Brave to the finish, talented
Pierro filly Tulip ran the race of her life on the bottomless rain soaked surface at Rosehill on Saturday to claim
third place in
the $3.5 million Group 1 ATC Golden Slipper Stakes – the race won by her sire in 2012.
TULIP
A last start winner of the Group 3 ATC Magic Night Stakes, the Hayes/ Dabernig trained filly tried hard throughout to finish third behind She Will reign and Frolic.
"It was a massive run," said her rider Kerrin McEvoy.
"We had no luck, wide the whole way. She started to move into it with good purpose on the corner, she was then pushed wide in the straight, but kept finding the ground. She probably didn't love the ground either."
With
two wins and two placings from five starts including
a fourth in the Group 1 MRC Blue Diamond Stakes, Tulip has banked over $538,000 in prizemoney putting Pierro clearly at the top of the Australian First Season Sires List by earnings with $605,725 which is $345,900 clear of second placed Your Song and $37,015 ahead of All Too Hard.
TULIP has raced on 5 occasions: 2 Wins, 1 second, 1 third, 1 fourth.
She has won the
1st ATC Magic Night S., Gr3
1st MVRC 1print 2yo Hcp
2nd MRC Blue Diamond Preview Gr3,
3rd ATC Golden Slipper S., Gr1
4th MRC Blue Diamond S. Gr1
The future looks promising for TULIP who still holds nominations for the
Gr1 ATC Sires Produce 1400m and the ATC RANDWICK Percy Sykes Gr2 1200m.
The Champion Racehorse PIERRO is on his way with a good lead to become Champion First Season Sire.
Dynamic Syndications have purchased 3 fillies by the exciting PIERRO from the yearling Sales. Each came from the Magic Millions.
Lot 1 ex FAITH HILL – a Gr2 Winner and dam of BLACK MINX a dual 2yo SW (dam of SO SI BON a twice Gr1 performed 3yo).
Lot 192 ex MAFIA MISS – a Widden and Gimcrack Stakes Placed 2yo.
Lot 478 ex SPECIAL EPISODE – Winning ½ sister to Gr1 Winner FIRST SEAL.