Le Cornette headlines a double short-course feature set for the San Isidro straight
- Turf Diario
- Sep 5
- 2 min read
The country’s top sprinter switches surfaces for the G2 Clásico Cyllene, while Durmia takes center stage in the G3 Clásico Condesa
Speed will take center stage Friday at San Isidro, as the road begins to next month’s Gran Premio Suipacha (G1). Sprinters from three and up will clash in the Clásico Cyllene (G2), while the fillies and mares will square off in the Clásico Condesa (G3), both contested at 1000 meters over the turf course, which figures to come up on the soft side.
The ladies will kick off the afternoon’s four-race stakes sequence, with eight entered in the Condesa. Durmia (Cityscape) looms large off her narrow runner-up finish to Flamboyance Rim (Remote) in the Clásico Ocurrencia (G3), and draws a favorable outside post. She’ll have to deal with threats like Córdoba invader Santa Calma (Qué Vida Buena), the ever-dangerous Enjoy Dancing (Hi Happy), as well as the improving pair of La Gran Furtiva (South Kissing) and Naja(Fortify). Save Your Tears (Full Mast), cutting back from longer sprints around a turn, adds further intrigue.
But the spotlight will clearly be on the Clásico Cyllene, where the headline act is Le Cornette (Emmanuel), widely regarded as the best sprinter in training. The horse many compare to a “Chacorta” of the straightaway ranks has been untouchable of late, stringing together dominant wins in the Gran Premio Estrellas Sprint (G1) and the Clásico Paraguay (G3), and now returns to the San Isidro turf where he has excelled before.
Chief among the opposition are Hiran (Santillano), fresh off a victory in the Clásico Lamadrid (L), and Bailarín de Venecia (Angiolo), who disappointed with a fourth in the Paraguay but had previously impressed in the Clásico Diamond Jubilee. Others looking to spring an upset include Lyon (Lenovo), Qué Buen Vasco (Qué Vida Buena), Señor de Salva (Sebi Halo), and sophomore Secreto a Voces (Springdom).
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