The winner of this G2 fillies and mares only 2000m event at WFA was Pierina at $32 by an incredible five lengths. The 6yo mare last won a race in December of last year and today was just her fifth win from twenty-nine starts. The winners and where they came from on the home turn were eleventh (four-off the fence and six lengths from the leader), co-leader (three-off the fence), led (three off the fence and a neck in front), third (six-off the fence and a length from the leader), led (two-off the fence and two lengths in front), third (three-off the fence and two lengths from the leader), fifth (on the fence and three lengths from the leader) and eighth (eight-off the fence and three lengths from the leader). Pierina raced ninth the inner the came through fifth the inside turning for home before reaching second at the 300m then leading at the 150m and powering clear. She clocked 2:05.84 at her first try at 2000m and it confirmed that she was in good form prior with a fourth then a third at Listed level. The mare incredibly was today winning her first Blacktype event and to do it so emphatically makes you wonder why she was not put over 2000m before. In her record is a fourth at G2 over a mile at Ellerslie against all comers when she came with a big run from the back and a fourth at G2 at WFA over 1400m versus just her own sex and she got beaten less than two lengths. She also at the start of this year ran fourth at G2 versus all comers over a mile after racing close in the trail and was beaten less than a length and a half. Second home and distant was Travelling Light that prior to today had finished second equal at G1 over a mile against her own sex, so was in form. She raced seventh the outer and surged wide out early in the run home to reach third at the 200m and the second in a gap at the 50m. This 4yo mare won at G1 as a 3yo against her own age and has been there or thereabouts most of her career. Only twice so far in her fourteen start career has she been outside the first four. Third home was Savy Yong Blonk that ran on from tenth on settling and was the widest runner and fifth at the 200m before reaching third the last 15m. She got beaten almost five and a half lengths but like the runner up was very much an in form mare so the manner and margin of both their defeats makes for a head scratcher. Fourth home was Spring Delight that worked to the lead and tried to pinch it when putting two lengths on the field turning for home. She was hauled in very quickly and headed at the 150m then weakened late to end up fourth at the 15m. Fifth home was the Central Districts raider Our Hail Mary that was sent up second the outer early before racing third then fourth the outer. She was eighth turning for home after having to be steadied at the 400m and reached sixth the inside at the 200m and then was fifth at the 25m. Sixth and seventh home was Mohaka and Siracusa, with the former racing fourth the inside then coming off and through second turning for home while the latter was second last and running on wide late. The rest got beaten almost eleven lengths and as far as twenty lengths. This was a decent enough fillies and mares field and for the winner to put a hole in them says more about this track than anything else. It was the biggest win of the career of Pierina and not just from a Blacktype perspective but by a margin as well. The most she had ever won in her previous four races by was a length so to shellack this field by five lengths was astounding and says more about her rivals and this sand-slitted track.