The horse from La Plata, fifth in the last Unzué, is measured with Lord Alex in today’s handicap
The Hipódromo de San Isidro will have races again this afternoon with its traditional Wednesday meeting, plague of alternative categories and other shifts for veteran horses and without too much future, a “classic”. Among so much competition for prizes that are barely enough to pay the expenses, the Phoenix Handicap stands out, which on the kilometer of grass will measure horses from the age of 4 for a reward to the hurtful winner of 147,000 pesos, to which 22,000 will have to be added for the “bonus ”.
After missing a previous appointment, the La Plata Key Topic (Key Deputy, 59 kg.) Will try to run well again on the Jockey Club stage, where in mid-December he finished in a very positive fifth place at the end of the Felix Grand Prix Alzaga Unzué (G1) won by Strategos (Zensational), and 1 1/4 length by Queen Liz (Lizard Island), who finished second.
In the same test, Lord Alex (Exchange Rate, 59 1/2) finished 12th second, 6 pitches behind the candidate, but at the same time he finally managed to reencounter the triumph in the Gentlemen Classic, beating the head of Emblem Three (Easing Along).
As a third option appears Noguchi (Strategic Prince, 59), who was ninth in the international of the straight, thus cutting a series of three consecutive victories and who had had his peak of emotion on the occasion of his victory in the Ringaro Handicap, when Lord Alex was third at 5 lengths.
By train to surprise, Shenazar (Orpen, 54) is light and has good chances.
