Difensivo (AUS) 2022

Profile

3g Castelvecchio x Silk Sheets (Exceed And Excel)

Foaled October 30, 2022

Career: 4 starts, 0 - 1 - 1 $12,800

Trainer: Nacim Dilmi, Wyong

Ownership: Domeland Pty Ltd (Mgr: Y P Cheng)

Difensivo is a 3 year old gelding by Castelvecchio out of the Exceed And Excel mare, Silk Sheets.

Last start was 3rd at Gosford on December 28, 2025 in the Aubrey Brown Lawyers Mdn Plate over 1100 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)

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St. Therese (AUS)

Exceed And Excel (AUS)

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Deputy Minister (CAN)

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Race Record

3yo

28Dec25

3rd

Gosford

Aubrey Brown Lawyers Mdn Plate 1100m

Good(4) S Clipperton (57.5) 15/2 - 1st: Capture Me (3.6L)

3yo

13Dec25

4th

Beaumont

Cleanaway Mdn Hcp 1200m

Soft(5) A Bullock (58) 13/2 - 1st: Monopolistic (7.1L)

3yo

28Nov25

2nd

Muswellbrook

Whiteman Welding Mdn Hcp 1000m

Good(4) Mitchell Bell (58) 15/2 - 1st: Vittozzi (1.3L)

3yo

27Oct25

9th

Beaumont

A-Plus Contracting & Poly Welding Mdn Plate 1150m

Good(4) G Buckley (56.5) 20/1 - 1st: Snowslide (6.2L)

3yo

9Oct25

2nd

Newcastle

Barrier Trial 1000m

Good(4) G Buckley () - 1st: Myriad (2.3L)

3yo

24Sep25

2nd

Newcastle

Barrier Trial 800m

Good(4) G Buckley () - 1st: Step Right In (6L)

2yo

2Jun25

5th

Beaumont

Barrier Trial 800m

Heavy(9) Benjamin Osmond () - 1st: Toughenup Sun (7.8L)

2yo

20Jan25

6th

Hawkesbury

Barrier Trial 800m

Soft(7) G Buckley () - 1st: Cobra Club (6.3L)