Difensivo (AUS) 2022

Profile

4g Castelvecchio x Silk Sheets (Exceed And Excel)
Foaled Oct 30, 2022
Career: 13 starts, 2 - 2 - 2 $73,500
Trainer: Nacim Dilmi, Wyong
Ownership: Domeland Pty Ltd (Mgr: Y P Cheng)
Difensivo is a 4 year old gelding by Castelvecchio out of the Exceed And Excel mare, Silk Sheets.
Last start was 10th at Taree on Aug 31, 2026 in the Buy Your Kosciuszko Tickets (Bm58) over 1000 metres.

Sale Details

Lot 697 2024 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale
Vendor: Bhima Thoroughbreds, Scone Buyer: Domeland Pty Ltd $50,000
Castelvecchio (AUS)
Silk Sheets (AUS)
Dundeel (NZ)
St. Therese (AUS)
Exceed And Excel (AUS)
Undercover (AUS)
High Chaparral (IRE)
Stareel (NZ)
Dehere (USA)
Moon Scent (AUS)
Danehill (USA)
Patrona (USA)
Covetous (AUS)
Icecapade (AUS)
Sadler's Wells (USA)
Zabeel (NZ)
Deputy Minister (CAN)
Aloe (IRE)
Danzig (USA)
Lomond (USA)
Luskin Star (AUS)
Genghiz (USA)

Race Record

4yo
31Aug26
10th
Taree
Soft(6) R Hutchings (62.5) 11/4 - 1st: Take The Jackpot (4.9L)
4yo
16Aug26
6th
Wyong
Good(4) L Magorrian (58) 12/1 - 1st: Bring Me Chocolate (4.8L)
4yo
2Aug26
7th
Wyong
Good(4) L Magorrian (58) 11/1 - 1st: Generous Harry (9.5L)
3yo
18Jul26
1st
Gosford
Heavy(9) L Magorrian (56) 13/2 - 2nd: Damascus Calling (0.5L)
3yo
2Jul26
5th
Hawkesbury
Soft(7) Dylan Gibbons (56.5) 16/1 - 1st: At Her Mercy (3.1L)
3yo
18Jun26
2nd
Gosford
Heavy(8) Ashley Morgan (56.5) 11/2 - 1st: Vingt Neuf Noir (1.2L)
3yo
31May26
11th
Scone
Heavy(8) Reece Jones (56) 13/2 - 1st: Detain (8.4L)
3yo
18May26
2nd
Gosford
Soft(5) Dylan Gibbons () - 1st: Gaelic Gem (1.7L)
3yo
4May26
7th
Beaumont
Good(4) Shannen Llewellyn () - 1st: Lune D'excellence (2.2L)
3yo
30Jan26
3rd
Taree
Soft(5) A Bullock (58.5) 8/11 - 1st: Bethsheba (1.3L)
3yo
13Jan26
1st
Muswellbrook
Soft(6) Mitchell Bell (57.5) 10/9 - 2nd: Are You Kidding (1L)
3yo
28Dec25
3rd
Gosford
Good(4) S Clipperton (57.5) 15/2 - 1st: Capture Me (3.6L)
3yo
13Dec25
4th
Beaumont
Soft(5) A Bullock (58) 13/2 - 1st: Monopolistic (7.1L)
3yo
28Nov25
2nd
Muswellbrook
Good(4) Mitchell Bell (58) 15/2 - 1st: Vittozzi (1.3L)
3yo
27Oct25
9th
Beaumont
Good(4) G Buckley (56.5) 20/1 - 1st: Snowslide (6.2L)
3yo
9Oct25
2nd
Newcastle
Good(4) G Buckley () - 1st: Myriad (2.3L)
3yo
24Sep25
2nd
Newcastle
Good(4) G Buckley () - 1st: Step Right In (6L)
2yo
2Jun25
5th
Beaumont
Heavy(9) Benjamin Osmond () - 1st: Toughenup Sun (7.8L)
2yo
20Jan25
6th
Hawkesbury
Soft(7) G Buckley () - 1st: Cobra Club (6.3L)