Tutto Bene translates to “everything’s Ok” in English, and that’s exactly how Jessie Pacheco feels about his pacer going into this week’s first round of Sire Stakes for the 3-year-olds.
A homebred son of Karpathian King who carries the banner of Ronald Rettig-Zucchi, he won three of his seven starts last year at Running Aces, including a 1:57 tour over that five-eighths oval.
Following a pair of qualifiers here, he showed good speed in his seasonal debut last week and is now nice and tight for this richer assignment.
“He’s a stud, but for the most part he’s pretty gentle,” Pacheco noted. “He was a quick learner and has a very good attitude. He pr does whatever you ask him.
“I broke him and then my dad had him in Minnesota last year. He raced against the best 2-year-olds there and did pretty well.”
Jessie notes that it was the plan along to get a couple of qualifiers into Tutto Bene and then a race before diving into the stakes schedule at this meet.
“I wasn’t thinking about leaving with him last week, but nobody was going and I let him roll. He got a real nice tightener from that mile and I’m looking forward to seeing what he can do in these stakes races.”
Jessie notes that it was the plan along to get a couple of qualifiers into Tutto Bene and then a race before diving into the stakes schedule at this meet.
“I wasn’t thinking about leaving with him last week, but nobody was going and I let him roll. He got a real nice tightener from that mile and I’m looking forward to see what he does in these stakes races.”
