categories on the Australian General Sires’ list.
Astute Newcastle trainer Kris Lees has had a number of well-bred winners pop up at lesser tracks in recent weeks as they seek an easy victory to send them on their way to better things and this son of Pierro did more than enough to suggest he’ll be winning at a lot better tracks than Cessnock.
Blue hen Mica’s Pride delivered the latest winner for leading Australian second crop sire Pierro at Wyong on Sunday.
Australia Day started well for leading young sire Pierro when promising three year-old Amanito scored a tenacious victory at Warwick Farm, his third win from four starts.
Is there amore promising horse in Australia than Pierata at the minute?.
Greg Hickman and Corey Brown combined for the biggest payday in Queensland racing history on Saturday when Pierata (Pierro-November Flight) justified his short quote to win the $2 million Gold Coast Magic Millions 3YO Guineas (1400m).
The most expensive filly offered at the 2016 Magic Millions Yearling Sale was a blue-blooded daughter of Pierro from the royal family of Redoute’s Choice.
The winning run being enjoyed by Golden Slipper winner Pierro continued at Randwick on Saturday with a determined victory for blue-blooded three year-old filly Aqua D’Ivina.