Guadilu will make her first trip to La Plata in pursuit of becoming a stakes winner
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The Stud Lagrange mare is in peak form and is the main candidate to take the Luis Monteverde (L)
LA PLATA.— Guadilu has been in superb form for several months now, and this Tuesday she will make the first trip of her career to this city's racetrack, aiming to achieve stakes winner status. The Stud Lagrange mare is the leading candidate to take the Luis Monteverde (L-1,400m, dirt), which will kick off the stakes doubleheader on a card that also includes the Especial República del Paraguay (1,400m, dirt), covered separately in this edition.
The daughter of Señor Candy only missed the trifecta in her debut; since then, she has become a model of consistency, overcoming stages and challenges to establish herself as a top reference in the handicaps at Palermo and San Isidro. She won the Wally and, in her most recent effort, the Jerry Honor, both on the dirt at the northern track. Her record also includes a third-place finish in the Clásico Orbit (L), her only previous attempt at this level.
Under weight-for-age conditions, Guadilu faces Frape (Vástago Salvaje), whose record has also been growing by leaps and bounds lately. After several runs in the "alternativa" category, she capped that upward spiral on December 8th at Palermo, winning the second division of the Handicap Borobeta by 1 1/2 lengths over Legítima Blan (Equal Legítimo).
Also in the starting gates will be the filly Vida Bohemia (Winning Prize), with 2 wins in just 5 starts and a recent second-place finish, just a half-neck behind Flor de Laurel (Il Campione) in a very tough allowance race. She is stepping up in class, but she will receive a weight advantage that could be key to seeing her in the mix.
Ranked a step below is Finikas (Angiolo), who failed to break from the gates in the Clásico Melgarejo (L), but had previously defeated several high-quality opponents in common company.
Finally, a few words on the purse for the winner of the Clásico Luis Monteverde: 7,700,000 pesos, an absolute pittance in a racing industry that—in general—has forgotten that the engine of the activity is, precisely, the prize money.
