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Grosser Preis Von Baden Glory For Torquator Tasso

Third in last year's G1 Wettstar Grosser Preis von Baden, Gestut Auenquelle's Torquator Tasso (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}) was on top this time as he mastered the G1 Deutsches Derby hero Sisfahan (Fr) (Isfahan {Ger}) in a pulsating finale to Sunday's contest. Sent off the 9-5 favourite, the 2020 G1 Grosser Preis von Berlin hero who was runner-up in the most recent renewal of that Hoppegarten prize last time Aug. 8 raced in fourth early with Rene Piechulek content to wait off the steady pace. Delivered to tackle Godolphin's Passion and Glory (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) approaching the furlong pole, he soon had that rival's measure before fighting off the attentions of the 3-year-old to score by a length, with 3 3/4 lengths back to the tiring Passion and Glory in third. There was a footnote to this edition, with the filly Pessemona (GB) (War Command) planting in the stalls and tailing off and the French challenger Millebosc (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) running out on the bend to the back straight and being pulled up.

Torquator Tasso, who had been denied only by In Swoop (Ire) (Adlerflug {Ger}) in the 2020 G1 Deutsches Derby before his third to Barney Roy (GB) (Excelebration {Ire}) in this, was seen out only twice more last term when winning the Grosser Preis von Berlin and finishing second in Munich's G1 Grosser Preis Von Bayern. Sixth on his return in the G2 Grosser Preis der Badischen Wirtschaft over 11 furlongs at Mulheim June 6, the bay bounced back with a 4 1/2-length success in the G2 Grosser Hansa-Preis der Baum Unternehmensgruppe at Hamburg July 3 before losing out to Alpinista (GB) (Frankel {GB}) defending his crown in the Grosser Preis von Berlin. Paying a handsome compliment to Kirsten Rausing's filly here, he can lay claim to being his country's leading middle-distance performer as a result and now has the ultimate prize in his sights.

Karl-Dieter Ellerbracke, owner of Gestut Auenquelle, said, “This was a very emotional victory, it was our first victory in this race following two seconds before with Gonbarda and Oriental Tiger. Torquator Tasso showed his class and will now run in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and will be ridden by Rene Piechulek again. If all goes well, he will also remain in training as a 5-year-old and eventually take up stud duties at our stud.”

The dam Tijuana (Ger) (Toylsome {GB}) is a half-sister to three black-type performers headed by the G2 Diana-Trial winner Tusked Wings (Ire) also by Adlerflug. The listed-placed third dam Turbaine (Trempolino) is kin to the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe heroine and remarkable producer Urban Sea (Miswaki), which links the winner to Galileo (Ire) and Sea the Stars (Ire) et al while the fourth dam is the legendary blue hen Allegretta (GB) (Lombard {GB}) who is related to Adlerflug himself. Tijuana's unraced 2-year-old colt Tijuan Hilleshage (Ger) is by Guiliani (Ire), her yearling is a full-sister to Torquator Tasso named Tiara Hilleshage (Ger) and she also has a colt foal again by Adlerflug.

Sunday, Baden-Baden, Germany
149TH WETTSTAR GROSSER PREIS VON BADEN-G1, €160,000, Baden-Baden, 9-5, 3yo/up, 12fT, 2:29.21, g/s.
1–TORQUATOR TASSO (GER), 132, c, 4, by Adlerflug (Ger)
1st Dam: Tijuana (Ger), by Toylsome (GB)
2nd Dam: Tucana (Ger), by Acatenango (Ger)
3rd Dam: Turbaine, by Trempolino
(€24,000 Ylg '18 BBAGO). O-Gestut Auenquelle; B-Paul H Vandeberg (GER); T-Marcel Weiss; J-Rene Piechulek. €100,000. Lifetime Record: 10-4-3-1, €391,800. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Sisfahan (Fr), 125, c, 3, Isfahan (Ger)–Kendalee (Fr), by Kendargent (Fr). (€20,000 Ylg '19 ARNOV). O-Darius Racing; B-Guy Pariente Holding (FR); T-Henk Grewe. €33,000.
3–Passion and Glory (Ire), 132, g, 5, Cape Cross (Ire)–Potent Embrace, by Street Cry (Ire). O/B-Godolphin; T-Saeed bin Suroor. €17,000.
Margins: 1, 3 3/4, 2. Odds: 1.80, 2.50, 2.70.
Also Ran: Kaspar (Ger), Vallando (Ger), Pessemona (GB). Also Ran (DNF): Millebosc (Fr). Scratched: Isfahani (Ger). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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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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