Champagne Popped As Castelvecchio Lands First Group 1 Win for Litt
Maven becomes Read Tuesday's Issue For: American Stallion Watch Pharoah's The Week Ahead second winner What's On Race meetings: Mudgee (NSW), Nowra Morning Briefing (NSW), Mornington (VIC), Stawell (VIC), Page 8 Sunshine Coast (QLD), Penola (SA), Sunday, April 21, 2019 Albany (WA) International meetings: Kranji (SGP), Champagne popped as Macau (MAC) Castelvecchio lands first Group 1 win for Litt Juvenile colt also achieves milestone for young sire Dundeel with Randwick victory Pierata reaches pinnacle in All Aged Stakes Pierata sportpiX Pierata (Pierro) has all but secured his place as a stallion after adding an important Group 1 victory to his CV with a win in yesterday’s All Aged Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) at Randwick. Castelvecchio AAP Three times-placed at Group 1 level prior to his breakthrough Randwick success, Pierata’s Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) instead trainer Greg Hickman and the entire’s owners By Tim Rowe choosing to turn his focus on yesterday’s have resisted offers from studs over the past 12 ichard Litt was savouring the $500,000 Randwick feature. months and their patience will no doubt have biggest success of his short Jockey Josh Parr settled Castelvecchio in paid off, with his value set to have skyrocketed career after talented colta midfield position, eventually coming home after yesterday’s win. Castelvecchio produced a strongly to overhaul the favourite Loving Gaby (I Beaten a “pixel” in The Galaxy (Gr 1, 1100m) Rdominant performance in yesterday’s ATC Am Invincible) to beat the filly by one and a half in March before a last-start fifth to Santa Ana Champagne Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m), the first lengths, with the winner clocking a slick time Lane (Lope De Vega) in the TJ Smith Stakes (Gr Australian elite level win for his exciting young of 1:33.31 seconds (last 600 metres in 35.50 1, 1200m), Pierata finished a long-neck ahead sire Dundeel (High Chaparral).
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