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Adlerflug’s Mythico Holds On For German 2000 Guineas Glory

Stall TMB's Mythico (Fr) (Adlerflug {Ger}) opened this season with a last-of-eight finish in ParisLongchamp's Apr. 11 G3 Prix Noailles before running second to Best of Lips (Ire) (The Gurkha {GB}) in Krefeld's Apr. 24 G3 Dr Busch-Memorial last time and took advantage as that rival floundered in Monday's G2 36th Mehl-Mulhens-Rennen (German 2000 Guineas) at Cologne to secure Classic glory in game fashion. The March-foaled bay had also finished behind Best of Lips when third in the Rhineland venue's Oct. 11 G3 Preis des Winterfavoriten and closed a four-race juvenile campaign with a first career success in Krefeld's Nov. 15 G3 Herzog von Ratibor-Rennen. Settling into a smooth rhythm under a firm hold in second after breaking on the lead, the 17-5 second favourite powered back to the front passing the quarter-mile marker and had established enough of an advantage in the closing stages to just hold the late rattle of Best Lightning (Fr) (Sidestep {Aus}) by a short head for a career high.

“He was in full swing entering the straight so I didn't dare try and hold him back,” said winning rider Rene Piechulek, fresh from victory in Sunday's G2 Diana Trial and substituting for the injured Maxim Pecheur here. “He responded well to everything I asked in the straight and just kept going. He began to falter in the closing stages and started looking about and shortening his stride. Luckily, we got across the line in just time.”

Mythico becomes the third Classic winner for his sire (by In the Wings {GB}) and is the third foal for Madhyana (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}). That dual winner's first produce is Mythico's full-sister Mythica (Ger), who finished second in both Listed BMW Preis Dusseldorf and Listed Kolner Stutenpreis, and she has an unraced 2-year-old filly by Zelzal (Fr), named Mythicara (Ire), and a yearling colt by Holy Roman Emperor (Ire) to come. Mythico's second dam, Listed Prix Solitude victress Madhya (Gone West), is kin to MGSP Listed Criterium du Bequet victor Wilki (Fr) (Oasis Dream {GB}) and a daughter of G3 Prix Chloe and GIII Noble Damsel H. winner Khumba Mela (Ire) (Hero's Honor), herself the leading performer produced by a daughter of G1 Prix Jacques Le Marois and G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp heroine Luth Enchantee (Fr) (Be My Guest).

Monday, Cologne, Germany
36TH MEHL-MULHENS-RENNEN – GERMAN 2000 GUINEAS-G2, €130,000, Cologne, 5-24, 3yo, c/f, 8fT, 1:36.63, g/s.
1–MYTHICO (FR), 128, c, 3, by Adlerflug (Ger)
1st Dam: Madhyana (Ger), by Monsun (Ger)
2nd Dam: Madhya, by Gone West
3rd Dam: Khumba Mela (Ire), by Hero's Honor
(€24,000 RNA Ylg '19 BBAGS). O-Stall TMB; B-Dr Thomas M Bretzger (FR); T-Jean-Pierre Carvalho; J-Rene Piechulek. €60,000. Lifetime Record: 7-2-2-2, €130,180. *Full to Mythica (Ire), MSP-Ger. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Best Lightning (Fr), 128, c, 3, Sidestep (Aus)–Best Dreaming (Ger), by Big Shuffle. (€9,000 RNA Ylg '19 BBAGO). O-Stall Ad Episas; B-Hermann Pfister (FR); T-Andreas Suborics. €21,000.
3–Best of Lips (Ire), 128, c, 3, The Gurkha (Ire)–Beata (Fr), by Silver Frost (Ire). (90,000gns RNA Ylg '19 TAOCT). O-Stall Lintec; B-Stall Parthenaue (IRE); T-Andreas Suborics. €11,000.
Margins: SHD, 2, SHD. Odds: 3.40, 5.40, 1.00.
Also Ran: Sampras (GB), Kings of Leon (Fr), Sagamore (Ger), Surin Beach (Ger), Timotheus (Ger). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Camelot’s Sunny Queen Reigns In Munich

