Enjoy Dancing, a specialist in pulling off surprises, did it again
- Turf Diario
- Aug 9
- 2 min read
Always paying high odds, the mare from Stud Rodolfo Pedro captured the Clásico Ocurrencia (G3), bringing her tally to five stakes victories
Unbelievable as it may seem at this stage of the game, Enjoy Dancing continues to spring a surprise with every single one of her victories. Her backers, of course, are thrilled with each piece of good news, walking away with a mountain of cash, but for a mare of her caliber and record, it remains odd, to say the least, that she is continually overlooked at the windows.
she was coming off a victory in the Clásico Producción Nacional (L) at $12.15, and now she did it again, paying $9.55. need more proof? when she took the Islas Malvinas (L) at age two, her payout stood at $10.15, but in the 2025 Olavarría (G3), it reached a staggering $16.45! not to mention her triumph in the Clásico General Francisco B. Bosch(G3), where those who trusted her with their tickets were rewarded at $8.15.
financial matters aside, the truth is that the daughter of Hi Happy, bred by Haras Vacación, has been a benchmark among sprinters for a couple of seasons now. one could point to her inconsistency without stretching the truth, yet when conditions align and she delivers her best, holding off her closing charge becomes a tall order.
on the surface where she feels most at home—the turf at Hipódromo de San Isidro—the representative of Stud Rodolfo Pedro added Saturday's Clásico Ocurrencia (G3) to her record, bringing her tally to eight victories from 34 starts—five of them in stakes company—and pushing her earnings past 82 million pesos, making her a true pillar for the stable's finances.
in the race itself, Enjoy Dancing trailed the field for much of the journey while favored Lissette Island (Lizard Island) battled upfront with Sunny Frank (Gidu) through demanding fractions of 22s85/100 and 46s70/100.
around the 300-meter mark, Lissette Island shook off her stubborn company and looked bound for victory, but that was precisely when Kevin Banegas stopped waiting aboard the winner, swinging her wide out—correcting her course a couple of times—to nip the leader right at the wire and prevail by a half-neck. in a separate race five lengths back, Forever Rim (Remote) finished third, stopping the clock in 59s93/100.
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