The son of Il Campione will shoulder 60 kilos in Monday’s Handicap Sideral at Palermo El Patio Returns to Palermo Looking to Get Back to His Winning Ways / JUAN I. BOZZELLO The Monday card at  Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo  will run from  14:20 to 19:20 , featuring  11 races , with the  Handicap Sideral  standing out as the day’s main attraction. The 1200-meter dirt sprint is open to 4-year-olds and up and offers  ARS 7,000,000  to the winner. Only six runners are confirmed

The jockey now sits at 252 wins on the season, moving to within 21 victories of Francisco Leandro, who continues to lead the standings Lysva Rebounds Smartly After Her Beazley Misstep / JUAN I. BOZZELLO With  Francisco Leandro  nearing the end of his recovery from the accident he suffered a few weeks ago—and preparing for his upcoming trip to Dubai to ride at the International Carnival under contract with Sky Racing— Kevin Banegas  has set his sights on claiming his first ov

The colt and the filly captured the first races for the 2023 crop, contested over 800 meters on turf Risitas Pass showed no hint of first–start nerves and went wire to wire with authority / JUAN I. BOZZELLO Sixties Pen laughed in the face of his own pedigree / JUAN I. BOZZELLO The  2023-born crop  had its baptism of fire Sunday at  San Isidro , opening a long road that will only begin to reveal its true stars in a couple of months. The early standouts were the colt  Sixties

The Stud Haras El Ángel de Venecia runner produced a long, sustained rally from the back in the stretch to defeat Bay Max by half a head Viejo Varieté Returns for His Biggest Photo Yet / JUAN I. BOZZELLO With a sweeping late surge,  Viejo Varieté  (56kg) secured the first stakes victory of his career, capturing Sunday’s  Clásico Embrujo  (Listed, 1600m) over a rain-softened turf at  San Isidro . After back-to-back wins in the allowance ranks, the son of  Qué Vida Buena  conf

The chestnut took the Handicap Juan Esteban Bianchi and now turns his sights back toward future stakes targets Chelato opened up early once they straightened for home / JUAN I. BOZZELLO Chelato  was one of the standout performers on Sunday at  San Isidro , posting a victory with real upward trajectory in the  Handicap Juan Esteban Bianchi  (2000m, turf). Strong, professional, and clearly benefitting from maturity, the  Stud Don Valentino  runner took another meaningful step f

The Rosario-bred colt got the better of G3 Campo Verde in the Premio Arya Stark; a turf spill and wins by Speedmaster and Lovely Rose rounded out the day Always wide, El Olimpo dug in and held firm through the finish / JUAN I. BOZZELLO The abbreviated Saturday card at  Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo  offered more than enough talking points beyond the graded wins by  Cannolina  ( South Kissing ) and  Orpen Rimout  ( Orpen ). Handle for the 11-race card reached  ARS 481,784,000

The Stud Los Apóstoles mare lived up to her heavy favoritism with a comfortable mile victory over Increpante Orpen Rimout Took the Tomkinson Exactly as Expected / JUAN I. BOZZELLO Jockey  Martín Valle  didn’t have to wait long for redemption at Palermo on Saturday. Barely half an hour after losing the  G2 Ramón Biaus  on the wire aboard  Martana  ( Fortify ), edged out by  Cannolina  ( South Kissing ), he turned disappointment into celebration, guiding  Orpen Rimout  to vict

The filly dug in gamely from the 300-meter pole to the wire, nailing the heavy favorite right on the line, and by only a nose Cannolina (left) got up on the wire to deny Martana / JUAN I. BOZZELLO There was a major upset saturday at Palermo, where  Cannolina  delivered the best performance of her career to deny the odds-on  Martana  ( Fortify ) in a thrilling stretch duel and stamp herself as a rising force among the country’s long-distance fillies and mares. The daughter of

The Ensayo winner looms large in Sunday’s feature; Out of the Blue returns to action in the Juan Esteban Bianchi Handicap Forgging winning the Clásico Ensayo / JUAN I. BOZZELLO There will be no shortage of angles to follow Sunday at  San Isidro , where an attractive programme is headlined by the  Clásico Embrujo  (Listed, 1600m, turf). The undercard offers further interest with the  Handicap Juan Esteban Bianchi (2000m, turf), along with the first races for the  2023-born cr

The daughter of Fortify enters off a commanding victory in the Chile (G2) and looks for a repeat against rivals with lighter résumés, but plenty of ambition Martana has been a dominant force over the longer distances at Palermo for several months / JUAN I. BOZZELLO Saturday brings a short but high-impact program to the Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo, with only 11 races on tap but two of them graded features. The highlight will be the  Clásico Ramón Biaus (G2, 2200m, dirt)  f

