Trapeze Artist Mare Earns Shot at G1 Metrop

Tara Madgwick - Saturday September 27

The in form Ciaron Maher stable produced the quinella in the$250,000 Group III ATC Colin Stephen Quality (2400m) at Rosehill on Saturday with race favourite Juja Kibo (GB) beaten by progressive mare Piggyback.

Piggyback wins the G3 Colin Stephen Quality - image Bradley Photography

The five year-old daughter of Trapeze Artist has been working through her grades and was a last start winner at Doomben over 2200m in Benchmark 78 company.

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Having her first try at a Black Type race, she enjoyed a cosy run in transit for Tim Clark and burst through along the inside to score a half length win that has earned ballot free exemption for next week’s Group I ATC The Metropolitan in which she will carry just 50kg.

 

“I thought Juja had a pretty good run, and Piggy just out-toughed him really. I thought before the race it was the best she'd presented ever and the times from her last run were very quick, so she's a horse on the up,” said Maher, who is now giving serious consideration to a start in the G1 Metrop.

“We'll certainly see how she comes through it, but she's had the prep to back up and has had a really good grounding, and a gap between runs, so if you did want to back up, it would work, I would think.”

Piggyback runs for a very happy team of Dynamic Syndications owners and was purchased for just $27,000 from the 2022 Magic Millions Online September Sale after she was purchased originally from the Widden Stud draft at the Magic Millions National Yearling Sale for $32,000 by Lous Bloodstock.

Piggyback as a yearling.

Piggyback has six wins from 17 starts with prizemoney in excess of $459,000.

Bred by the Vieria Group, Piggyback is the best of three winners from five foals to race from Wowee, a talented stayer by Choisir that won the Group III South Australian Fillies Classic over 2500m.

Wowee was on-sold at the 2022 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale for $30,000 to WA based Mungrup Stud and has foaled this spring producing a colt by Ghaiyyath (IRE).

Trapeze Artist, click for more info.

She is the sixth stakes-winner for Trapeze Artist, who won the Golden Rose back in 2017 and stands at Widden stud at a fee of $33,000.

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Race Result - Asahi Super Dry Colin Stephen Qlty Gr3 2400m

Rosehill Track: Good(4) Time: 2:28.98
1
Piggyback
- 5m Trapeze Artist (AUS) x Wowee (AUS) (Choisir (AUS))
Tnr: C Maher Rdr: Tim Clark 55.5
Trapeze Artist
MM Gold Coast National Yearling Sale $32,000
Seller: Widden Stud, Widden Valley, NSW (As Agent)
Buyer: Louis Bloodstock
2
0.6
Juja Kibo
- 5g Belardo (IRE) x Na Zdorovie (GB) (Cockney Rebel (IRE))
Tnr: C Maher Rdr: A Adkins 55.5
3
1.5
Taramansour
- 9g Dansili (GB) x Tanoura (IRE) (Dalakhani (IRE))
Tnr: P Stokes Rdr: Tyler Schiller 55.5
4
2.6
Sun 'N' Sand
- 4m Pride Of Dubai (AUS) x She's A Rainbow (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: B Joseph & P & M Jones Rdr: A B Collett 55.5
5
3.1
Our Anchorage
- 7g Galileo (IRE) x Vanzara (FR) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: Bjorn Baker Rdr: J Parr 58
6
3.3
Trust in You
- 7g Sweynesse (AUS) x Shinko Bay (NZ) (Shinko King (IRE))
Tnr: B Wallace & G Cooksley Rdr: Regan Bayliss 55.5
7
5.9
Cleveland
- 8g Camelot (GB) x Venus De Milo (IRE) (Duke Of Marmalade (IRE))
Tnr: K A Lees Rdr: Ethan Brown 58
8
6.6
Tajanis
- 6g Australia (GB) x Baheeja (GB) (Dubawi (IRE))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: K Mc Evoy 55.5
9
8.1
Good Banter
- 5m Tavistock (NZ) x Danza Kuduro (NZ) (Savabeel (AUS))
Tnr: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton Rdr: Zac Lloyd 55.5
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