|
|
Team Valor, Santulli purchase champion miler from Uruguay Team Valor International and Richard Santulli have purchased champion South American miler Brujo de Olleros and will import the once-beaten colt on February 20 from Uruguay. A winner in four of five career outings, the chestnut son of Wild Event has posted track-record performances in his last two starts, including a 14 1/4-length victory in which his time of 1:33 1/5 was the fastest mile run on dirt at Las Maronas racetrack in 75 years (video). Named champion miler at three, the Brazilian-bred Brujo de Olleros is now a four-year-old in the United States. Victor Hugo Azambullo handled the transaction for owner Luiz Fernando Cirne Lima. Graham Motion, who trains all of Team Valor's domestic horses from his base at Fair Hill, Maryland, expects to receive the colt at Palm Meadows training center on February 25. "We are thrilled to be able to have a horse with such immense talent join our stable," Team Valor CEO Barry Irwin said. "Bradley Weisbord was instrumental in bringing Richard Santulli aboard and I hope Mr. Santulli's confidence in our outfit is rewarded. We hope to have the colt ready for the late summer renewal of the Grade 1 Forego Stakes at Saratoga." The "Wizard of Olleros" was named after a legendary Argentine trainer who conditioned his horses adjacent to Olleros street. In his final start, which carries Grade 1 status in Uruguay, Brujo de Olleros won the same race as his half-brother Alcorano. Brujo de Olleros and Alcorano are out of Hit Oil, a daughter of Fappiano's American-bred son Roy.
 Send this article to a friend
|
|