After the dust had settled on another edition of the Breeders’ Cup extravaganza Stateside, elite-level action continued apace in Germany with Munich staging Sunday’s Allianz-sponsored G1 Grosser Preis von Bayern, the country’s penultimate pattern-race event of the season, and Cayton Park Stud’s Sunny Queen (Ger) (Camelot {GB}) stepped forward to claim a career high in the 12-furlong feature. The February-foaled bay, untested as a juvenile, registered a May 7 debut third at Hannover when the German season rebooted in earnest and pounced for a first stakes success in the Listed Goddert Sybrecht-Erinnerungsrennen back there two week’s later. On a brief sabbatical until running fourth in Baden-Baden’s Sept. 12 G2 T von Zastrow Stutenpreis, she returned to Hannover and regained the winning habit in the Oct. 4 Listed Gorilla Millions Cup, but was narrowly denied when a short-head second in the Oct. 25 G3 Grosser Preis der Mehl-Mulhens-Stiftung back at the Neue Bult venue last time. Making her first start in the Cayton Park Stud silks here, Sunny Queen settled several lengths off the pace as Tabera (GB) (Gleneagles {Ire}) and Manuela de Vega (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) established a clear advantage up front. Making eyecatching headway under urging as the pacesetters were swamped in the straight, the 23-1 chance moved to within striking distance with 300 metres remaining and kept on resolutely under a late drive to deny G1 Grosser Preis von Berlin hero Torquator Tasso (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}) by a neck nearing the line for a career high. The winner’s stablemate Dicaprio (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}) finished another two lengths adrift in third.

“I’m speechless,” jockey Rene Piechulek told GaloppOnline after registering a first Group 1 win of his own. “The filly has a huge heart, I knew that she could fight and that was amazing.” Trainer Henk Grewe added, “I don’t know if [former owner] Stefan Hahne is happy or not, there have already been many offers for her and now she is worth even more. I paid slightly more attention to Dicaprio during the race and when they turned for home I realised that Sunny Queen also had a very good chance of winning.”

Sunny Queen becomes the fourth Group 1 winner this year, and seventh overall, for her sire and she is also the first top-level scorer for multiple winner Suivi (Ger) (Darshaan {GB}), herself kin to a quartet of black-type scorers, headed by G2 Grosser Hansa-Preis and G2 Grosser Mercedes Benz-Preis scorer Simoun (Ire) (Monsun {Ger}). Suivi, whose five winners also feature Listed Neue Bult Derby Trial victor Suestado (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}), is also half to the stakes-winning dams of GSW G1 Deutsches Derby runner-up Savoir Vivre (Ire) (Adlerflug {Ger}) and MG1SW US champion Stacelita (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}), who in turn produced MG1SW dual Japanese champion Soul Stirring (Jpn) (Frankel {GB}). Sunny Queen’s third dam Sea Symphony (Faraway Son) is kin to four stakes winners, most notably MGISW Breeders’ Cup Mile hero Steinlen (GB) (Habitat) and the stakes-winning dam of G1 Irish Derby hero Zagreb (Theatrical {Ire}). Suivi has an unraced 2-year-old filly and a yearling colt by Isfahan (Ger) to come.

Sunday, Munich, Germany
ALLIANZ – GROSSER PREIS VON BAYERN-G1, €155,000, Munich, 11-8, 3yo/up, 12fT, 2:40.94, sf.
1–SUNNY QUEEN (GER), 125, f, 3, by Camelot (GB)
1st Dam: Suivi (Ger), by Darshaan (GB)
2nd Dam: Suivez (Fr), by Fioravanti
3rd Dam: Sea Symphony (GB), by Faraway Son
1ST GROUP WIN; 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (€35,000 Ylg ’18 BBAGS). O-Cayton Park Stud Ltd; B-Anahita Stables (GER); T-Henk Grewe; J-Rene Piechulek. €100,000. Lifetime Record: 6-3-1-1, €124,450. *1/2 to Suestado (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}), SW-Ger. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Torquator Tasso (Ger), 128, c, 3, Adlerflug (Ger)–Tijuana (Ger), by Toylsome (GB). (€24,000 Ylg ’18 BBAGO). O-Gestut Auenquelle; B-Paul H Vandeberg (GER); T-Marcel Weiss. €30,000.
3–Dicaprio (Ger), 128, c, 3, Adlerflug (Ger)–Donna Lavinia (Ger), by Acatenango (Ger). (€10,000 RNA Ylg ’18 BBAGO). O-Christoph Holschbach & Thomas Krauth; B-Christoph Holschbach (GER); T-Henk Grewe. €15,000.
Margins: NK, 2, 3. Odds: 22.70, 2.40, 3.10.
Also Ran: Secret Advisor (Fr), Tax For Max (Ger), Antonia de Vega (Ire), Morando (Fr), Tabera (GB), Indian Soldier (Ire), Walderbe (Ger), Manuela de Vega (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Intello’s Noble Heidi Is Germany’s Winter Queen

Manfred Schmelzer’s Noble Heidi (Fr) (Intello {Ger}) added to trainer Henk Grewe’s regular Tours de France tally with a July 1 debut win over seven furlongs at Compiegne, slipping to third in an Aug. 21 heat over the same distance at Clairefontaine, and she regained the winning thread upped to one mile at Chantilly last month, defeating subsequent G3 Prix Thomas Bryon second Homeryan (Fr) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) in that Sept. 1 test. She was sent postward as the 17-10 selection for Sunday’s G3 Preis der Winterkonigin, Germany’s premier event for juvenile fillies, and duly delivered for a career high in the one-mile Baden-Baden feature. The eventual winner stalked the pace in fourth after an alert getaway in this black-type bow. Improving into third at the top of the straight, she was sent in pursuit of Novemba (Ger) (Gleneagles {Ire}) approaching the final furlong and kept on strongly under continued rousting in the closing stages to deny that rival by 3/4-of-a-length nearing the line.

