Fabio Branca, aged 27, has enjoyed a fantastic 2011. Italy's former Champion Jockey, a native of Nuovo now resident in Pisa, won the G2 Derby Italiano for the first time in May aboard Crackerjack King and subsequently clinched the second of two career G1 successes in October when he galvanized Quiza Quiza Quiza to a last-gasp win in the Longines Lydia Tesio. His initial career G1 triumph was secured in June, 2010, when Crackerjack King's half-brother Jakkalberry took the Gran Premio di Milano.
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