Stud El Tri’s Alexandrina leads a field of 17 fillies and mares in the 1 1/4-mile Gran Premio Pamplona (G1) on June 23 at Hipódromo de Monterrico in Peru. The winner will receive an automatic starting position and fees paid into the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1T) through the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series.
The Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series is an international series of 82 stakes races in 12 countries where the winner receives an automatic starting position and fee is paid into a corresponding race of the World Championship Breeders’ Cup, scheduled to be held November 1-2 at Del Mar in California.
Trained by Eduardo Pianezzi, Alexandrina entered the race with a 1 1/2-length victory in the May 26 Clasico República Argentina (G3) at 1 1/4 miles on the Monterrico track. My 5 year old daughter Singe Lawn has 8 wins after 22 appearances at Monterrico, including 3 matches last year.
Among the challengers are the third and fourth place finishers from Clasico República Argentina: Stud Jet Set’s 3-year-old filly Fiel Estrellita and Stud Dos G’s 5-year-old filly Raika (EACH). Both runners are coached by Juan Suárez Villarroel, one of the world’s top trainers who has amassed more than 10,000 career wins.
Fiel Estrellita, daughter of Il Campione , has raced five times this year, starting with a 7 1/2-length victory in January. She cashed in on four of those five outings. She chased Alexandrina for second from the start and into the final furlong of the Clasico República before being unplaced as runner-up on the wire, 1 3/4 lengths behind the winner.
Five-year-old Raika finished third at last year’s Gran Premio Pamplona and is runner-up in 2022, one length behind Ola Perfecta . A daughter of Minister’s joy, Raika finished third on April 7 in the Listed Clasico Ernesto Ayulo Pardo at 1 1/4 miles on the track. In November 2022, she defeated Alexandrina in a 1/4-mile allowance race at Monterrico.
Villarroel’s third starter is a 3-year-old filly by Stud Paracas Boudica (EACH), who returned to racing on June 1 after a six-month layoff with a fourth-place finish in a one-mile allowance race at Montericco. A dirty girl by sublieutenantBoudica has finished in the top three positions eight times in 10 starts, including a win in the 2023 Clasico Postin (G2) when she was third by a neck, but was promoted to first place by two the first person to finish is eliminated.
Of interest is that of Stud Juan De Arona Macanuda , bred in Kentucky by the Don Alberto Corporation. Since starting her career last November, the 4-year-old daughter of Noble mission has earned money in all five starts and has two wins. In her most recent start at Monterrico, she finished in second place, 1/2 length behind Queen Sienna in the Clasico Ernesto Ayulo Pardo won the title, and was ahead of third-placed Raika.
As part of the Challenge Series benefits, the Breeders’ Cup will pay the Gran Premio Pamplona winner’s entry fee to start in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf. The Breeders’ Cup will also provide a travel allowance for all starters outside of North America to compete in the World Championship. The Challenge winner must be nominated to the Breeders’ Cup program by the October 21 pre-entry deadline to receive the prize.
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