News - PIERRO (AUS)
Pierro was running hot on Friday night with a winning treble courtesy of Simeon saluting at Moonee Valley, while Don Pedro got the cash in the second race at Canterbury with progressive three year-old Les Vampires following up in the very next race with a dominant win as a short priced favourite.
A $460,000 Karaka Book 1 purchase for Cameron Cooke Bloodstock in 2022, this Pierro filly broke the ice in style at Sandown on Wednesday.
Buoyed by a satisfying midweek success, Stephen Marsh will be hoping to add to his tally on Saturday with a four-strong team engaged at Trentham, including a pair of strong Group One chances.
God Of Eros was never intended to be a long-term member of Shane Crawford’s stable, but the Cambridge horseman isn’t dwelling on the unexpected outcome.
Two impeccably bred 3-year-old fillies making their career debuts fought out the finish of the GD & SL O'Sullivan Builders Maiden Plate at Seymour on Wednesday.
A steady stream of winners in the past few months has the Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott training partnership sitting in fourth on the National Trainer’s premiership table and they look to have a number of top chances to add to their season’s 22-win tally at Pukekohe on New Year’s Day.
Not many broodmares produce 11 winners and fewer still can claim six of them as stakes-winners!
With six winners in the past two days, Pierro is in hot form and had a winning double at Caulfield on Saturday courtesy of Pascero and Regal Power.
The Maher and Eustace stable sent out a hot favourite in the 1400m maiden at Warrnambool on Thursday and the daughter of Pierro duly coasted home alone.
Former popular Sydney trainer Mark Newnham has had plenty of success with the stock of Pierro highlighted by his dual Group I winner Shadow Hero and the Golden Slipper winning sire also gave him his first Hong Kong winner when Happy Hero saluted at Happy Valley on Wednesday evening.
A full sister to Group II winner Paris Dior, three yea-old Pierro filly Queen of Dragons chased home glamour colts Militarize and Red Resistance in her first preparation and cast off maiden status at Randwick on Wednesday.
There was a short priced favourite in the 1500m maiden at Bendigo on Wednesday in Shamus Award filly Roll on High, but she will have to wait for another day to break the ice having been outgunned at the finish by Pierro first starter Aztec State.
Talented Pierro gelding Kalino has been working towards winning a stakes race for his big group of Star Thoroughbreds owners and he got the job done at Flemington on Saturday when powering home with a well timed run to take out the $175,000 Listed VRC Sofitel Stakes (1400m).
Breaking his maiden in emphatic style at Sandown on Wednesday was promising Pierro colt Prinzerro, whose trainer Phillip Stokes was talking Caulfield Guineas after the win.
The top priced two year-old sold at the Strawberry Hill Stud Dispersal was a stylish Pierro filly from outstanding racemare Dear Demi, winner of the 2012 Group I VRC Oaks.
Newgate Farm’s Stud Manager James Carey is a renowned pinhook judge and he purchased several yearlings from the Magic Millions Strawberry Hills Stud Dispersal and the most expensive of them was the $450,000 Pierro yearling from Champion 3YO Filly Samantha Miss.
Punters got it spot on in the feature event at Te Rapa on Saturday, as favourite Dragon Leap defeated second elect Skew Wiff in a thrilling finish to the Gr.2 Waikato Stud Foxbridge Plate (1200m).
Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott are hoping an improved track and an impressive first-up victory will see their classy galloper Dragon Leap add the Gr.2 Waikato Stud Foxbridge Plate (100m) to his record on Saturday at Te Rapa.
Pierro unearthed a likely type in the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained colt Les Vampires at Warwick Farm on Wednesday, and the leading Sydney stable sent the Pierro filly Global Pivot south to open her winning account over 1300m at Bendigo on Thursday.
The three year-old colts and geldings maiden at Warwick Farm on Wednesday featured a smorgasbord of talented types with Pierro colt Les Vampires confirming his potential with an impressive win at his second start.