On May 25, Charm joined the ranks of Argentina’s top juvenile fillies by taking the Gran Premio de Potrancas (ARG-G1) over the turf at San Isidro. Second in the Premio Eliseo Ramírez (ARG-G2) over 1400 meters (about seven furlongs) at the same course on April 4, Charm quickened readily to the front in the Potrancas and had no difficulty in holding sway at the end of the 1600-meter distance. Should she go on to the Gran Premio Estrellas Juvenile Fillies (ARG-G1) on June 28 (Argentina’s equivalent to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, USA-G1), she will have to leave the turf for the dirt at Palermo, but this may not be an issue as she won her maiden race on dirt, and she is now proven at the 1600-meter distance.
Charm is the first Group 1 winner for her sire Strategos, who was Argentina’s champion sprinter in 2020. The winner of three Group 1 races at 1000 meters that year while racing on both dirt and turf, Strategos proved that he was more than a pure speedball by winning the 2021 Gran Premio de Honor over 2000 meters at Palermo. Strategos is a son of Zensational (by Unbridled’s Song), a three-time Grade 1 winner over 6 and 7 furlongs in the United States, and is out of 2020 Argentine Broodmare of the Year Candy Woman, a daughter of Candy Ride.
Charm is out of Roman Princess, whose sire Roman Ruler (by Fusaichi Pegasus) won the 2005 Haskell Invitational Handicap (USA-G1) and led the Argentine general sire list three times. A three-time winner over 1400 and 1600 meters at Palermo, Roman Princess is a full sister to Group 3-placed Roman Prince and is out of stakes-placed Queen Annette, a daughter of Grade 1-placed Big Play (by Czaravich). Queen Annette’s full sister Tonguie was sent to Chile, where her son Pecoiquen (by seven-time Chilean champion sire Hussonet) won Chile’s oldest top-level race, the Premio El Ensayo (CHI-G1), in 2004; she is also the second dam of 2017 Premio Carlos Allende Navarro (CHI-G3) winner Going Away (by Seeking the Dia), whose dam is Pecoiquen’s stakes-placed full sister, It’s a Dream.
The next dam in Charm’s tail-female line, Queen Anne, won her only start. Sired by 1970 Polla de Potrillos (Argentine Two Thousand Guineas) winner Cipol, Queen Anne is out of Royale, whose sire Court Harwell won the 1957 Jockey Club Stakes in England and led the combined English/Irish general sire list in 1965 as well as leading the Argentine general sire list in 1970. Produced from 1954 Polla de Potrancas (Argentine One Thousand Guineas) winner Elite (by 1946 Gran Premio Nacional/Argentine Derby winner Seductor, an important sire and broodmare sire), Royale is a half sister to Tibaldo (by Tatan), a good stakes winner in both Argentina and the United States, and to Scelto (by Scratch), a stakes winner in Argentina. This female line has been producing good winners in Argentina since the English-bred mare Jumble arrived in Argentina in 1902.
Charm has something of a “could be anything” pedigree, though tilted more toward miler speed than stamina, and it is premature to speculate how she might fare in either the 1600-meter Polla de Potrancas or the 2000-meter Gran Premio Selección (Argentine Oaks), both of which will be run on dirt at Palermo during the Argentine spring. For now, though, a Pellegrini Award as Argentina’s champion 2-year-old filly appears within reach, and if Charm is as versatile as her sire, that and more may lie in her future,
Charm is the first Group 1 winner for her sire Strategos, who was Argentina’s champion sprinter in 2020. The winner of three Group 1 races at 1000 meters that year while racing on both dirt and turf, Strategos proved that he was more than a pure speedball by winning the 2021 Gran Premio de Honor over 2000 meters at Palermo. Strategos is a son of Zensational (by Unbridled’s Song), a three-time Grade 1 winner over 6 and 7 furlongs in the United States, and is out of 2020 Argentine Broodmare of the Year Candy Woman, a daughter of Candy Ride.
Charm is out of Roman Princess, whose sire Roman Ruler (by Fusaichi Pegasus) won the 2005 Haskell Invitational Handicap (USA-G1) and led the Argentine general sire list three times. A three-time winner over 1400 and 1600 meters at Palermo, Roman Princess is a full sister to Group 3-placed Roman Prince and is out of stakes-placed Queen Annette, a daughter of Grade 1-placed Big Play (by Czaravich). Queen Annette’s full sister Tonguie was sent to Chile, where her son Pecoiquen (by seven-time Chilean champion sire Hussonet) won Chile’s oldest top-level race, the Premio El Ensayo (CHI-G1), in 2004; she is also the second dam of 2017 Premio Carlos Allende Navarro (CHI-G3) winner Going Away (by Seeking the Dia), whose dam is Pecoiquen’s stakes-placed full sister, It’s a Dream.
The next dam in Charm’s tail-female line, Queen Anne, won her only start. Sired by 1970 Polla de Potrillos (Argentine Two Thousand Guineas) winner Cipol, Queen Anne is out of Royale, whose sire Court Harwell won the 1957 Jockey Club Stakes in England and led the combined English/Irish general sire list in 1965 as well as leading the Argentine general sire list in 1970. Produced from 1954 Polla de Potrancas (Argentine One Thousand Guineas) winner Elite (by 1946 Gran Premio Nacional/Argentine Derby winner Seductor, an important sire and broodmare sire), Royale is a half sister to Tibaldo (by Tatan), a good stakes winner in both Argentina and the United States, and to Scelto (by Scratch), a stakes winner in Argentina. This female line has been producing good winners in Argentina since the English-bred mare Jumble arrived in Argentina in 1902.
Charm has something of a “could be anything” pedigree, though tilted more toward miler speed than stamina, and it is premature to speculate how she might fare in either the 1600-meter Polla de Potrancas or the 2000-meter Gran Premio Selección (Argentine Oaks), both of which will be run on dirt at Palermo during the Argentine spring. For now, though, a Pellegrini Award as Argentina’s champion 2-year-old filly appears within reach, and if Charm is as versatile as her sire, that and more may lie in her future,
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