Horse Racing: Premio Parioli

It's been a good week to stand against heavy favorites at the Newmarket July Festival. On Thursday, odds-on choices Tower of London and Adayar went down in the Bahrain Trophy (G3) and Princess of Wales's (G2), respectively, while Friday's action saw the fillies Star of Mystery and Via Sistina, respectively, fall short in the Duchess of Cambridge…

The latest stop on Frankie Dettori's retirement grand tour was a victorious one as he stormed to success in the Premio Parioli, Italy's version of the 2000 Guineas, at Rome's Capannelle racecourse on Monday. Dettori had previously been runner-up on four occasions in the race but made no mistake aboard the Bruno Grizzetti-trained Vero Atleta, the…