Dual Listed winner Di Fede retired to join Robert Ng's broodmare band

Owner has one left from the family to race

Di Fede signed off her racing career with a win at Ascot earlier this monthCredit: Mark Cranham

Di Fede, who completed back-to-back wins in the same Listed race at Ascot a fortnight ago, has been retired in order to maintain a significant facet of Robert Ng's owning and breeding interests.

The Singaporean property billionaire, who is predominantly based in Hong Kong, has horses spread around the world and they have provided him with a fulfilling year.

Ken Condon's Romanised, whose polarising defeat by Circus Maximus in the Prix du Moulin was tempered by an earlier win in the Prix Jacques le Marois, has now carried Ng's purple and red colours to two Group 1s while homebred Di Fede has also achieved numerous black-type placings in the care of Ralph Beckett.

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Published on 20 October 2019inNews

Last updated 18:50, 20 October 2019

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