Romantica, a 4-year-old filly by Galileo out of Eclipse Award champion Banks Hill, makes her second start of 2013 in Friday’s Group 2 Prix Corrida for fillies and mares at Saint-Cloud, France.
Encke, the winner of the Group 1 English St. Leger Stakes last September, was among seven horses formerly trained by Mahmood Al Zarooni who have been banned from racing for six months after testing positive for steroids in recent out-of-competition testing, the British Horseracing Authority announced Monday.
Military Attack, one of the stars on the Hong Kong circuit this year, extended his winning streak to four races with a convincing victory in Sunday’s $2.4 million Singapore Airlines International Cup at Kranji Racecourse in Singapore.
Farhh finished second in four Group 1 stakes during his 2012 campaign, but won at the highest level in his first start of 2013, scoring a sharp victory Saturday at Newbury in the Group 1 J.T. Lockinge Stakes.
Beaten Up, a Group 3 winner in England in 2011, won the richest and most prestigious race of his career in Saturday’s Group 1 Doomben Cup at Doomben Racecourse in Australia.
The comeback of former British champion jockey Frankie Dettori from a six-month drug suspension has been postponed from Monday until later in May after French racing officials told their counterparts in Brtain on Friday that the rider must first meet with their medical committee.
Sunday’s Group 2 Italian Derby at Capannelle Racecourse may go to top Italian trainer Stefano Botti by default. He trains five of the 12 runners in the race.
Libertarian, one of the two longest shots in the field, upset the Group 2 Dante Stakes on Thursday at York.
Red Cadeaux, second to Animal Kingdom in the Dubai World Cup in March, will race in his fourth different country in as many starts in Sunday’s $2.4 million Singapore Airlines International Cup at Kranji Racecourse in Singapore.
Liber Nauticus will have a perfect record when she starts in the English Oaks at Epsom Downs on May 31. On Wednesday, Liber Nauticus made her first start of 2013 and her stakes debut in the $112,870 Musidora Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at York Racecourse, winning by 1 1/2 lengths in the Group 3 race over about 1 5/16 miles.
