Thirteen three-year-old colts and geldings have accepted to run in the Arion Horse Company Indian 2000 Guineas (Gr 1), the feature event of Tuesday's seven-race card. Two of them--the Pesi Shroff-trained Zuccarelli and the Rajesh Narredu-trained A Star Is Born--are likely to renew their Pune Derby battle which the former decisively won over the 2000-meter trip last month.

However, with a shorter trip distance (1600m) to cover, A Star Is Born (Suraj Narredu up) can put up a stiff fight against his conqueror this time. The Karthik-trained Regal Command (Bhawani Singh up) may display dramatic improvement in form and go close to the fancied duo mentioned earlier.