The Great Terms and a bold gamble that yielded the best of dividends
- Turf Diario
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The colt trained by Omar Labanca swapped turf for dirt, overcoming both the challenge and the favorite Desert Voice in the Clásico Miguel Cané (G2)
BUENOS AIRES (Special for Turf Diario).— Omar Labanca took a significant risk with The Great Terms, but the gamble ultimately paid off. Following two victories on the turf, one of them a stakes race, the trainer brought the son of The Great Day to the dirt at the Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo for the Clásico Pedro E. y Manuel A. Crespo (G3-1,400m), which he won in fine fashion to maintain his undefeated record over a true quagmire.
The trainer had the Clásico Raúl y Raúl E. Chevalier (G2) at San Isidro ahead of him, on the same track where the colt from Stud Los Nonos had appeared invincible. However, he chose to change course and aim for the Gran Premio Montevideo (G1). Today, everyone is celebrating.
Following a meritorious performance, The Great Terms managed to tilt in his favor the head-to-head battle he maintained for almost the entire stretch with the favorite Desert Voice (Dabster), pulling away in the final stages to eventually defeat him by 1 1/2 lengths.
Both had been chasing the pacesetter El Pecadito (Cima de Triomphe), winless in three starts, who bogged down in front of the grandstands to finish at the rear of the field, even behind Los Llanos (Le Blues), with whom jockey Jorge Peralta received quite a scare at the turn when the horse attempted to buck.
More agile, The Great Terms seemed much more comfortable than Desert Voice over the mud. While Lautaro Balmaceda looked at ease in the reins of the winner, Juan Carlos Noriega had to keep pushing Juan Saldivia’s pupil, who appeared uncomfortable.
Looking ahead, it is very likely that both the winner and the runner-up will face each other again on May 1st in a highly interesting rematch, perhaps under different conditions. New contenders may come into play then, adding even greater interest to the race.
For now, the Crespo belongs to The Great Terms, bred by Haras Firmamento. He is a grandson of the remembered Terms Parade (Parade Marshal), from a family imported from the United States many years ago by the stud, which has yielded fantastic results.
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