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<\/p>\nThe turf marathon division takes center stage at\u00a0San Isidro, with three major players vying for leadership and a larger goal on the horizon: the chance to represent the\u00a0Jockey Club\u00a0in the\u00a0Gran Premio Latinoamericano (G1), to be run Oct. 18 in Rio<\/p>\n
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Honest Boy Comes Off 25 de Mayo Victory and Looks for More \/ JUAN I. BOZZELLO<\/p>\n
Several storylines will be on the line this afternoon in the\u00a0Cl\u00e1sico Engrillado, one of the standout events on an exciting card at\u00a0San Isidro. The top turf performers at the distance will clash over 2000 meters, not only seeking victory but also an added incentive: a nomination by the\u00a0Jockey Club Argentino\u00a0to represent it in the 41st edition of the\u00a0Gran Premio Latinoamericano (G1)\u00a0on Oct. 18 at G\u00e1vea in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.<\/p>\n
The downside\u2014and a telling sign of the current state of Argentine racing\u2014is that the winner will take home 8,750,000 pesos, just over 6,000,000 after deductions, barely enough to cover a few training bills. No extra efforts were made, despite the quality of the entrants\u2026 So it goes.<\/p>\n
The show, however, is guaranteed, highlighted by the intriguing clash between\u00a0Vundu (Suggestive Boy)\u00a0and\u00a0Honest Boy (Heliostatic), joined by the rising\u00a0Qu\u00e9 Tarde Gris (Il Campione), moving up from a mile after capturing the\u00a0Cl\u00e1sico 9 de Julio (G2).<\/p>\n
Having overcome another injury,\u00a0Vundu\u00a0returned in the\u00a0Cl\u00e1sico Forli (G2)\u00a0but came up short, only to redeem himself with a narrow victory in the\u00a0Cl\u00e1sico Potrill\u00f3n, edging\u00a0Capit\u00e1n Kid (Daniel Boone)\u00a0by just a head\u2014a margin that looked smaller in practice than it did on paper.<\/p>\n
The 2024\u00a0Engrillado\u00a0champion, who retired briefly last year, now meets\u00a0Honest Boy, a leading contender at the turf marathon distance and proud winner of the\u00a0Gran Premio 25 de Mayo (G1)\u00a0in his most recent campaign. Although dropping from 2400 to 2000 meters, he previously finished second in both the\u00a0Gran Premio Jockey Club (G1)\u00a0and the\u00a0Gran Premio Miguel A. Mart\u00ednez de Hoz (G1)\u00a0at this distance. Beating him will be no easy task.<\/p>\n
Also dangerous is\u00a0Qu\u00e9 Tarde Gris, eager to make up for lost time and facing the challenge of taking on the top contenders while stretching out to a mile and a quarter. He runs best late, and that style, combined with his ability, could make the distance increase less taxing.<\/p>\n
Capit\u00e1n Kid\u00a0looks to continue his progression;\u00a0One Thing (Brz-Verrazano)\u00a0returns to the turf where he defeated\u00a0Vundu\u00a0following a disappointing effort in the\u00a0Classic (G1) de las Estrellas\u00a0on dirt; and\u00a0Puro de Cuba (Long Island Sound)\u00a0has regained his form and demands full respect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The turf marathon division takes center stage at\u00a0San Isidro, with three major players vying for leadership and a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[3004,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-101021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}