RACING in South America does not feature very often in this column, but a recent Group 1 winner there caught my attention on a number of fronts.

Sixties Song travelled from his native Argentina, where he won the Group 1 Grand Premio Carlos Pellegrini late last year, to Chile and added the Group 1 Longines Gran Premio Latinoamericano to his curriculum vitae. With a pair of back-to-back Group 1 wins, four victories in all from seven starts as a three-year-old and a pair of runner-up finishes, he is considered by some as the leader of his generation in the region.