Ricardo Benedicto's Stud Rubio B’s 3-year-old Il Mercato (ARG) prevailed by a head at 17-1 over the favored Sixties Song (ARG) to win Saturday’s $319,394, 1 ½ -mile Gran Premio International Carlos Pellegrini (G1).

Led by multiple Group 1 winning 5-year-old Sixties Song (ARG), a standout field of 19 has been entered for Saturday’s 1 ½ mile, $319,394 Gran Premio International Carlos Pellegrini (G1)- South America’s most prestigious race -  at San Isidro Racecourse, with the winner receiving an automatic berth into the 2019 Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf through the international Breeders’ Cup Challenge.

Final episode of Breeders’ Cup’s original docuseries to offer never-before-seen footage of week leading up to Breeders’ Cup Classic

The Breeders’ Cup, in conjunction with Hipodromo San Isidro, today announced that next month’s Gran Premio International Carlos Pellegrini (G1), South America’s most prestigious race, will be the first qualifying “Win and You’re In” event of the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series.

Bolstered by Breeders’ Cup Challenge victories from Alizee (AUS), Fine Needle (JPN), Royal Marine (IRE) and Wild Illusion (GB), Godolphin, one of the world’s most successful Thoroughbred racing and breeding operations, has won the John Deere Award as the outstanding breeder of the 2018 Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series and the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

Lucky winner selected from participant pool comprised of Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Accelerate’s virtual owners.