New Stakes-Winner for Nicconi

Tara Madgwick - Saturday June 5

Bob and Sandra Peters have bid farewell in recent weeks to two of their Group I superstar mares in Arcadia Queen and Celebrity Queen, both sold at broodmare sales for a combined total of $5.7million, but there are always more stakes-winning fillies emerging from their breeding operation and we saw a new one on Saturday in Graceful Girl.

Trained by Grant and Alana Williams, three year-old filly Graceful Girl has never missed a place in seven starts and put the icing on the cake today with a dominant length and a half win as a short priced favourite in the Listed WATC Raconteur Stakes (1400m) at Belmont.
 


A homebred for Bob and Sandra Peters, Graceful Girl has won over $224,000 in prizemoney and is a full sister to Group III winner State Solicitor and half-sister to Group II winner Respondent.

She is the third stakes-winner among nine winners from top producing Group II winner Avenida Madero, who sadly died in 2020.

Her last foal is a yearling filly by Nicconi that has already been named Regal Statue.

Nicconi is the sire of Graceful Girl

Graceful Girl is the 23rd stakes-winner for Nicconi, who moves to Widden Stud Victoria this spring at a fee of $27,500.




 

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Race Result - Raconteur Stakes LR 1400m

Belmont Park Track: Good(4) Time: 1:23.79
1
Graceful Girl
- 3f Nicconi (AUS) x Avenida Madero (AUS) (Metal Storm (FR))
Tnr: G & A Williams Rdr: W Pike 54
Nicconi
2
1.5
Billy Ain't Silly
- 3g I'm All The Talk (AUS) x Tiara Mak (AUS) (Medaglia D'Oro (USA))
Tnr: C H Webster Rdr: Laqdar Ramoly 56.5
3
3.5
She's God To You
- 3f Playing God (AUS) x Flying Fath (AUS) (Fath (USA))
Tnr: Darren Taylor Rdr: Natasha Faithfull 54
4
4.9
Benji's
- 3g Toorak Toff (AUS) x La Fantastique (AUS) (Fantastic Light (USA))
Tnr: C R Green Rdr: S Parnham 55
5
5.2
Kallaroo
- 3g All American (AUS) x Kamballie (AUS) (Blackfriars (AUS))
Tnr: D L Morton Rdr: B Parnham 57
6
6.7
Solaia
- 3f Toronado (IRE) x Isola Blu (AUS) (Blackfriars (AUS))
Tnr: D T McAuliffe Rdr: Lucy Warwick 56
7
7.1
Allmamoney
- 3f Al Maher (AUS) x Run Away Ruby (AUS) (Ferocity (AUS))
Tnr: D & B Pearce Rdr: C Johnston-Porter 53
8
8.9
Written Matter
- 3g Written Tycoon (AUS) x Sophia Town (NZ) (Johannesburg (USA))
Tnr: C & M Gangemi Rdr: S Mc Gruddy 55
9
9.8
No Surrender
- 3g Universal Ruler (AUS) x Dark Attack (AUS) (Dylan Thomas (IRE))
Tnr: D T McAuliffe Rdr: Chris Parnham 56
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