On November 19, Escolastic Girl scored a Group 2 win for the ever-growing family of the great Argentine foundation mare Empiric (see "Mares on Monday: Escolastic Girl Graduates in Group Company, Keeps Top Argentine Family Rolling," November 25, 2024). Exactly one month later, Little Hidden Port added another Group 2 win for the same family. Already the winner of the Premio Jockey Club de Rosario (ARG-G3) at La Plata on October 20, Little Hidden Port stepped up to the next level on December 19 by taking the same track's Premio Los Criadores (ARG-G2) over 2000 meters (about a mile and one-quarter) for Caballeriza Yabroud.
Like Escolastic Girl, Little Hidden Port traces back to Empiric's 1972 daughter Escolastica, but their tail-female lines diverge at the next step. Where Escolastic Girl descends from unraced Escorada (by Mari's Book), Little Hidden Port is a descendant of Escorada's half sister, Escola do Samba (by Redtop III). Unbeaten in two starts, both at San Isidro, Escola do Samba produced Argentine Group 2 winners Escoltado (by the Secretariat horse Cinco Grande), Evaluado (by Argentine leading sire Pepenador), and Escoltada (by multiple Grade 1 winner Political Ambition), as well as Argentine Group 3 winner Express News (by Confidential Talk).
A two-time Group 2 winner over 1600 meters, both times on turf at San Isidro, Escoltada continued her line through her winning daughter Espira (by Pure Prize), who scored over 1200 meters on both dirt and turf. She in turn produced the sprint winner Estima to a cover by Argentine champion sire and broodmare sire Orpen, winner of the Prix Morny (FR-G1) as a juvenile of 1998. Little Hidden Port, a daughter of Puerto Escondido, is Estima's first foal, and the mare has since produced the unraced Puerto Escondido 3-year-old Puerto Querido, the Puerto Escondido yearling La Del Cuento, and a suckling Treasure Beach colt already named Pocho Querido.
Little Hidden Port is the best runner thus far from the first crop of 2017 Argentine Horse of the Year Puerto Escondido. A half brother to 2011 Gran Premio Nacional (Argentine Derby, ARG-G1) winner Lange, Puerto Escondido is by 2017 Argentine Stallion of the Year Hurricane Cat (Storm Cat x 1994 American champion older female Sky Beauty) out of 2017 Argentine Broodmare of the Year Surf Point (by Louis Quatorze). For Little Hidden Port, the question now is whether she will continue to race at La Plata, where the competition is generally a little softer than that found at Palermo or San Isidro, or step up to challenge the best of her contemporaries. In either case, she has already done enough to make her a very attractive prospect for continuing the family to Empiric to another generation.
Like Escolastic Girl, Little Hidden Port traces back to Empiric's 1972 daughter Escolastica, but their tail-female lines diverge at the next step. Where Escolastic Girl descends from unraced Escorada (by Mari's Book), Little Hidden Port is a descendant of Escorada's half sister, Escola do Samba (by Redtop III). Unbeaten in two starts, both at San Isidro, Escola do Samba produced Argentine Group 2 winners Escoltado (by the Secretariat horse Cinco Grande), Evaluado (by Argentine leading sire Pepenador), and Escoltada (by multiple Grade 1 winner Political Ambition), as well as Argentine Group 3 winner Express News (by Confidential Talk).
A two-time Group 2 winner over 1600 meters, both times on turf at San Isidro, Escoltada continued her line through her winning daughter Espira (by Pure Prize), who scored over 1200 meters on both dirt and turf. She in turn produced the sprint winner Estima to a cover by Argentine champion sire and broodmare sire Orpen, winner of the Prix Morny (FR-G1) as a juvenile of 1998. Little Hidden Port, a daughter of Puerto Escondido, is Estima's first foal, and the mare has since produced the unraced Puerto Escondido 3-year-old Puerto Querido, the Puerto Escondido yearling La Del Cuento, and a suckling Treasure Beach colt already named Pocho Querido.
Little Hidden Port is the best runner thus far from the first crop of 2017 Argentine Horse of the Year Puerto Escondido. A half brother to 2011 Gran Premio Nacional (Argentine Derby, ARG-G1) winner Lange, Puerto Escondido is by 2017 Argentine Stallion of the Year Hurricane Cat (Storm Cat x 1994 American champion older female Sky Beauty) out of 2017 Argentine Broodmare of the Year Surf Point (by Louis Quatorze). For Little Hidden Port, the question now is whether she will continue to race at La Plata, where the competition is generally a little softer than that found at Palermo or San Isidro, or step up to challenge the best of her contemporaries. In either case, she has already done enough to make her a very attractive prospect for continuing the family to Empiric to another generation.
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