In a remarkable demonstration, the son of Il Campione was overwhelming in the Republica de Francia Handicap
El Darwin was impressive on the unusual Thursday at the San Isidro racetrack. Confirming that he is at his best at long distances, the chestnut owned by Stud La Frontera did not have any problem with having to carry the maximum weight of 60 kilos and gave a real beating to the only 4 rivals that came to his crossroads in the 2400 meters of the Handicap República de Francia, the most important race of the day and that was resolved in the auxiliary dirt track.
It is nothing new that the son of Il Campione attracts attention running far. Although he had been performing mostly between the mile and 1 1/8 mile, it is worth remembering that two and a half years ago, and under the same circumstances in which he shone now, he had won the clásicos Calidoscopio (L) and Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (L).
Since then he had a couple of big layoffs and a frustrated sale in between, but the work of trainer José Joaquín Marinhas in his recovery is now beginning to show the best results, associated with his daughter Andrea, in charge of understanding an El Darwin, and makes them dream.
This time he started off running somewhat entertaining while Potra Decimal (Aerosol, 50), the only mare in the race, was out to lead the way with a steady pace. Quoted in third -he was a Turf Diario's candidate-, El Darwin improved open on the back strectch and took the lead, starting to set the pace from there.
Don Nipon (Equal Stripes, 56) and Machacado (Galicado, 57 1/2) tried to keep up with him, but the mission became impossible once he reached the straight, where the winner began to take out more and more lengths ahead until totaling no less than 16.
Don Nipon was second, with Machacado in third half a lenght back, with Don Galeon (Il Campione, 52) and Potra Decimal crossing the finish lane later, all in a time of 2m29s39/100.
El Darwin put on a remarkable show to score the seventh win of his racing career and second in a row, raising his earnings to over 22 million pesos and hinting that he may soon return to the stakes level.
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