3rd-Rome, €13,200, Mdn., 6-2, 2yo, 1400m (AWT).
IL GRANDE GATSBY (IRE), (c, 2, Churchill {Ire}–Irene Watts {GB} {GSP-Ity, $133,610}, by Miswaki Tern), who ran second when unveiled over 1200 metres on the local synthetic on May 9, was the second choice on the board at 2-1 in this step up in trip. Noticeably warm in the preliminaries, he perched in fourth while glued to the fence through the opening furlongs. Shifted out on the bend, he was asked for his bid 400 metres from home and, began to make inroads toward the front. Unleashing a sparkling turn of foot, he dashed past all comers in the closing stages to win going away and defeat pacesetter Raimark (Ire) (Markaz {Ire}) by 1 ½ lengths. He is the first winner of 146 foals for his dual Guineas-winning first-season sire (by Galileo {Ire}) who stands at Coolmore Stud in Ireland for €30,000. One of seven foals, six to race, and the fifth winner out of his Italian Group 3-placed dam, Il Grande Gatsby is followed by a yearling filly by Rock of Gibraltar (Ire). His winning second dam was a half-sister to Italian Champion Older Mare Russian Lady (Ire) (Stanford {Ire}), who saluted three times at the group level in Italy. Sales history: 18,000gns RNA Ylg '20 TATOCT. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, €7,740.
O-TBA SRLS. B-Folco S.A.S. (Ire). T-Mario Giorgi.
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