Lissette Island and Garboso Frank head to the Sunday stakes at Palermo
- Turf Diario
- Jan 18
- 2 min read
The mare faces a tough field of rivals in the General Francisco B. Bosch (G3); the colt will have only 3 rivals in the Intendente Melchor Posse (L)
The acceptable program prepared for this Sunday at Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo will treat the public to a stakes double to follow closely. On one hand, mares 3-year-olds and up will face off in the 1,000-meter dirt sprint of the General Francisco B. Bosch (G3); on the other, just four contenders will take to the turf for the Intendente Melchor A. Posse (L), scheduled over 1,200 meters.
Around 5:10 p.m., the girls will take center stage as they attempt to bring some order to the sprinter rankings, which have seen a frequent rotation of leaders lately.
Forty-eight days after her breakthrough victory in the Clásico General Güemes (G3), the Córdoba-bred Lissette Island (Lizard Island) will look to repeat, facing three rivals she defeated on that occasion: Enjoy Dancing (Hi Happy),Envidiada (Il Campione), and Fantastic Bomb (Hit It a Bomb), who finished third, eighth, and ninth, respectively.
Enjoy Dancing needs no introduction and has long been a tough competitor in the division, occasionally upsetting the favorites. Among the latter three, there is a strong interest in seeing Envidiada back in action—the only 3-year-old fillyin the field—who simply did not show up that day.
Special attention is due to Flamboyance Rim (Remote), who, after taking the Clásico Ocurrencia (G3) on the San Isidro turf, has hit the board several times, including an excellent fourth-place finish against the males in the Gran Premio Félix de Alzaga Unzué (G1). Finally, La Mykonos (Mask) will try to move past the bitter experience of a positive drug test detected after her win in the Handicap Sandal.
Meanwhile, in the Posse, the 3-year-old Garboso Frank (Gidu) returns to the main circuit following a dominant performance in the Clásico Estrellas Entrerrianas at Gualeguay, where he finished 6 lengths ahead of Humorada Seattle (Humor Acido).
Standing in his way is Beauty Sea (Seahenge), who, after winning the Handicap Polemarch, delivered a solid third-place effort in the Clásico Invasor (G3), a race easily won by champion Colifato Novo (Lenovo).
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