Racing News: Librettist continued the recent Godolphin revival when stepping up in class to claim the Group Three Prix Messidor at Maisons-Laffitte yesterday.
Sheikh Mohammed's operation have hit a purple patch in recent days after a slow start to the season and the four-year-old followed on from the recent wins of Caradak and Ashaawes in convincing style.
Frankie Dettori wasted no time in taking up the running aboard the Danzig colt but only set a fair pace until tightening the screw approaching the final quarter of a mile.
Librettist showed a bright turn of foot at that point and soon had the chasing pack in trouble.
And although runner-up Helios Quercus emerged from the pack with a power-packed finish, Dettori always had things under control.
Andre Fabre's Manduro - who was last seen finishing third to Ouija Board at Royal Ascot - stayed on well under Christophe Soumillon to fill the same spot here.
Librettist ran in the Dewhurst Stakes as a juvenile but he missed his three-year-old season before returning in June to land a conditions contest and a Windsor Listed race last time.
Dettori now expects the Saeed bin Suroor-trained runner to step back up to Group One level in France next time.
He said: "I was very impressed with him. He will now go for the Prix Jacques Le Marois (at Deauville on August 13th) but I would foresee him stepping up in distance after that to 10 furlongs. This shows that we are back in form."
Dragon Dancer, runner-up to Sir Percy in the Epsom Derby, failed to notch a first career success when finishing only second in the Prix Eugene Adam.
Dragon Dancer had no answer when German raider Flashing Numbers made his move approaching the final furlong in the mile-and-a-quarter test.
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