Races at the Palermo Hippodrome
Moving into the final hundred meters, Che Evasora, with a 57-1 Stud Montana record, scored a middle-distance victory on May 1 against Hawaiian Love in the 1 1/4-mile Breeders (G1) Grand Prix for fillies and mares. The winner, ridden by Jorge Peralta, earned an automatic starting position and paid fees in the $2 million Distaff Breeders’ Cup (G1) as a component of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series: Win and you’ll be in.
The Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series is now in its 18th season. Del Mar.
Che Evasora, coached by Marcelo Sueldo, is the 5-year-old daughter of Greenspring and Thundery Malice of Thunder Gulch. He took his first Grade 1 win, running the distance in 2:00. 13 on a fast track.
Coming out of the front row in a 16-horsepower box, Che Evasora raced to the back of the box early on as the favorites, 3-1 Garota Love and 4-1 Hawaiian Love, dictated the speed from the half-mile pole to the most sensible of the box. Starting in tenth position with a quarter mile remaining, Che Evasora worked his way along the railing to third. Seeing no clear path to pass Hawaiian Love inside, Peralta suddenly derailed Che Evasora and the mare responded with an acceleration to pass. Hawaiian love for victory.
Another improbable, Once Upon a Time, made a strong final outdoor bid to finish third.
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Che Evasora earned his sixth win in 23 starts and his fourth win on clay. In her previous start, on April 6, Gilberto Lerena (G1) in Palermo finished fourth, in 6 1/2 lengths. His first ranking win came here on Dec. 19, when he won the 1 1/4-mile Los Criadores (G2) race in La Plata by two lengths.
As a component of the Challenge Series benefits, the Breeders’ Cup will pay the entrance fee for Che Evasora to start in the 1 1/8-mile Breeders’ Cup Distaff. The Breeders’ Cup will also offer a $40,000 allowance to all beginners. founded outside of North America to compete in the World Championships. The winner of the Challenge must be nominated to the Breeders’ Cup program by the October 21 pre-registration deadline to earn the rewards.