Sunday, Rome, Italy
PREMIO PRESIDENTE DELLA REPUBBLICA GBI RACING-G1, €171,000, Rome, 5-13, 4yo/up, 1 1/4mT, 2:01.30, gd.
1--CRACKERJACK KING (IRE), 128, c, 4, by Shamardal
             1st Dam: Claba di San Jore (Ire), by Barathea (Ire)
             2nd Dam: Claw (Ire), by Law Society
             3rd Dam: Crodas (Ire), by Shirley Heights (GB)
O-Scuderia Effevi SNC; B-Allevamento Deni SRL; T-Stefano Botti; J-Fabio Branca; €95,000. Lifetime Record: 8-7-0-0, €457,300. *1/2 to Awelmarduk (Ire) (Almutawakel {GB}), G1SW-Ity, $469,019; Jakkalberry (Ire) (Storming Home {GB}), 2x Hwt. Older Horse-Ity at 11-14f, G1SW-Ity & G1SP-UAE, $1,079,908; Kidnapping (Ire) (Intikhab), Co-Hwt. 3yo-Ity at 11-14f, MSW & MGSP-Ity, $167,184. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.

2--Afsare (GB), 128, g, 5, Dubawi (Ire)--Jumaireyah (GB), by Fairy King. O-Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum; B-Darley; T-Luca Cumani; €41,800.
3--Quiza Quiza Quiza (GB), 125, m, 6, Golden Snake--Quiz Chow (Ity), by Pelder (Ire). O/B-Riccardo Cantoni; T-Luigi Riccardi; €22,800.
Margins: 2HF, 2HF, HF. Odds: 1.60, 4.10, 4.80.
Also Ran: Waldpark (Ger), Theo Danon (Ger), Sri Putra (GB), Saratoga Black (Ire), Estejo (Ger). Scratched: Douce Vie (Ire). Click for brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree or Racing Post race chart.
   Last year's G2 Derby Italiano hero Crackerjack King was unbeaten in his native land entering this contest and defied a strong overseas challenge to keep up the sequence. Settled in rear early despite the pace proving only moderate, the grey who was last seen warming up with a win in a 10-furlong conditions event at the San Siro Apr. 8, made his move as Afsare was committed in early stretch. After a prolonged tussle with the British raider, he gained the edge approaching the furlong marker and drew clear late to confirm his status as Italy's leading performer. On his only outing overseas last term, Crackerjack King finished down the field in the G1 Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly, but with a move to the Newmarket stable of Marco Botti confirmed yesterday, the lightly raced 4-year-old will have to hold his own on the international scene. Scuderia Effevi's Felice Villa has sold part of the winner to Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock. "Kieren Fallon was very strong on the second and took the race by the scruff of the neck, so this was a real test for Crackerjack King and he really is a champion," his conditioner Stefano Botti told the Racing Post. "I'm very emotional because he's going to leave soon--I am broken-hearted."