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Led by Group 1 winners Durazzo (ARG), Mirinaque (ARG), and El Musical (ARG), a field of 15 has been entered for Saturday's 1 ½-mile Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini-Internacional (G1) at Hipódromo de San Isidro in Buenos Aires. The Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini-Internacional winner will receive an automatic starting position into the 2023 US$4 million Longines Breeders' Cup Turf (G1) through the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In.

The Breeders' Cup Challenge Series is an international series of stakes races whose winners receive automatic starting positions and fees paid into a corresponding race of the 2023 Breeders' Cup World Championships, which is scheduled to be held on Nov. 3-4 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.

The Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini-Internacional, South America's most prestigious race, is the first Breeders' Cup Challenge Series race of the 2023 season.

Marias Del Sur S.A.'s 4-year-old Durazzo comes into the race having won his last six starts dating back to March, which includes three Group 1 wins. Trained by Ruben Quiroga, Durazzo captured the 1 ½-mile Gran Premio Copa De Oro – Alberto Lalor (G1) at San Isidro in his most recent start on Nov. 5, powering inside the final furlong to a 4-length victory. A son of Fortify out of the Dalhart mare Dale Lunfa (ARG), Durazzo's Copa De Oro win came after a 3 ½-length triumph in the 1 ½-mile-Progreso (G3) at San Isidro on Sept. 25. Earlier in the year, Durazzo made back-to-back Group 1 scores when he took the Gran Premio 25 de Mayo by 5 lengths on May 25 and the 1 ¼-mile Estrellas Classic at Palermo on June 25.

Maria Christina Munoz is the owner and trainer of the 6-year-old Mirinaque, Argentina's 2020 Horse of the Year, and the runner-up in last year's Carlos Pellegrini. A gray son of Hurricane Cat, Mirinaque is on a four-race winning streak, which includes two Group 1 victories. On Sept. 3 at Palermo, Mirinaque won the General San Martin (G1) by a nose over Special Dubai (ARG) and then surprised the crowd at Luna Park on Nov. 9 in Buenos Aires by winning the 1 1/2-mile Dardo Rocha-Internacional (G1) by 4 lengths at 36-1. Mirinaque has won eight times in 25 starts. After beginning 2022 with off-the-board finishes in the Longines Red Sea Handicap (G3) at King Abdulaziz Racecourse in Saudi Arabia in February and in the Dubai Gold Cup (G2) at Meydan in March, Mirinaque returned home and won the 1 ½-mile Chacabuco (G2) in July and the 1 ½-mile Comparacion (G2) in August, both at Palermo.

The 3-year-old El Musical has won three of eight starts for owners BVP Sa and trainer Miguel Cafere. A son of Il Campione (CHI), El Musical's biggest win thus far was a half-length triumph in the 1-mile Polla de Potrillos (G1) at Palermo on Sept. 3. He crossed the wire first in the 1 1/4-mile Gran Premio Jockey Club (G1) at San Isidro on Oct. 15 after leading from start to finish but was disqualified for interfering with Natan (ARG) in an all-out stretch drive and was placed second. In his most recent start, El Musical finished second, 4 lengths behind Nino Guapo (ARG) in the 1 ½-mile Nacional on Nov. 22 at Palermo.

Calomino S.A.'s Nino Guapo has won three of his last four starts. Trained by Roberto Pellegata, Nino Guapo, a son of Catcher in the Rye (IRE), was extremely impressive in his first start beyond a mile when he won the Gran Premio Eduardo Casey (G2) at Palermo by 6 lengths on Oct. 10. He followed up that triumph with his first career Group 1, taking the Nacional as the 9-5 favorite.

The most intriguing starter in the race appears to be two-time Group 1 winner Irwin (ARG), who is making his return to the races since finishing 14th in the UAE Derby (G2) at Meydan in March. Owned by Stud Volver Al Futoro and trained by Antonio Cintra, Irwin, a son of Seek Again, won four races in 2021, including a 2-length win in the Polla de Potrillos (G1) and a 9-length triumph in the Nacional (G1).

