Italy definitely brings good luck to Woodchuck. The son of Birchwood trained by Nicolas Bellanges for the colours of Mr David Dromard and ridden by Ludovic Boisseau had already won the Premio Presidente della Repubblica in Rome in the spring; then he was second in the Milan and fourth again a fortnight ago at Capannelle in the Premio Roma. This afternoon he came back to dominate in Milan in the Vittorio Di Capua Prize (group 2 over the distance of 1600 metres), repelling on the finishing post by a head a tough Mr Darcy (colours of Massimiliano Allegri) in the saddle of whom ‘Tore’ Sulas tried to make a comeback until the end.
Italian colours on the shields in the trial named after Federico Tesio (Gr. 2 on 2,200 metres. It was Alburno, colours of the Incolinx stable of engineer Diego Rome and inspired mount of Dario Vargiu for Stefano Botti. The son of New Bay won ahead of a still battling Flag’s Up, finally showing all the potential that had so far only been partially expressed. Third at a distance was the English Sea Of Roses
