{"id":89448,"date":"2025-08-24T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/89448\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T12:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T12:00:10","slug":"lagoa-azul-ready-for-tough-test-in-clasico-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/89448\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagoa Azul Ready for Tough Test in Cl\u00e1sico M\u00e9xico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"LThh9 tL1tz t3L08 qufKF\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-08i9a1581\">After Two Solid G1 Efforts, Faces Sarzana Pass, Aubrie and Candy and Giant at Palermo&#8217;s dirt<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6aebe8_d07bcd75e8774341a873a9fcf7d1e869~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"Lagoa Azul\u00a0drops into a more manageable spot and rates as the one to beat \/ JUAN I. BOZZELLO\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%;max-width:100%\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.turfdiario.com\/post\/lagoa-azul-ready-for-tough-test-in-cl\u00e1sico-m\u00e9xico?lang\\u003den=&amp;lang=en\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/6aebe8_d07bcd75e8774341a873a9fcf7d1e869~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_2784,h_1856,al_c,q_90\/6aebe8_d07bcd75e8774341a873a9fcf7d1e869~mv2.jpg\" draggable=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lagoa Azul\u00a0drops into a more manageable spot and rates as the one to beat \/ JUAN I. BOZZELLO<\/p>\n<p class=\"LThh9 tL1tz t3L08 qufKF\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-xi7qt1807\">The sprinters will take center stage Sunday at\u00a0Hip\u00f3dromo Argentino de Palermo, where the\u00a0Cl\u00e1sico M\u00e9xico (G3, 1000m, dirt)\u00a0headlines the card with a competitive field of fillies and mares set to clash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LThh9 tL1tz t3L08 qufKF\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-a6dos3863\">Among them,\u00a0Lagoa Azul (Lenovo)\u00a0looks well placed to get back on the winning track, cutting back in class after holding her own in top company. A winner of the General Alvear (L), General Arenales (G3), and Handicap Spiny in succession earlier this year, she then finished runner-up to\u00a0El Mejor Recuerdo (Il Campione)\u00a0in the G1 Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires before running a respectable fifth behind\u00a0Le Cornette (Emmanuel)\u00a0in the G1 Estrellas Sprint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LThh9 tL1tz t3L08 qufKF\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-mvsxl3871\">The\u00a0Stud Don Roque\u00a0runner boasts a strong r\u00e9sum\u00e9, but her task won\u2019t be straightforward. Chief among her rivals is the 3-year-old\u00a0Sarzana Pass (Distinctiv Passion), who takes on older mares for the first time while getting a valuable six-pound weight break under the race\u2019s weight-for-age conditions. The\u00a0Haras El Alfalfar\u00a0homebred has been a model of consistency, with victories in the G3 Carlos Casares, Cl\u00e1sico Carlos Pezoa, and Especial Gay Hermit. Most recently, she ran a game third behind\u00a0Campo Verde (Strategos)\u00a0and\u00a0Lindo Tono Pass (Distinctiv Passion)\u00a0in the G3 Estrellas Junior Sprint and appears poised for another strong performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LThh9 tL1tz t3L08 qufKF\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-8kta63883\">Candy and Giant (Giant\u2019s Pleasure)\u00a0tries the straight course again, though her best efforts have generally come around a bend. Still, she has shown she can fire in this setup as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LThh9 tL1tz t3L08 qufKF\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-wu54h3886\">Aubrie (Angiolo), winner of the G3 General Francisco B. Bosch earlier this year, will look to rebound off a disappointing run in the Ciudad de Buenos Aires. She returns after nearly four months on the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LThh9 tL1tz t3L08 qufKF\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-zbiex3889\">Adding further depth are\u00a0Flamboyance Rim (Remote), who captured the G3 Ocurrencia over the turf at San Isidro and aims to prove effective here, and\u00a0Eleven Mile (Il Campione), already battle-tested at this level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After Two Solid G1 Efforts, Faces Sarzana Pass, Aubrie and Candy and Giant at Palermo&#8217;s dirt Lagoa Azul\u00a0drops&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[3004,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-89448","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\/89448","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=89448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}