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[email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU THE NEXT ISSUE WILL BE WEDNESDAY, 28TH DECEMBER TODAY’S HEADLINES RACING REVIEW SIXTIES ICON ON SONG IN CARLOS PELLEGRINI Sixties Icon celebrated his first Gr.1 winner yesterday when Sixties Song won the 2016 edition of the Gran Premio Carlos picture courtesy of Hipódromo de San Isidro Pellegrini, one of South America’s most prestigious races. The three-year-old’s victory caused something of an upset when he narrowly beat Puerto Escondido (Hurricane Cat), as the colt was the outsider in the race and still a maiden to boot. His trainer Alfredo Gaitan Daissie had plenty to celebrate yesterday, as not Sixties Song powers home in the Gr.1 Gran Premio Carlos only did he win the Carlos Pellegrini, but he collected the other Pellegrini to give Sixties Icon his first winner at the highest two Gr.1s on the Hipodromo de San Isidro card. Earlier Nashville level Texan (Forestry) had taken the Gr.1 Gran Premio Felix de Alzaga Unzue and he was followed by Le Ken (Easing Along), who landed the Gr.1 Gran Premio Joaquín S de Anchorena before This time the bay colt was held up towards the rear of the field Sixties Song completed the hat-trick. and still had plenty to do in the straight. Set alight in the last “It was a dream come true. We knew at the beginning of the day quarter of a mile, he accelerated rapidly to beat Puerto Escondido that we had good horses in the races, but you never think about close home by a short neck, with half a length back to Going Past winning all of them.