On a very wet day in Rome it was Feurblitz ridden by Robert Havel who just got the better of Wild Wolf in a close photo to take the Derby Italiano 129.

Arc winner Danedream made a winning start to her 2012 campaign when she landed the G2 Grosser Preis Der Badischen Unternehmer at Baden-Baden on Sunday.

The 129th Derby Italiano will be run at Capannelle, Rome, on Sunday, with a field of 11 to go to post.

It looks a battle in two to win the Woodlands Classic at Kranji today, with the Man ironically being a year younger than the Kid.

Australian-bred gelding Tenzing scored his first major success in Singapore when he took out the Group 3 $200,000 Fortune Bowl over 2000m on Tuesday.