PIRACY RULING THE WAVES ON THE COUNTRY SCENE

By Graham Potter | Saturday, November 6, 2021

It has been quite a journey for the seven-year-old, forty-seven race veteran Piracy who has now won three of his last four starts … with those successes coming at Tara (in a Country Stampede qualifier), before back-to-back-wins at Dalby (in a BM 68) and at Chinchilla (in another Country Stampede qualifier).

The Exceed And Excel gelding kicked off his career with John O’Shea in Sydney where he had two unplaced runs. He then moved briefly to Darren Beadman (for one run and one runner-up finish) before going on to James Cummings, where he won his first three starts in a row, going from a Maiden win to saluting in a BM77 … the last of those wins coming at a midweek meeting at Canterbury.

Cummings would ultimately send Piracy out for nineteen starts over a period of twenty-six months … during which Piracy improved to five wins from an overall career twenty-two starts, in which he also recorded a second place in the Listed Brian Crowley at Randwick and a sixth place finish in the Group 3 Zeditive Stakes at Caulfield.

And then Piracy was on the move again … this time moving from James Cummings to the Tony and Maddysen Sears Training Partnership.

Piracy first saw action under the Sears banner on November 2, 2019, since which time he has doubled his number of wins in a further twenty-five starts with the latest rush of success coming at country meetings.

On October 3, 2021, Piracy won a Stampede Qualifier Open Handicap over 1050m at Tara by 0.20 lengths when giving a 4.5kg weight advantage to the runner-up.

On October 30, 2021, Piracy won a BM60 Handicap over 800m at Dalby by 0.80 lengths when carrying 71.5kg (he was set 74kg but carried less for Kate Patch’s claim) and giving the runner-up again a 4.5kg advantage at the weights.

On November 6, Piracy won his second a Stampede Qualifier when taking out the Stampede Qualifier Open Handicap over 1030m at Chinchilla when carrying 64kg and, this time, giving the runner-up a whopping 9kg advantage at the weights.

On that evidence, it is fair to say that Piracy still has his zest for racing … and, oh yes, he does travel pretty well as well, with Tara being a 342km round trip from Toowoomba and Chinchilla being a 328km round trip.

Clearly, last couple of months has seen a big effort from all involved.

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