Pierro Mare Downs Russian Camelot

Tara Madgwick - Saturday October 10

Many punters had the feeling Russian Camelot could go undefeated this spring following his dominant last start win in the Group I MRC Underwood Stakes, but quality Pierro mare Arcadia Queen made a lie of that assumption when she strolled straight past him to win the Group I MRC  Caulfield Stakes (2000m) on Saturday.

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Arcadia Queen wins the G1 Caulfield Stakes - image Pat Scala / Racing Photos

A homebred for Bob and Sandra Peters trained by Grant and Alana Williams, Arcadia Queen won the Group I WATC Kingston Town Classic as a three year-old, but has mixed her form a little since then with a stint in Sydney under the care of Chris Waller proving less successful than hoped for.

Third to Russian Camelot last start, Arcadia Queen enjoyed the good track and had her bar racing plates removed for this run indicating her feet must now be in top condition.

She stalked the main contenders and under minimal urging from Willie Pike surged past the favourite to win by more than a length.



Arcadia Queen gave her rider Willie Pike a treble of winners on the day.

"I knew my chance was to catch him in the last 200 and that's what happened," Pike said.

"I am pretty proud of her. She's always been a stable favourite and it's great to see her back in the winner's list.”

Arcadia Queen and Willie Pike are a great team - image George Salpigtidis / Racing Photos

The Cox Plate is next on the agenda for Arcadia Queen, who has the overall record of seven wins and three placings from 13 starts with prizemoney topping $2.4million.

A sister-in-blood to Pierro’s Group I winner Regal Power, Arcadia Queen is a sibling to Group winners Arcadia Dream and Arcadia Prince as well as stakes-winner Arcadia Rose being the best of seven winners from seven foals to race from blue hen Arcadia.

A 16 year-old daughter of Redoute’s Choice, Arcadia has a yearling filly and colt foal by Pierro to follow in the footsteps of Arcadia Queen.


 

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Race Result - Neds Stakes Gr1 2000m

Caulfield Track: Good(4) Time: 2:03.38
1
Arcadia Queen
- 5m Pierro (AUS) x Arcadia (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: G & A Williams Rdr: W Pike 57
Pierro
2
1.3
Russian Camelot
- 4h Camelot (GB) x Lady Babooshka (GB) (Cape Cross (IRE))
Tnr: D T O'Brien Rdr: D Oliver 56.5
3
3.8
Humidor
- 8g Teofilo (IRE) x Zalika (NZ) (Zabeel (NZ))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: Craig Williams 59
4
4.5
Harbour Views
- 6g Le Havre (IRE) x Icky Woo (GB) (Mark Of Esteem (IRE))
Tnr: M J Williams Rdr: John Allen 59
5
5.2
Gailo Chop
- 10g Deportivo (GB) x Grenoble (FR) (Marignan (USA))
Tnr: M J Williams Rdr: D Yendall 59
6
7.2
Levendi
- 6h Pierro (AUS) x Lipari (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: Peter Gelagotis Rdr: J Maskiell 59
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