“She works well at home and has the feel of a very good horse although I did manage to get beat on her once,” winning rider Andrasch Starke told GaloppOnline. “The race was run at a fast pace and I had to commit on the bend. She quickened very well, but had a look around once she hit the front.” Champion trainer Henk Grewe added, “We selected her with the owner and she impressed us at the sales, although the price was a bit high for the pedigree. I think she will stay 10 furlongs without any problems and we’ll see if she can go beyond that. We might take her back to France to build her up, but she is not a [G2 German] 1000 Guineas filly. The [G1 Preis der] Diana is her ultimate goal.” Peter Schiergen, trainer of the runner-up Novemba, said, “Sybille [Vogt] gave her a ride and the horse ran great. She will now go on her winter break and we shall aim her at next year’s [G2 German] 1000 Guineas.”

Noble Heidi, half to a yearling filly by Zarak (Fr) and the sixth pattern-race winner for her sire, is the second of three foals and lone scorer produced by a half-sister to Listed Radley S. runner-up Oxsana (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and G3 Kolner Herbst-Stuten-Meile victress Turning Light (Ger) (Fantastic Light), herself the dam of MGSP Listed La Puente S. winner Surrey Star (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). Her second dam, G2 German 1000 Guineas placegetter Turning Leaf (Ire) (Last Tycoon {Ire}), is kin to Listed Bremer Sprint-Cup third Tartuffo (Ger) (Big Shuffle) and Listed Krefelder Stutenpreis third Tamarita (Ger) (Acatenango {Ger}). The latter’s descendants include G3 Preis des Winterfavoriten-winning sire Tai Chi (Ger) (High Chaparral {Ire}), G3 Hamburger Stutenpreis victress Taraja (Ger) (High Chaparral {Ire}), this year’s G3 Prix Daphnis winner Thorin (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) and this term’s Listed Prix Gold River winner Think Of Me (Ger) (So You Think {NZ}).

Sunday, Baden-Baden, Germany
PREIS DER WINTERKONIGIN-G3, €105,000, Baden-Baden, 10-18, 2yo, f, 8fT, 1:43.32, sf.
1–NOBLE HEIDI (FR), 128, f, 2, by Intello (Ger)
1st Dam: Noble Pensee (Fr), by Orpen
2nd Dam: Turning Leaf (Ire), by Last Tycoon (Ire)
3rd Dam: Tamacana (GB), by Windwurf (Ger)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (€77,000 Ylg ’19 BBAGS). O-Manfred Schmelzer; B-Marc Bridoux & EARL Haras de l’Hotellerie (FR); T-Henk Grewe; J-Andrasch Starke. €60,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-1, €88,280. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Novemba (Ger), 128, f, 2, Gleneagles (Ire)–Nevada (Ger), by Dubai Destination). O/B-Gestut Brummerhof (GER); T-Peter Schiergen. €23,000.
3–Amazing Grace (Ger), 128, f, 2, Protectionist (Ger)–Amabelle (Ger), by Danehill Dancer (Ire). O/B-Dr Christoph Berglar (GER); T-Waldemar Hickst. €11,000.
Margins: 3/4, 1 3/4, 3 1/4. Odds: 1.70, 22.50, 6.90.
Also Ran: Marlar (Ger), Near Lady (Ger), Peaches (Ger), Theodora (Ger), Shila (Ger), Gonamira (Ger), Reine d’Amour (Ger). Scratched: Salonlove (Ger). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Sea The Moon’s Sister Sells For €820,000 At BBAG

Sea The Sky (Ger) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), a full-sister to wide-margin G1 Deutsches Derby winner and Lanwades Stud stallion Sea The Moon (Ger), sold for €820,000 at Germany’s BBAG Yearling Sale to Dietrich Von Boetticher’s Gestut Ammerland.

Offered as lot 61 by her breeders Heike Bischoff and Niko Lafrentz of Gestut Gorlsdorf, the February-born filly is out of Sanwa (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}), herself a full-sister to the German Classic-winning trio of Samum (Ger), Schiaparelli (Ger) and Salve Regina (Ger).

Sea The Sky’s price equalled the record for the sale set last year by another daughter of Sea The Stars bred on the same cross, out of the Gestut Brummerhof-owned Monsun mare Anna Mia (Ger) and bought by Godolphin.

A full report from the BBAG Yearling Sale will be published later today.

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