Fiorente (foaled 2008) is a

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bred in

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and trained in Australia. When racing in Europe, he showed high-class form, winning the

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in 2012. He had greater success when campaigned in Australia, winning the

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and the

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in 2013. In 2014 he won the

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and the Australian Cup.

Background

Fiorente is a brown horse bred in Ireland by the

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-based

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. He was sired by

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, who won the Europa Preis twice and became a successful breeding stallion, siring

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, Manduro,

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and

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Racing career

European career

Fiorente was originally trained by

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at Newmarket, Suffolk. Unraced as a two-year-old, he ran four times as a three-year-old in 2011. He won a maiden race at

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and finished second in both the Group Two

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(beaten five lengths by

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) and the Group Three

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. In the following year he ran five times, recording his most important victory in the Princess of Wales's Stakes at

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in July.

Australian career

In the autumn of 2012 Fiorente was transferred to Australia to be trained by

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. In the 2012 Melbourne Cup he ran second to

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. Returning to racing in the autumn he ran once over 1400 metres in the

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, finishing third to

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. In the 2013 Spring carnival he won the

and then ran third behind

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in the 2013

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. He followed this by winning the

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, ridden by

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. On 8 March, Fiorente won the Australian Cup, beating Green Moon and Shamus Award at

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. Fiorente then finished unplaced behind the

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mare Silent Achiever in the

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and third behind the same horse in

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. On 7 April it was announced that Fiorente had sustained a serious tendon injury and would be retired from racing.

Stud career

Fiorente currently stands at Sun Stud in

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for a service fee of A$17,600.

Pedigree

* Fiorente is

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4 × 4 to the stallion Danzig, meaning that Danzig appears twice in the fourth generation of his pedigree.

References

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