The mare from Stud Los Apóstoles returns to action, facing only three rivals over the dirt mile Orpen Rimout Looms Large for the Tomkinson / JUAN I. BOZZELLO A surprisingly short field of just four fillies and mares will line up for Saturday’s G2 Carlos Tomkinson S. at a mile on the Palermo dirt, the second half of the track’s graded-stakes doubleheader. With so few in the gate, race shape figures to play an outsized role—perhaps even more than usual. Conditions appear tailo

The son of  Il Campione  handled a demanding test with authority and continues to climb the sprinter rankings Once he took command,  El Fortín  had plenty left to open up late / JUAN I. BOZZELLO Perfect skies and warm sunshine framed the victory of  El Fortín  in Friday’s Handicap Ringaro (1000m, turf) at San Isidro , the featured event on a card that paid tribute to the dapple-grey stallion who stood with such success at Haras Abolengo, sire of champions such as  Spiny ,  P

The Firmamento unbeaten colt, one of the standout 2-year-olds of the season, makes his comeback over 1000 meters on the San Isidro turf course The Great Cash, a highly anticipated return / JUAN I. BOZZELLO Speed will once again take center stage on what shapes up as another fairly modest Friday card at the  Hipódromo de San Isidro , where the feature will be the  Handicap Ringaro  (1000m, turf) and the long-awaited return of one of last season’s top juveniles:  The Great Cas

The Señor Candy filly—coming off a win against one-time winners at San Isidro—left her rivals with no chance whatsoever Martín Valle had Paxing on hold for nearly the entire stretch / HLP LA PLATA —What an arrival  Paxing  made at this track, overwhelming the four rivals who dared to face her and cruising to victory in the  Clásico Tía Gallarda  (1700m, dirt), Thursday’s feature—ironically named for a filly, when so many true champions go unremembered… The  Señor Candy  fill

The Il Campione filly comes off back-to-back graded placings and now heads to La Plata in search of the biggest victory of her career Lautaro Balmaceda will ride La Guernica in the stakes event / HLP LA PLATA —As the track gears up for another edition of the  Gran Premio Dardo Rocha (G1) , racing returns this Thursday with a  13-race program  highlighted by the  Clásico Tía Gallarda , a  1700-meter  event for fillies and mares 4 and up under weight-for-age conditions. Only 

The colt and the seasoned campaigner stood out in an otherwise modest Wednesday slate of conditional races at the Jockey Club Argentino Polvorón now owns 2 wins from 4 starts / JUAN I. BOZZELLO t was a  long and modest midweek card  on Wednesday at the  Hipódromo de San Isidro , which closed with a total handle of  $495,057,694 , averaging  $30,941,105  per race. On the track, with most events belonging to the alternative-division program, the most interesting action within

Carrying a hefty 60 kilos and setting sharp fractions, he took down the Handicap Mackenzie Society Gathering 2025 Atomic Trigger set solid fractions and had enough left in the tank to hold off Valle Barún / JUAN I. BOZZELLO Atomic Trigger  proved as  game and generous  as ever, handling every challenge thrown at him to win the  Handicap Mackenzie Society Gathering 2025  (1800m, dirt) — Wednesday’s feature at the  Hipódromo de San Isidro  — in determined, hard-fought style. T

The Cosmic Trigger son will shoulder 60 kilos in this afternoon’s Handicap Mackenzie Society Gathering 2025, to be run over the San Isidro dirt track Atomic Trigger is going through a period of outstanding form / JUAN I. BOZZELLO Though he will have to shoulder top weight of  60 kilos ,  Atomic Trigger  looms as a strong favorite for Wednesday’s feature at the  Hipódromo de San Isidro , the  Handicap Mackenzie Society Gathering 2025 —the main attraction of an otherwise modes

The Il Campione filly will carry top weight of 60 kilos in Monday’s feature at the Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo Eleven Mile holds a clear class edge over her rivals / JUAN I. BOZZELLO After the excitement of last Saturday’s  Gran Premio Nacional (G1) , action returns to a more relaxed pace Monday at the  Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo , where a 12-race card will be headlined by the  Handicap Solyluz  alongside a pair of interesting allowance events. Run over  1000 meters o

The Santa Inés mare took full advantage of the strong pace set by Obra Clásica and Elvitas to come from off the pace and capture the Gran Premio Ricardo E. y Ezequiel M. Fernández Rodríguez (G3) Fiesta Porteña now boasts two Group victories on her résumé / JUAN I. BOZZELLO The fast tempo of the  Clásico Carlos P. Rodríguez (G2–1600m, turf)  played perfectly into the hands of  Fiesta Porteña , who came charging from last in the stretch to score decisively and bounce back from