Early mail and Blackbook Update for May 23.

Gai Waterhouse predicted Pierro would win the Golden Slipper six months ago and the colt proved up to the task in the world's richest juvenile race.

Gai Waterhouse predicted Pierro would win the Golden Slipper six months ago and the colt proved up to the task in the world's richest juvenile race.

Hunter Valley studs can take a bow! In a remarkable achievement for the Hunter Valley the entire field in Saturday's $3.5 million Golden Slipper Stakes are by sires standing in the region.

Skyline Stakes winner Ashokan, one of three runners from the John O'Shea stable, has been the target of a Golden Slipper plunge today with one TAB Sportsbet punter backing the colt to win over half a million dollars.