Run in December every year, San Isidro’s Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini (ARG-G1) card is always one of the highlights of Argentina’s racing year. This year was no exception, featuring hotly contested Group 1 races for sprinters, milers, and the filly and mare division. This last, the Gran Premio Copa de Plata Roberto Vásquez Mansilla, was captured by the 3-year-old filly Edict. It was her second Group1 win back-to-back, following her victory in the Gran Premio Enrique Acebal, and cemented her status as perhaps the best turf filly of her age in Argentina, if not of any age.
Edict’s victory helped solidify sire Il Campione’s position at the head of the Argentine sire list as he heads for his second straight Argentine sire title. The 2014 Horse of the Year in his native Chile, Il Campione is by multiple Grade 1 winner Scat Daddy (a two-time champion sire in Chile) out of Global Gold, by 1992 American champion older male Pleasant Tap out of a granddaughter of 1993 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year Glowing Tribute. This is also the family of 2004 Argentine champion sire Roar as well as the good sires Hero’s Honor, Congrats, and Flatter.
On the dam’s side, Edict descends from Vacacion (Voodoo x Entallada, by Prince Canarina), a top-class sprinter whose 11 wins included the Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires (now a Group 1 race). A half sister to 1984 Gran Premio Ignacio e Ignacio Correas (ARG-G1) winner Eternite (by El Virtuoso), Vacacion was mated to 1969 Argentine Horse of the Year and three-time Argentine champion sire Practicante and came up with multiple Group 1 winner Vacilante, a horse who reflected his sire’s stamina. She also produced Argentine stakes winner Ma Vacacion (by Mountdrago) as well as Vedette Girl (by Mat-Boy), dam of multiple Argentine Group 1 winner Maipo Fitz (by Fitzcarraldo) and listed Argentine stakes winner Vedette Fitz (by Fitzcarraldo). Through her daughter Vedette’s Parade (by Parade Marshal), Vedette Girl is the second dam of five stakes winners including 2012 Gran Premio San Isidro (ARG-G1) winner Maipo Royale (by Val Royal) and Argentine Group 3 winners Grand Coquette (by Grand Slam) and Maipo Top (by Giant’s Causeway).
Vacacionante, a full sister to Vacilante, also became a good broodmare, producing the Egg Toss fillies Vaga Toss, winner of the 1993 Premio Carlos Casares (ARG-G2), and Valery Toss, a multiple listed stakes winner. Both became excellent broodmares, with Valery Toss producing four stakes winners including 1999 Gran Premio de Las Estrellas-Sprint (ARG-G1) winner Vacacionada (by Southern Halo) and 2004 Gran Premio Eliseo Ramirez (ARG-G1) winner Valery Lady (by Roy). Vaga Toss produced three stakes winners to her sister’s four, but they include 2003 Argentine champion 2-year-old filly South Vagabunda (by Southern Halo).
Forty Vague, a Roar half sister to South Vagabunda, won two of her five starts and produced five winners from her eight foals, but none earned black type and she was exported to Uruguay in 2014. Her only producing daughter is the winning Bernstein mare Stormy Valery, who has gone a fair way to redeem her dam’s legacy by producing both Edict and 2018 Premio Santiago Lawrie (ARG-G3) winner Hat Valor (by Hat Trick). Following Edict, Stormy Valery has given birth to the 2021 Angiolo filly Alsatian, who should begin her racing career during the first half of 2024, and a 2022 full sister to Edict, already named Established. Stormy Valery was bred to 2020 Argentine champion sprinter Strategos for 2023 but came up barren.
Vacacion’s family is one of the better speed families in the Stud Book Argentino, but as Vacilante, Maipo Fitz, and Edict have demonstrated, it can produce horses capable of top-level wins over 2000 metters (about 10 furlongs) or more if bred to the right sires. In Edict, the family has come up with a top-class filly that has both the high cruising speed to make all her own pace and the stamina and heart to dig in and refuse to lose when hooked in the stretch. That’s a valuable combination of traits, and one that should make for some more exciting racing from Edict in 2024.
Edict’s victory helped solidify sire Il Campione’s position at the head of the Argentine sire list as he heads for his second straight Argentine sire title. The 2014 Horse of the Year in his native Chile, Il Campione is by multiple Grade 1 winner Scat Daddy (a two-time champion sire in Chile) out of Global Gold, by 1992 American champion older male Pleasant Tap out of a granddaughter of 1993 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year Glowing Tribute. This is also the family of 2004 Argentine champion sire Roar as well as the good sires Hero’s Honor, Congrats, and Flatter.
On the dam’s side, Edict descends from Vacacion (Voodoo x Entallada, by Prince Canarina), a top-class sprinter whose 11 wins included the Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires (now a Group 1 race). A half sister to 1984 Gran Premio Ignacio e Ignacio Correas (ARG-G1) winner Eternite (by El Virtuoso), Vacacion was mated to 1969 Argentine Horse of the Year and three-time Argentine champion sire Practicante and came up with multiple Group 1 winner Vacilante, a horse who reflected his sire’s stamina. She also produced Argentine stakes winner Ma Vacacion (by Mountdrago) as well as Vedette Girl (by Mat-Boy), dam of multiple Argentine Group 1 winner Maipo Fitz (by Fitzcarraldo) and listed Argentine stakes winner Vedette Fitz (by Fitzcarraldo). Through her daughter Vedette’s Parade (by Parade Marshal), Vedette Girl is the second dam of five stakes winners including 2012 Gran Premio San Isidro (ARG-G1) winner Maipo Royale (by Val Royal) and Argentine Group 3 winners Grand Coquette (by Grand Slam) and Maipo Top (by Giant’s Causeway).
Vacacionante, a full sister to Vacilante, also became a good broodmare, producing the Egg Toss fillies Vaga Toss, winner of the 1993 Premio Carlos Casares (ARG-G2), and Valery Toss, a multiple listed stakes winner. Both became excellent broodmares, with Valery Toss producing four stakes winners including 1999 Gran Premio de Las Estrellas-Sprint (ARG-G1) winner Vacacionada (by Southern Halo) and 2004 Gran Premio Eliseo Ramirez (ARG-G1) winner Valery Lady (by Roy). Vaga Toss produced three stakes winners to her sister’s four, but they include 2003 Argentine champion 2-year-old filly South Vagabunda (by Southern Halo).
Forty Vague, a Roar half sister to South Vagabunda, won two of her five starts and produced five winners from her eight foals, but none earned black type and she was exported to Uruguay in 2014. Her only producing daughter is the winning Bernstein mare Stormy Valery, who has gone a fair way to redeem her dam’s legacy by producing both Edict and 2018 Premio Santiago Lawrie (ARG-G3) winner Hat Valor (by Hat Trick). Following Edict, Stormy Valery has given birth to the 2021 Angiolo filly Alsatian, who should begin her racing career during the first half of 2024, and a 2022 full sister to Edict, already named Established. Stormy Valery was bred to 2020 Argentine champion sprinter Strategos for 2023 but came up barren.
Vacacion’s family is one of the better speed families in the Stud Book Argentino, but as Vacilante, Maipo Fitz, and Edict have demonstrated, it can produce horses capable of top-level wins over 2000 metters (about 10 furlongs) or more if bred to the right sires. In Edict, the family has come up with a top-class filly that has both the high cruising speed to make all her own pace and the stamina and heart to dig in and refuse to lose when hooked in the stretch. That’s a valuable combination of traits, and one that should make for some more exciting racing from Edict in 2024.
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