Overview
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.
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, 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 5, 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.
Pierata’s first crop of foals were nothing short of excellent with leading breeders giving them great praise;
“Great substance, hip and quality. Really blown away by the couple we’ve had” – Mick Malone, Kitchwin Hills
“One of the better foals I have EVER seen” – Peter O’Brien, Segenhoe Stud
First yearlings sell at major Australian sales in 2023 and have sold up to $800,000 in 2023.
Race Record
At 2
1st ATC (Royal Randwick) Light Horse Brigade 2YO Maiden Plate (1200m).
3rd BRC (Eagle Farm) Sires’ Produce S., Gr.2 (1400m from Melody Belle and Taking Aim).
At 3
1st GCTC Magic Millions Guineas, RL (1400m beating Goodfella and Calculated), BRC (Doomben) Vo Rogue P., Gr.3 (1350m beating Dinnigan and Goodfella), BRC (Doomben) Winning Rupert Plate (1200m).
2nd ATC (Royal Randwick) Randwick Guineas, Gr.1 (1600m to Kementari, beating Trapeze Artist), ATC (Rosehill Gardens) Hobartville S., Gr.2 (1400m to Kementari, beating D’Argento), BRC (Doomben) Gold Edition P., L (1200m to Whypeeo, beating Shogun Sun).
At 4
1st ATC (Royal Randwick) All Aged S., Gr.1 (1400m beating Osborne Bulls and Siege Of Quebec), ATC (Royal Randwick) Missile S., Gr.2 (1200m beating Kementari and The Monstar), ATC (Royal Randwick) Sydney S., Gr.3 (1200m beating Jungle Edge and Clearly Innocent).
2nd ATC (Rosehill Gardens) The Galaxy, Gr.1 (1100m to Nature Strip, beating Easy Eddie), ATC (Royal Randwick) Bill Ritchie H., Gr.3 (1400m to Siege Of Quebec, beating Music Magnate).
3rd VRC Sprint Classic, Gr.1 (1200m to Santa Ana Lane and In Her Time).
At 5
1st ATC (Royal Randwick) The Shorts, Gr.2 (1100m beating Classique Legend and Redzel), ATC (Rosehill Gardens) Redzel S. (1300m beating Trekking and Le Romain).
2nd ATC (Royal Randwick) All Aged S., Gr.1 (1400m to Tofane, beating Fasika), ATC (Royal Randwick) Concorde S., Gr.3 (1000m to Redzel, beating Graff).
4th ATC (Royal Randwick) TJ Smith S., Gr.1 (1200m to Nature Strip, Santa Ana Lane and Redzel).