(ANSA) – ROME, MAY 19 – Now it’s official: Lanfranco, known as ‘Frankie’, Dettori will return to Capannelle on Sunday to race in the 140th edition of the Gallop Derby, which will take place in the Capitoline racecourse. In which at the beginning of the month, Dettori, riding Vero Atleta, won the Parioli Prize for the first time in his career, and therefore now he will aim to do an encore riding the same horse.
Winning the Derby has been the dream of every horse operator, breeder, owner, trainer and jockey. The roll of honor delivers the names of the horses that have marked the history of Italian and international turf. Through the Derby it is possible to write the history of the gallop, even through absences: Nearco in fact won it, Ribot was unable to race it.
It happens because the Derby offers only one chance, three years and then never again.
The Nastro Azzurro will be the sixth race of the day and it will also be the second trio. Some of the most celebrated international jockeys headed by Dettori will take to the track, who will face Oasin Murphy, Christian Demuro (5 Derby victories in the last 8 editions), Andrea Atzeni, Gerarld Mossè, Dario Vargiu, just to name a few. And then the most anticipated, the horses, the great protagonists of the mother of all races. He gets back into the game, after winning the Parioli, True Athlete. Fresh from success in England is Relentless Voyager, who will have to deal with the fierce battery of German horses: Winning Spirit, who won Campobello and Filiberto, Sirjan, who is fresh from an excellent placement at Longchamp, and Lips Freedom. The great Italian hope is called Enigma dei Grif, disruptive in Botticelli, while Goldenas has St. Joseph in his bag. To complete the lot of the 12 starters Arabian Legend, Certaldo, Cusano and Jugando.
In addition to the 140th Derby, the rich Capannelle afternoon will offer, among other things, the Carlo D’Alessio Prize, a group III race reserved for the elderly on the classic distance of 2400 metres, and the President of the Republic Prize named after the Biomedical Campus . (HANDLE).
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2023-05-19 12:15:39
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