Lagoa Azul Ready for Tough Test in Clásico México
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After Two Solid G1 Efforts, Faces Sarzana Pass, Aubrie and Candy and Giant at Palermo's dirt
The sprinters will take center stage Sunday at Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo, where the Clásico México (G3, 1000m, dirt) headlines the card with a competitive field of fillies and mares set to clash.
Among them, Lagoa Azul (Lenovo) looks well placed to get back on the winning track, cutting back in class after holding her own in top company. A winner of the General Alvear (L), General Arenales (G3), and Handicap Spiny in succession earlier this year, she then finished runner-up to El Mejor Recuerdo (Il Campione) in the G1 Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires before running a respectable fifth behind Le Cornette (Emmanuel) in the G1 Estrellas Sprint.
The Stud Don Roque runner boasts a strong résumé, but her task won’t be straightforward. Chief among her rivals is the 3-year-old Sarzana Pass (Distinctiv Passion), who takes on older mares for the first time while getting a valuable six-pound weight break under the race’s weight-for-age conditions. The Haras El Alfalfar homebred has been a model of consistency, with victories in the G3 Carlos Casares, Clásico Carlos Pezoa, and Especial Gay Hermit. Most recently, she ran a game third behind Campo Verde (Strategos) and Lindo Tono Pass (Distinctiv Passion) in the G3 Estrellas Junior Sprint and appears poised for another strong performance.
Candy and Giant (Giant’s Pleasure) tries the straight course again, though her best efforts have generally come around a bend. Still, she has shown she can fire in this setup as well.
Aubrie (Angiolo), winner of the G3 General Francisco B. Bosch earlier this year, will look to rebound off a disappointing run in the Ciudad de Buenos Aires. She returns after nearly four months on the sidelines.
Adding further depth are Flamboyance Rim (Remote), who captured the G3 Ocurrencia over the turf at San Isidro and aims to prove effective here, and Eleven Mile (Il Campione), already battle-tested at this level.
