Team Valor International and Gary Barber's GITANO HERNANDO (GB) (Hernando [Fr]) was a
relative unknown entering Saturday's $305,000 Goodwood S. (G1) at Oak Tree, winning a conditions race over the synthetic track at
Wolverhampton, England, in his previous start, but the three-year-old colt
established himself as a Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) contender with an 18-1 upset
in his U.S. debut. With European jockey Kieren Fallon in the saddle, the
chestnut outfinished multiple Grade 1 winner Colonel John (Tiznow) by a neck for his first stakes
victory.
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