Another Group 1 Winner for PIERRO Takes his Tally to 6

25 Nov 19

Earlier this year exciting prospect Regal Power (4g Pierro x Broadway Belle by Redoute's Choice) showed his quality and stamina when winning the Group 2 WATC West Australian Derby (2400m) and he upped the ante at Ascot on Saturday when he beat a hot field to win the $1million Group 1 WATC Railway Stakes (1600m).

Having just his second run back from a spell, the Grant and Alana Williams trained four year-old settled back in the field for William Pike after jumping from a wide gate and charged to the line out wide to score a half-length win over the Godolphin representative Best of Days (IRE).

"I felt like the pressure was off a bit (with the) wide barrier. I just had to go out there and wing it and hope that it went my way and it did,” Pike said.

"I got back a long way, but I actually had a pretty good run, I don't know if I would've wanted to swap my run for too many others.

"Inside the last furlong, that's where his character kicked in. He could either say 'nah, I went too wide and done too much, or nah I'm here to play' and he never laid down."

A homebred for Bob and Sandra Peters, Regal Power has the overall record of five wins and six placings from 15 starts with prizemoney in excess of $1million.

Regal Power will progress to the Group 1 WATC Kingston Town Stakes (1800m) in two weeks’ time, a race won by his close relation Arcadia Queen last year.

Regal Power is the best of three winners from stakes winning Redoute’s Choice mare Broadway Belle and is a full brother to Group 2 WATC Derby winner Action.

He is also a brother-in-blood to the Peters homebreds Arcadia Queen, winner of the Group 1 WATC Kingston Town Classic and Arcadia Prince, winner of the Group 3 WATC Scahill Stakes.

Broadway Belle has been a regular visitor to Coolmore and has a two-year-old colt by Vancouver that was passed in at Inglis Easter, a yearling filly by American Pharoah and has foaled this spring producing another cracking filly by Pierro.

Regal Power is the sixth Group 1 winner for Golden Slipper winning sire Pierro, who has been popular this spring at a fee of $88,000.

He is the third Group 1 winner for Pierro bred from a daughter of Redoute’s Choice (Danehill), the nick producing 75% winners to runners and 19% stakes-winners to runners.

PIERRO x LARROCHA Colt in pre-training

Dynamic Syndications purchased a super colt this year by PIERRO from the Gr1 Winning Danehill mare LARROCHA. Bred on this same cross, he is a stunning looking individual with a big pedigree page and he has been purchased to target middle distance classic races as a 3yo.

PIERRO is having a sensational year. He’s had 59 Winners including 7 Stakes Winners (2 x Gr1) and earnings of $7,431,713.

From his first 3 crops to race, Pierro has now sired 20 Stakes Winners, 12 Stakes Placed with earnings over $23million.