Hills exasperated as Jallota gets pipped in Group 1 bid

Frustration was the emotion for trainer Charlie Hills with a neck the difference between Jallota and a first Group 1 success in Italy’s Premio Vittorio di Capua on Sunday.

“It’s annoying, very annoying,” said the trainer after the five-year-old just failed to reel in Waikika in the mile contest at San Siro.

“Things didn’t quite go according to plan. We rode him to get the mile, and he really got the mile well. We’ve beaten the favourite [Kaspersky] but then been done by something else.”