Botti Pair Face Off Again

BOTTI PAIR FACE OFF AGAIN 
Today’s G1 Gran Premio Del Jockey Club provides an opportunity for Italy’s best to showcase their talents over 1 1/2 miles, and while the field is short on quantity it is not lacking in quality, with the Stefano Botti-trained pair Dylan Mouth (Ire) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}) and Biz the Nurse (Ire) (Oratorio {Ire}) likely to dominate the betting. Dylan Mouth represents the sophomore brigade, and he ran an unbeaten record of five through the G2 Derby Italiano in May. Disappointing when 8th in Royal Ascot’s G2 King Edward V S. June 20, he bounced back to his winning ways when taking the G2 Federico Tesio S. by three lengths of Biz the Nurse Sept. 21. That rival and stable companion won last year’s Derby Italiano, G1 Gran Premio Di Milano and Federico Tesio, and while he has not won in three outings this year, he has been on the board each time. One of those was a second-place finish, beaten a head, by Refuse to Bobbin (Ire) (Refuse to Bend {Ire}) in the G1 Premio Presidente della Repubblica GBI Racing May 11.