Stud El Tri’s Alexandrina leads a subject of 17 fillies and mares within the 1 1/4-mile Gran Premio Pamplona (G1) June 23 at Hipódromo de Monterrico in Peru. The winner will obtain an automated beginning place and costs paid into the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1T) through the Breeders’ Cup Problem Sequence.
The Breeders’ Cup Problem Sequence is a global sequence of 82 stakes races in 12 nations whose winners obtain automated beginning positions and costs paid right into a corresponding race of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, scheduled to be held Nov. 1-2 at Del Mar in California.
Skilled by Eduardo Pianezzi, Alexandrina comes into the race off a dominant 1 1/2-length victory within the Could 26 Clasico República Argentina (G3) at 1 1/4 miles over the Monterrico course. The 5-year-old daughter of Singe The Turf has eight wins in 22 begins on the turf at Monterrico, together with three final 12 months.
Among the many challengers are the third- and fourth-place finishers from the Clasico República Argentina: Stud Jet Set’s 3-year-old Fiel Estrellita and Stud Dos G’s 5-year-old Raika (PER). Each runners are skilled by Juan Suárez Villarroel, one of many world’s main trainers, who has collected greater than 10,000 wins in his profession.
Fiel Estrellita, a daughter of Il Campione , has raced 5 occasions this 12 months, beginning with a 7 1/2-furlong allowance win in January. She has been within the cash in 4 of these 5 outings. She chased Alexandrina in second from the beginning and into the ultimate furlong of the Clasico República earlier than being nosed out for the runner-up spot on the wire, ending 1 3/4 lengths behind the winner.
The 5-year-old Raika completed third in final 12 months’s Gran Premio Pamplona, and was the runner-up in 2022, ending a size behind Ola Perfecta . A daughter of Minister’s Pleasure, Raika completed third April 7 within the listed Clasico Ernesto Ayulo Pardo at 1 1/4 miles over the course. In November 2022, she defeated Alexandrina in a 1 1/4-mile allowance race at Monterrico.
A 3rd Villarroel starter is Stud Paracas’ 3-year-old Boudica (PER), who returned to the races June 1 after a six-month layoff with a fourth-place end in a one-mile allowance race at Montericco. A filly by The Lieutenant, Boudica has completed within the prime three spots eight occasions in 10 begins, together with a victory within the 2023 Clasico Postin (G2) when she completed third by a neck, however was moved as much as first via disqualification of the primary two finishers.
Additionally of curiosity is Stud Juan De Arona’s Macanuda , bred in Kentucky by Don Alberto Company. Since starting her profession final November, the 4-year-old daughter of Noble Mission has been within the cash in all 5 of her begins and has two victories. In her most up-to-date begin at Monterrico she completed second, 1 1/2 lengths behind Queen Sienna within the listed Clasico Ernesto Ayulo Pardo, and forward of third-place finisher Raika.
As a part of the advantages of the Problem Sequence, Breeders’ Cup can pay the entry charges for the winner of the Gran Premio Pamplona to start out within the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf. Breeders’ Cup will even present a journey allowance for all starters based mostly exterior of North America to compete within the World Championships. The Problem winner have to be nominated to the Breeders’ Cup program by the pre-entry deadline of Oct. 21 to obtain the rewards.
This press launch has been edited for content material and elegance by BloodHorse Workers.
