Deserved success for Pierata mare

Sea Poem has been racing well this preparation without a lot of luck and she turned her fortunes around at Geelong for her fifth career victory.

The Ben, Will and JD Hayes-trained Pierata mare had finished close up in her previous three outings and made no mistake this time, posting a strong win over 1135 metres in the hands of apprentice Jackson Radley.

“Jacko rode her beautifully and coming to the corner I thought she’d be hard to beat,” stable representative Lindsey Rushby said.

Homebred mare Sea Poem settled back of midfield from a wide barrier before improving across the top and finished resolutely in the run home.

“It was a deserved win, and she likes the long straight to wind up,” Rushby said.

We offered Sea Poem at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale where she was bought for A$160,000 by Lindsay Park and Jamie McCalmont and is a daughter of the imported Street Cry mare Prose Poem.

She is a sister to multiple stakes winner Fencing with their dam the G1 French Oaks winner Latice, whose half-brother Lawman won twice at the highest level ahead of a successful stud career.

Ciaron Maher purchased Prose Poem’s colt by Sword Of State for $160,000 at Karaka earlier this year and the mare visited Helo Youmzain after producing a Chaldean filly last season.

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