Gigantografía stands out in the Handicap Tatán, the best of Saturday's card

With activity of relative status involved, the daughter of Bodemeister seeks to extend the positive streak of Stud Rubio B.

Gigantografía is a solid choice for the Handicap Tatán / JUAN I. BOZZELLO

Within a week without major races, on a climatically perfect Saturday, Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo takes the lead with a program of 15 races in total and the Handicap Tatán as its centerpiece.

Over 1,800 meters on the dirt, and reserved for mares 5 years old and up, with a low prize of 6,400,000 pesos to the winner—yet double what Friday's Especial Guatán at San Isidro offered...—it could serve for Stud Rubio B. to continue its positive streak, right in the lead-up to its auction of broodmares and horses in training.

There are many who maintain that when a stud farm's sale approaches, the planets align and victories rain down. For those who follow that maxim, the choice will be Gigantografía, eager to repeat the first-place finish of her paternal sister Rollanda on Friday.

Both daughters of Bodemeister, the bay mare prepared by Juan C. Etchechoury (h.) will carry 57 kilos and continues working toward her first conquest at the top level, one that has been expected for a long time now, despite her campaign being somewhat intermittent.

Already with 4 victories to her credit, Gigantografía is coming off a second-place finish by a head to the stakes winner Herd Immunity (Forge) in the Handicap Lombardo on the Jockey Club dirt, and now returns to the city center to settle her debt.

In her path stands Risible (Orpen, 55 1/2), another very consistent mare who also aspires to put a hierarchical bow on her career. The Roberto Bullrich trainee drops down in distance after finishing as runner-up to It's My Look (Equal Stripes) in the Handicap Blue Stripe over 2,000 meters, 5 lengths back.

The third option is named Contrast (Safety Check, 52), carrying a very light weight and always disconcerting in her performances. On this same track, but over 2 kilometers, she looked perhaps better than ever, winning by 7 lengths at a gallop. The chestnut has had other important efforts, but suffers from unexpected slumps. If she performs at her best, she is well capable of earning the headlines.