Pierata
Pierro x November Flight, by Flying Spur
2014
16.1 ½ hh
FEE: $66,000
Gr.1 All Aged Stakes winner
As the best son of one of the most exciting young stallions in the country from a stallion lineage of Champions, Pierata’s racetrack career, highlighted by his superior ability and fighting qualities, forms an outstanding foundation for breeders to access the exceptional son of Triple Crown winner and Champion First and Second Season Sire Pierro.
Pierata has been well supported by the industry since his announcement at stud, first in the Hunter Valley for his debut season, covering 169 mares, then in Queensland where he covered books of 143 and 139 mares.
His standout first book of mares led to a great reception at Magic Millions in January 2023, where he was crowned leading first-season sire by aggregate. At the head of those was the first foal from dual Gr.1-winning mare Loving Gaby, who sold to the mare’s former trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace for $800,000.
Pierata’s first-crop continue to deliver, with five individual Group performers from his first two-year-olds, more than any other first-season sire in 23/24. These are led by Gr.3 Chairman’s S. winner Coleman, who finished a nail-biting second to Written Tycoon’s Lady Of Camelot in the Gr.1 Golden Slipper, along with the tenacious filly Tobeornottobe, winner of the Gr.3 Thoroughbred Breeders’ S. at Flemington for the Griffiths de Kock team.
An elite sprinter defeating 39 individual Gr.1 winners of 79 Gr.1 races highlighted by Trapeze Artist, Bivouac, Brutal, Exceedance, Nature Strip, Santa Ana Lane and Redzel throughout his career, Pierata’s defining moment came in the Gr.1 All Aged Stakes during the Autumn carnival at Royal Randwick.
Outside of the top five only twice in his 26 career starts which netted in excess of $5.8m, another of Pierata’s undeniable highlights was his success in the Gr.3 Sydney Stakes over 1200m at Randwick, where he recorded a quicker time than Redzel achieved when winning the very next race on the card, $10m The Everest over the same distance.
A city winner and Gr.2 placed at two, Magic Millions Guineas success and runner up in the Gr.1 Randwick Guineas at three, while at four his wins in the Gr.2 Missile Stakes and Gr.3 Sydney Stakes were coupled with Gr.1 placed efforts in the VRC Sprint and the Galaxy Handicap culminating in his All Aged Stakes win and ultimately awarded a globally recognised Timeform Rating of 126.
At five, the outstanding sprinter once again showed his blistering race sectionals to record success in Gr.2 Shorts Handicap and the Redzel Stakes before ending his career with a nose second in the Gr.1 All Aged Stakes, highlighting his sensational consistency throughout his career.
Performance
Facts
- Best performed son of Champion sire Pierro
- City winner and Gr.2-placed as a two-year-old
- Winner of the Gr.1 All Aged Stakes and narrowly touched off in a second by star mare Tofane
- Defeated 39 individual Gr.1 winners of 79 Gr.1 races including Kementari, Music Magnate, Santa Ana Lane, Fierce Impact, Bivouac, Trekking and Redzel
- Five Stakes performers from his first-crop two-year-olds including Gr.3 Chairman's S. winner and Gr.1 Golden Slipper second Coleman.
Race record
| Age | Runs | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Earned |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | $64,650 |
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | – | $2,182,200 |
| 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | $1,064,450 |
| 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | – | $2,491,640 |
| Totals | 26 | 9 | 7 | 2 | $5,802,940 |
at 2
ATC (Randwick) Light Horse Brigade 2YO Maiden P. (1200m)
3rd BRC Sires’ Produce S., Gr.2. (1400m)
AT 3
BRC Vo Rogue P., Gr.3 (1350m)
GCTC Magic Millions Guineas (R), L. (1400m)
BRC Insulation Winning Rupert P. (1200m)
2nd ATC (Randwick) Randwick Guineas, Gr.1. (1600m)
2nd ATC (Rosehill) Hobartville S., Gr.2. (1400m)
AT 4
ATC (Randwick) All Aged S., Gr.1 (1400m)
ATC (Randwick) Missile S., Gr.2 (1200m)
ATC (Randwick) Sydney S., Gr.3 (1200m)
2nd ATC (Rosehill) Galaxy H., Gr.1. (1100m)
2nd ATC (Randwick) Bill Ritchie H., Gr.3. (1400m)
3rd VRC Sprint Classic, Gr.1. (1200m)
AT 5
ATC (Randwick) Shorts H., Gr.2 (1100m)
ATC (Rosehill) Redzel S., A$1,730,000 (1300m)
2nd ATC (Randwick) All Aged S., Gr.1 (1400m)
2nd ATC (Randwick) Concorde S., Gr.3. (1000m)
top priced yearlings
Media
Pierata - The Perfect Prospect
Pierata, All Aged Stakes, Gr.1, 1400m, Randwick
Pierata, The Shorts, Gr.2, 1100m, Randwick
Pedigree
Pierata’s Leading Progeny
COLEMAN (21c, Redoute’s Choice, Woodman). 2 wins at 1000m, A$1,063,140, 1st MRC Chairman’s S., Gr.3, MRC Debutant S., L, 2nd ATC Golden Slipper, Gr.1, 3rd ATC Sires’ Produce S., Gr.1, 3rd ATC Pago Pago S., Gr.3
TOBEORNOTTOBE (21f, Written Tycoon, Desert Sun). Winner at 1200m, A$181,200, 1st VRC Thoroughbred Breeders S., Gr.3, 2nd MRC Blue Diamond Preview (f), Gr.3, 4th MRC Blue Diamond Prelude (f), Gr.2
Red Sea (21c, Commands, Desert Sun). Winner at 1200m, A$105,307, 2nd Manawatu RC Manawatu Sires Produce S., Gr.1, Waikato TR Virtual Print Design & Branding 2YO S., 4th Matamata RC Slipper S., Gr.3
Fearless (21c, Rothesay, Vain). Winner at 1200m, A$117,800, 2nd ATC Canonbury S., Gr.3, 4th ATC Breeders’ P., Gr.3
Wave Breaker (21f, Bel Esprit, Thunder Gulch). Placed, A$26,100, 3rd ATC Widden S., Gr.3
Carravilla (21f, Ocean Park, Falbrav). Winner at 1110m, A$22,000, 1st BRC Stradbroke Season Maiden 2YO P.
Rockrata (21g, Fastnet Rock, Woodman). Placed, A$20,250, 2nd BRC Doubtland 1st Yearlings Maiden 2YO P.
Miss Piera (21f, Von Costa de Hero, Canny Lad). Placed, A$11,975, 2nd ATC Hyland Race Colours Maiden 2YO H.
Bella Khadijah (21f, Viscount, Statoblest). Placed, A$14,000, 3rd ATC Membership 2YO H
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