June
28Nautilus, Ola Perfecta Secure Breeders’ Cup Berths With Respective Wins In Brazil, Peru
Stud Valentin and Jarussi’s 3-year-old Nautilus gained the 1 ½-mile Grande Premio Brasil (G1) at Hipodromo Gavea in Brazil and earned a Breeders’ Cup Challenge berth into the $4 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1), and Stud Patriots’ 5-year-old mare Ola Perfecta closed strongly inside the final furlong to prevail in the 1 ¼-mile Gran Premio Pamplona (G1) Hipodromo Monterrico in Peru, gaining an invitation into the $2 million Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1). Nautilus, trained by Nilson Lima and ridden to victory by Rudinick Viana, is a son of 2011 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner […]
