A La Vista Returned to Allowance Company and Added a Fourth Career Win

The Stud La Bertina sprinter proved strongest late in the Premio Grosso Amor, over 1200 meters

A La Vista and a Relentless Late Charge / JUAN I. BOZZELLO

If there was one thing Sunday’s card at Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo didn’t have to spare, it was quality. A short program of just 11 races, the overall standard was modest at best, although the betting figures were solid, with total handle reaching AR$467,064,542 and an average of AR$42,460,413 per race.

The best race on the conditional front was the Premio Grosso Amor (1200 meters, dirt), for 4-year-old fillies with two or three wins, where A La Vista made her class count after facing tougher company in recent months.

Runner-up earlier this season in the Clasico Snow Figure at San Isidro, the daughter of Angiolo out of Canyouseeme (by Pure Prize) produced a sharp late surge inside the final 100 meters to reel in the leader Naimabad (Il Campione), eventually scoring by three-quarters of a length over Rumba Feroz (Hurricane Cat), who closed from well back into second. The final time was 1:11.18.

Pablo D. Massaccesi trains the representative of Stud La Bertina, who now owns a record of four wins from 14 starts and looks ready to return to stakes company. Francisco Lavigna was aboard for the victory.

Another eye-catching result came in the Premio Wooden Girl (1300 meters, dirt), for unraced 3-year-old fillies, where Milan Fashion (Fortify–Milan Hill, by Intérprete) improved considerably on her debut fourth to score impressively by three lengths over the heavily favored Catástrofe Mundial (Cosmic Trigger), stopping the clock in 1:19.20.

A maternal half-sister to G1 winner Equal Miller (Equal Stripes), she is owned by Stud-Haras Santa Inés, trained by Enrique Martín Ferro and ridden by Martín Valle.

The afternoon also featured a double for the combination of Stud El Dóctor, trainer Sergio Carezzana, and jockey Gustavo Calvente, who recently returned to Argentina after winning the G1 Derby Nacional in Monterrico, Peru, aboard the Chilean colt Khamal (Mendelssohn).

The team first celebrated with Poder Global (Global Hunter–Ponderosa Dama, by Intérprete, Haras Pueblo Viejo), who broke his maiden early in the card, and later with the 3-year-old Santo Hermano (Santillano–Even Rosario, by Stephen Got Even, Mara Ferré SRL), who also graduated from the maiden ranks.