{"id":224188,"date":"2025-06-29T14:26:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T14:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/224188\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T14:26:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T14:26:15","slug":"neon-boy-wires-the-field-with-authority-in-the-dirt-junior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/224188\/","title":{"rendered":"Neon Boy Wires the Field with Authority in the Dirt Junior"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"_04qQG jtShe _6XZJW UGHSE\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-foo\"><strong style=\"font-weight:700\">The Abolengo-Bred Colt Returns to Winning Ways on the Biggest Stage, Kicking Off Estrellas Day in Style<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6aebe8_97826dadc33c45e2b51182e16f53ab22~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"Neon Boy Stays Resolute on the Front End \/ HAPSA\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%;max-width:100%\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.turfdiario.com\/post\/neon-boy-wires-the-field-with-authority-in-the-dirt-junior?lang\\u003den=&amp;lang=en\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/6aebe8_97826dadc33c45e2b51182e16f53ab22~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_5000,h_3333,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01\/6aebe8_97826dadc33c45e2b51182e16f53ab22~mv2.jpg\" draggable=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-weight:700\">Neon Boy Stays Resolute on the Front End<\/strong> \/ HAPSA<\/p>\n<p class=\"_04qQG jtShe _6XZJW UGHSE\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-7luyh1965\">The Hip\u00f3dromo La Punta has long been a benchmark for provincial racing in Argentina, having adopted an official racing program from its inception\u2014though many of its races are now non-graded\u2014and it\u2019s no surprise that horses competing there often make their mark when stepping up to the big leagues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_04qQG jtShe _6XZJW UGHSE\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-wkwi93674\">The second running of the Cl\u00e1sico Estrellas Dirt Junior (1300m, dirt), reserved for juveniles with form in regional circuits and offering a lucrative purse of ARS 10,000,000, found its winner in a colt who had already hinted at his potential at La Punta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_04qQG jtShe _6XZJW UGHSE\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-s5emv3676\"><strong style=\"font-weight:700\">Neon Boy<\/strong>\u00a0(Cosmic Trigger\u2014Niner Spirit, by Sunray Spirit) went straight to the lead and never looked back, holding off the persistent challenge of favored Chaplin (Nicholas) to score by three-quarters of a length in an excellent time of 1:16.45. Another six lengths back came Impregnado Sr (Se\u00f1or Candy) to round out the trifecta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_04qQG jtShe _6XZJW UGHSE\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-amdgw3679\">Ridden with complete confidence by\u00a0<strong style=\"font-weight:700\">Francisco Leandro<\/strong>\u00a0for trainer\u00a0<strong style=\"font-weight:700\">Lucas D. Calvo<\/strong>, Neon Boy benefited from the awkward start of Opi Nails (Remote), the filly who had beaten him handily last out in the Cl\u00e1sico Estrellas Provinciales (L) at La Punta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_04qQG jtShe _6XZJW UGHSE\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-tmqs93685\">Bred by\u00a0<strong style=\"font-weight:700\">Haras Abolengo<\/strong>, Neon Boy is by the prolific\u00a0<strong style=\"font-weight:700\">Cosmic Trigger (Lizard Island)<\/strong>\u00a0and was sold by the farm at one of last year\u2019s auctions held at the San Luis track, where he had made a perfect debut when capturing the Cl\u00e1sico Copa La Punta Juniors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_04qQG jtShe _6XZJW UGHSE\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-azsyp3691\">His dam, Niner Spirit, was herself a stakes winner and is a half-sister to the outstanding runner Codringer, who\u2014perhaps not coincidentally\u2014was also by Cosmic Trigger.<br \/>\n<br role=\"presentation\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Abolengo-Bred Colt Returns to Winning Ways on the Biggest Stage, Kicking Off Estrellas Day in Style Neon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-224188","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-racing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114767120534996892","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}