Impressive looking South American import set to make US debut in Clement Hirsch

[LARHAGE]

I hope she's more ready than Fly Lexus Fly.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by LARHAGE

I hope she's more ready than Fly Lexus Fly.

She's A LOT more horse than Fly Lexus Fly.

Fly Lexus Fly was a nice dominant horse in a region where scarcely a decent allowance horse is ever seen. He was a faster version of Tomcito and still has a chance to prove himself a good horse over here.

Amani is unquestionably the best South American filly in a long, long time...and the dirt racing in South America is generally a lot better than the turf racing.

How she handles the new climate and comes back from the long layoff and all that remains to be seen.

Some fillies like Bayakoa, Riboletta, Paseana, Wild Spirit etc. etc. will thrive and get a lot better here, some will struggle to reproduce their South American form. It always helps if these imports have a trainer who has some magic to them.

[Calzone Lord]

Here a few other good ones to come out of these series of races in Chile.

Puerto Madero (like Lido Palace, was Horse of the Year in Chile) he was beaten in the St Ledger -- that's the race Amani dominated against the males in her final start in Chile.



He was an in-and-outer -- but was very good when right. His best moment came when he won the Donn Handicap over Behrens and Silver Charm.



Cocoa Beach had a very similar early form -- she was undefeated in Chile -- but never won anything more than a Grade 3 there.





She was a nice 3-surface horse. In her 2nd US start, she beat our hapless champion Ginger Punch in a Grade 1 on dirt.

In her 3rd US start, she traveled cross-country and finished 2nd to Zenyatta over the same track where Zenyatta won the Classic at the following year.

In her 4th US start, she won a Grade 1 race on turf over 3-time Grade 1 winner Precious Kitten.