Add SP Hidden Beach to list of Treasure Beach simulcast winners at San Isidro

Hidden Beach, who sports one of the most bizarre sets of silks in the hemisphere, gave Laurel simulcast bettors another come-from-behind heart-pounder at San Isidro yesterday. Lately, it’s been one Treasure Beach winner after another simulcast back to the U. S. from Argentina.

The 4-year-old stakes-placed colt carried co-highweight of 126 pounds and went off at 6/5 in the 1 1/4-mile race on the grass, with Lautaro Balmaceda aboard. Sitting in third or fourth place along the inside all the way, he was easy to follow due to silks that resemble a patchwork quilt – with sections of blue, yellow, red, green, orange, and both light and dark purple.

Balmaceda never took Hidden Beach away from the inside, and he slipped through to take the lead in mid-stretch, then drifted to mid-track and finished strongly to complete his 1 1/2-length victory in 2:03.22.

Treasure Beach’s runners seem to thrive down the long San Isidro stretch.