Charm Aims to Sweep the Titles, Chasing Her Final Ticket in the Copa de Plata
- Turf Diario
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Three-time Group 1 winner this season, the daughter of Strategos takes on older mares for the first time with Horse of the Year honors in sight
Charm, the outstanding 2- and 3-year-old filly of the Argentine season, is ready for her next—and perhaps defining—challenge. On Saturday, she will line up in the Gran Premio Copa de Plata (G1), seeking the victory that would virtually seal every major female title when the Pellegrini Awards are handed out—fittingly, on the same afternoon as the Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini (G1).
Talented, courageous, blessed with speed and a potent finish, the daughter of Strategos will command center stage in the 2025 renewal of the Copa de Plata, contested over 2000 meters on the turf at San Isidro. The race serves as the traditional prelude to South America’s most important contest, framed by the iconic setting of the Jockey Club Argentino.
At two, Charm was simply ruthless. She captured the Gran Premio de Potrancas (G1) at San Isidro and added the Gran Premio Estrellas Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Palermo. In the second half of her sophomore year, she suffered her lone setback when runner-up to the now-absent Moon Frank (Gidu) in the Gran Premio Polla de Potrancas (G1). When stretched out to 2000 meters for the Gran Premio Selección (G1), however, she delivered emphatic revenge—dominant, polished, and unmistakable.
Prepared by José Cristóbal Blanco for Stud Triple Alliance, owned by American sportsman John Behrendt, the chestnut now faces older mares for the first time—and gives every indication she intends to show no mercy.
On paper, the list of potential spoilers is not overwhelming, though it is far from trivial. Knows All (Le Blues) appears the most formidable among the elders, arriving in peak form off back-to-back victories in the La Mission (G2) and Los Haras (G2). Experience is also on the side of Neowise (Brz–Agnes Gold) and Noche Alta (Hi Happy), while Brazil sends a serious threat in Q’Luz do Iguassu (Forestry), who will be no easy mark.
Group 1 winner Quita Rim (Remote) returns seeking a rebound, while fellow sophomore Cannolina (South Kissing)comes off a breakthrough score in the Ramón Biaus (G2) at Palermo, where she toppled Martana (Fortify). Romana Craf (Mastercraftsman) looms as a live longshot, and Obra Clásica (Suggestive Boy) will try to prove she is more than just a miler.
All told, it shapes up as a compelling renewal. But the spotlight belongs squarely to Charm, the filly with everything to gain—and seemingly little left to prove—except, perhaps, that she truly belongs at the very top of the division.
