southern hemisphere breeding

The Easter weekend that would conclude the mission of Argentina's most revered expatriate had begun, in our rather more trivial field of endeavor, with a remarkable testament to the influence of South America on the American Turf. At Keeneland, the late Pope's compatriot Ignacio Correas saddled his latest big winner, Utah Beach (English Channel) in the GII Elkhorn Stakes. Over at Santa Anita, the flourishing Chilean import Richi (Chi) (Practical Joke) impressed in the GII Santa Maria Stakes. And at Oaklawn the weekend's biggest prize was won by First Mission...

The first reported foal for GI Preakness Stakes hero Rombauer (Twirling Candy) is a filly born at Porta Pia Farm in Lexington, it was announced via press release Saturday afternoon. Out of a daughter of a French Listed-placed half-sister to two-time champion MGISW Covfefe (Into Mischief), herself the dam of SW Ellen Jay (Constitution), the filly was born Jan. 24. The second dam's siblings also include MGSW & MG1SP-Jpn Albiano (Harlan's Holiday), whose claim to fame as a broodmare comes in the form of her own daughter, GSW-Jpn Avverare (Jpn)...