Traditional appointment of Sant'Ambrogio with the Milan Cup, meeting sign appointment Thursday 7 December atSnai La Maura Racecourse, which also this year remembered the figure of Alessandro Ferrario, journalist and founder of the horse racing website vendopuledri.it who passed away in July 2019 at just 52 years old due to a strong collision with a filly during television filming on a breeding farm in Boara Pisani, in the Padua area. And always for the Cup of Milan from this year the Trofeo sponsored by Selvolini estates of Volpaia, a hamlet of the municipality of Radda in Chianti, in the province of Siena, where the Selvolini family has been rooted in the area for over three hundred years and represents one of the best wine producing cellars.
On the track, the winner last year with Bepi Bi, Alessandro Gocciadoro who seemed destined for confirmation thanks to Beads, a subject of international caliber, who scored last year in the prestigious Prix du Luxembourg when he was under the orders of Jean-Michel Bazire and, naturally, awaited with great curiosity in the "Noceto" version also in light of a resounding public test on the track which had seen him trot easily in 1.09. Racing, however, is another thing and the import in the final played a bad joke even on an expert driver like the top Emilian driver: a skid on the first corner cost Archangel's son meters and forced him to spend more than had to move to the sides of Vincero' Gar, who with a great launch from the 7th had immediately taken command of the operations. Beads worked the tread on the flanks but, on the last corner, he showed signs of tiredness and then ended up making a mistake, and so the tactical masterpiece of the Bareggio team of Fausto Barelli and Pietro Gubellini could be "consummated" on the straight line. Gar e will win Charon Trebi' they certainly didn't have to be asked to make proper use of their position in the front row and the initial speed with which they are both equipped to take control of the operations: Vincero' (with Andrea Fafolfi in the seat) took on the burden of withstanding the assaults of the favourite, while Caronte Trebi', with Pietro Gubellini, acted as an opportunist and in the end this proved to be the winning tactic, even if the result remained in the balance until the finish line because the Infinity Castadiva standard bearer, once reached by boxing mate, reacted and sold his life dearly. Credit where credit is due to the winner, who showed a competitive wickedness that was often lacking in him, but more generally in the whole team. Third place for Very Joy, who took advantage of a series of internal gaps to precede the outsider Bessie di Poggio to the finish line.
The results of the heats of the Milan Cup they had been diametrically opposed. Surprisingly first battery with the mistake at the start by Verdon Wf which left the possibility for Brest dei Greppi to gain the lead and impose a pace that was anything but prohibitive: but Caramia's pupil completely "sagged" on the straight line and the lurking Benjamin took advantage of it who passed with ease in the straight line with an average of 1.13.7 with Mario Minopoli jr in sulky, dragging Bessie di Poggio while Becoming finished third leaving Brest dei Greppi with the "sop" of fourth place, valid for the last access to the final. All according to forecast, however, in second battery, where Beads had no difficulty in honoring the role of clear favorite once he had obtained the green light from Caronte Trebi': the Swede limited himself to controlling the line, saving energy for the final and closing with an average of 1.12.7, while the Caronte couldn't find any space when he was stationed and had to give up second place to the speed of Vincero' Gar, who had exploited the wake of Very Joy in his ascent, the latter fourth and last classified for the final.
The other great protagonist of the day was Mauro Baroncini, who scored a hat trick as a coach. The suite was kicked off by the excellent Funny Girl in Vernissage Grif Award: the standard bearer of the Althea team, entrusted as on previous occasions to Andrea Farolfi, contained Fakir Roc at the start, calmly managed the pace taking advantage of the fact that Fakir Roc and Frankie Bar were "marking" each other along the route, then advanced confidently into the 400 finals. Very “easy” victory (the third in the last four outings), with an average of 1.16.4. Frankie Bar finished second and overtook Fakir Roc in a straight line, then also beaten for third place by Filly Mail: he made a mistake in Final Word Bi at the start.
The Divignano trainer's other successes came with Marco Stefani in the role of "executor". The one produced by Downtown As in Tamuré Roc Award it was probably the best performance of his career: the son of Crazed tried to break through but suffered the advance of Prussia's Lady and remained on the outside, never saw the rope and had to commit himself off the favorite Daitan Sonic (who had broken through after 650 metres), but despite the very tough route he passed at the end of the final curve and even went straight ahead to stand out with an average of 1.12.7. Demetra Amg and Delta Wise As followed the winner's moves and ended in the squares: the disappointing Daitan Sonic gave way straight away, and even the other expected Lady of Prussia was not incisive.
Enoch's performance in the Showmar Award: the standard bearer of the Bindi team won the announced match with Equipe della Casa, despite a considerable expense to gain the lead, managing to oppose the "broadsides" fired by Barelli's rival in the final half lap, holding on to the end to close in medium of 1.12.2. The company's team provided another strong performance (demolishing the previous record over the distance) but ran into a rival in a state of grace, while Emah Roc, after the initial partial, lost contact with the first two in the final 400, still remaining third by a few points .
At betting as on the track, the Owens Club Award it was one-sided, with Figaro Grif (excellent in kicking) first focusing the bettors' attention and then authoring a monologue on the track: 1.21 the first lap and 1.14 and pennies the second, final average of 1.17 over 2250 meters, all in total fluency. A prospect to be followed in better contexts, this pupil of Alessandro Gocciadoro who already in his Roman debut had aroused good sensations by chasing well after error. Favola Bar took advantage of the wake of the tread to emerge clear in second place ahead of Fortedeimarmi Dr, who advanced through gaps: those who ventured offshore (Falkon and Filos di Poggio) paid the price.
The next meetings this month atSnai La Maura Racecourse of Milan are scheduled for Sunday 17th, Wednesday 20th, Sunday 24 and finally Friday 29.
