Pinot (AUS)
3 f Pierro – Dizelle by Zabeel
O: Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners (Mgr: A Wellman), Newgate S F (Mgr: G D Murphy), J A R Bester & Ms K Waterhouse
T: Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott
B: K Biggs Enterprises Pty Ltd
S: Inglis Sydney Easter Yearling Sale ‘16 yearling V: Coolmore Stud $200,000 P: Eclipse
W: Kennedy Oaks Trial, 1800m, Flemington, 27 September
After seconds at her last two starts, Pinot staked claims for the VRC Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m) with a very good effort in winning here, her first win in four starts to date.
The daughter of Pierro (Lonhro) broke cleanly from barrier one under Stephen Baster and travelled well in third place in the early part of the contest.
After getting along the inner nearing the 200 metre mark, she dashed to the front shortly afterwards and then raced away to score impressively by almost four lengths in a winning time of 1:50.92.
Pinot is out of the Group One-winning mare Dizelle (Zabeel) making her a half-sister to Listed winner Dizlago (Encosta De Lago) and Group Three-placed Lucky Lago (Encosta De Lago) and a further four winners.
Dizelle herself is out of Group One winner Danelagh (Danehill), who also produced Group One winner Subscribe (Zabeel) and Listed winner Bernicia (Elusive Quality), the dam of Group Two winner Old North (Lonhro) and Listed-placed gelding Bryneich (Lonhro).
In 2015 Dizelle slipped to Fastnet Rock (Danehill) and last year she produced a filly by the Coolmore shuttler and was most recently served by the the Woodside Park Stud-based sire Written Tycoon (Iglesia).
Pierro finished last season as champion first season sire by earnings, with his progeny headed by Group Three winner Tulip. This season he is sitting third in the second season sires’ table in Australia by both winners and earnings. Pinot was one of three metropolitan winners for the Coolmore-based sire on Wednesday, with Octabello’s victory at Flemington and Action scoring at Belmont.