As a part of the benefits of the Challenge series, the Breeders' Cup will pay the entry fees for the winner of the Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini–Internacional to start in the 1 ½-mile Longines Breeders' Cup Turf. Breeders' Cup also will provide a $40,000 travel allowance for all starters based outside of North America to compete in the World Championships. The Challenge winner must be nominated to the Breeders' Cup program by the pre-entry deadline of Oct. 23, 2023, to receive the rewards.

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Trainer Chad Brown told the Daily Racing Form's David Grening on Thursday that Domestic Spending, who suffered a pelvic fracture during the running of this year's Breeders' Cup Mile, has healed enough to be moved from Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital to Dell Ridge Farm to continue his recovery.

In the Breeders' Cup, jockey Flavien Prat pulled up the 5-year-old gelding going into the final turn of the turf course and brought him to the outside rail before unsaddling quickly. The horse was vanned to Rood & Riddle, where he had been receiving treatment.

In a Tweet on Nov. 8, Brown explained that his veterinary team believed the fracture had occurred when the horse left the starting gate, and worsened over the course of the race.

In that same Tweet, Brown said: “We are committed to provide him with a pampered life in beautiful pastures.”

Prior to Breeders' Cup day, Domestic Spending had never finished off the board and has wins in the G1 Manhattan, G1 Turf Classic, G1 Hollywood Derby and the Saratoga Derby Invitational to his credit. His last race was a second in the G1 Mr. D Stakes at Arlington Park in August 2021.

He had been training towards a Breeders' Cup start in 2021 but suffered a suspensory ligament injury in the days ahead of the race.

Brown conditions the 5-year-old for owner Klaravich Stables (Seth Klarman). He was bred in England by Rabbah Bloodstock and is by Kingman, out of Street Cry mare Urban Castle.

Pelvic fractures in racehorses can happen as the result of a traumatic event, but can also be associated with repetitive stress, sometimes in relation to breaking from a starting gate.

Read more about pelvic fractures in racehorses in this story from 2017.

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Rustlewood Farm, Inc.'s Grade 2-winning homebred colt Pappacap, unraced since late July, continues to work for his return and a possible start in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) Jan. 28 at Gulfstream Park.

A 3-year-old son of 2017 champion older horse and Horse of the Year Gun Runner, who captured the 2018 Pegasus in his career finale, Pappacap has had three timed breezes since mid-November, the most recent a five-furlong move in 1:00.65 Dec. 10 at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream's satellite training facility in Palm Beach County.

“He's been training great. It's great to have him back,” Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse's assistant, Nick Tomlinson, said. “He looks like he's matured now, and he looks fantastic out there.”

Pappacap is among 29 nominees to the $100,000 Tropical Park Derby for 3-year-olds scheduled to go 1 1/16 miles on Gulfstream's new turf course. The grandson of Scat Daddy – who swept the Fountain of Youth (G2) and Florida Derby (G1) in 2007 at Gulfstream – has never raced on grass.

“There's the Tropical Park Derby … that's not necessarily where we want to run, but he's a two-other-than, so if we don't run him before January he has to run against older horses,” Tomlinson said. “We're not really sure if we want to do that, either, so we're just kind of weighing our options.

“He's going to need to run in a race before we even think about the Pegasus,” he added. “That's the only way we're going to be able to do it.”

Pappacap has raced in 10 consecutive graded stakes since breaking his maiden sprinting at five furlongs at Gulfstream in May 2021. He won the Best Pal (G2) at Del Mar second time out and finished second in the American Pharoah (G1) and Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) to round out his rookie season.

This year Pappacap is winless in six tries, running second in the Woody Stephens (G1) and Pat Day Mile (G2), third in the Lecomte (G3) and fourth in the Florida Derby. He hasn't started since finishing fourth behind Gunite in the July 31 Amsterdam (G2).

After some time off, Pappacap returned to the work tab in mid-November and had a pair of breezes at Casse's training center in Ocala before rejoining the main string at Palm Meadows.

“When he came back for the Florida Derby, he kind of looked like the same horse that we had as a 2-year-old. He may have gotten a little bit bigger and little bit longer, but nothing really changed on him,” Tomlinson said. “Now that he's back here, he looks like a man now. Hopefully heading into his 4-year-old year, he'll start to really develop.”

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