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Jockey Gustavo Calvente (@gusemicalvente) plays up for the cameras after landing one of Argentina’s biggest races, the G1 Gran Premio Republica Argentina, on EL KODIGO! 🇅🇷
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To counterbalance this misfortune, he has a long straight ahead of him to get in a decent position before the bend.
But the tricky card he was dealt in the draw lottery undoubtedly makes his task harder, opening up possibilities for others in the field.
Like Crazy Talent, the only horse who has succeeded in beating him this year, has the added plus of one of South America’s top jockeys in Juan Carlos Noriega on board.
Noriega, seeking a fourth win in the Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini, is so hyped about this year’s race he was in attendance on Tuesday for the all important barrier draw as Crazy Talent was assigned stall nine.
“We were quite lucky. We wanted nine, eight, seven or one, and we were lucky that we got our first choice,” he recounted to Argentinean racing publication turfdiario.
The man from Cordoba has high hopes of bringing up his fourth win in a race first run in 1887 and once attended by the late American President Teddy Roosevelt.
He says a change of tactics, in racing Crazy Talent nearer the pace, paid off spectacularly when the four-year-old got the better of El Kodigo over the 2400m distance on turf in the G2 Clasico Comparacion in August.
Noriega added: “You work all year for this and you are waiting to see which horse you get to ride. My friends were asking me five months ago what I’m going to ride! This time it will be with Crazy Talent, who is very talented, always runs well, and, fortunately, arrives in spectacular form in training.
“He always runs well, I have a lot of respect for El Kodigo and others but this year our horse lines up in top shape.”
In a top notch renewal Acento Final is the star of the Classic generation, having landed the G1 Gran Premio Jockey Club (2000m).
He is being taken on by the four horses who finished behind him that day, headed by runner-up Honest Boy, who has one and a half lengths to find.
The fourth home, Grezzo, went on to comfortably claim a Group 3 over 2400m in a quicker time than El Kodigo produced when landing the Copa De Oro on the same card.
Jazz Seiver returns after last year’s fourth in the Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini.
Peru’s last success in the race came back in 1993 and their challenger, Don Feres, holds claims with top jockey Carlos Trujillo on board, and has form at this track based on his eye catching second in the G1 Gran Premio Latinoamericano (2000m) in 2023.
One of three Uruguayan hopes, Master Of Puppets, is on a four-timer since switching stables to the talented trainer Facundo Santesteban, who is having his second shot in the race after his 2021 challenger came in fourth.
Four-time Hong Kong Champion Jockey Joao Moreira partners Brazilian challenger Cold Heart.
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