Pierata mare poetry in motion

A gear addition had the desired effect on Sea Poem at Bairnsdale where she was in a league of her own.

After two previous below par efforts, trainers Ben, Will and JD Hayes put blinkers on our homebred and she responded in style to romp clear of her rivals at the end of 1200 metres.

“She got into a nice spot and relaxed beautifully and then slipped away,” stable representative Annabel Adams said.

“She was very convincing and that will be great for her confidence.”

The daughter of Pierata settled in midfield and once into the clear 250 metres from home, cut loose to quickly out the issue beyond doubt for the second win of her five-start career.

“She’s everything you want as a rider, she’s so quiet and jumped out and travelled well,” successful jockey Koby Jennings said.

“I always felt like I had the race won, the blinkers did the job and well done to the Hayes team.”

Sea Poem was bought out of our Inglis Easter Yearling Sale draft 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.

Prose Poem’s colt by Sword Of State sold to Te Akau for $50,000 at Karaka earlier this year and she produced another son of our resident sire last season before visiting Chaldean.

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