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2 late entries for the German Derby on Sunday, July, 6th, from abroad:
Geoffrey Chaucer (seeded #5)
Pinzolo (seeded #9).Buzzword succeed in an average-generation some years ago. Brown Panther failed as favourite due to a bad ride on heavy going.
How will G.C. and P. do next Sunday?
parlo; I met a lovely lady at Newmarket on Friday who breeds horses in Germany. Her name was Birgit and one of her horses is called ‘It’s Gino’. Do you know her? We had a lovely chat about horses and German horses in particular; she even remembered Fieppes Shuffle
Sorry, I don’t know her personally. But
It’s Gino
, an unlucky Arc-third, is the revelation of sires in GER this season. What will he do with better-quality-mares?
Crikey; I hadn’t realised the horse had been third in the Arc [my German not being very good and her English wasn’t helped by the loud background music in the pub]. They’d just been to see Frankel. We spent most of the time talking about Danedream and Fieppes Shuffle, but her knowledge of bloodlines was astounding.
We are going to leave the thread-theme, but:
It’s Gino
was betrayed in the Arc! He was 3rd indeed in Zarkava’s Arc and the photo showed him in front of Soldier of Fortune, but the Longchamp-Stewards called it a dead-heat:
1 Lucky Lion 58,0 Gestüt Winterhauch (A.Löwe) I.Mendizabal 115
2 Sea The Moon 58,0 Gestüt Görlsdorf (M.Klug) C.Soumillon 113
3 Magic Artist 58,0 Stall Salzburg (W.Figge)D.Probert
112
4 Wild Chief 58,0 Stall Fürstenhof (J.Hirschberger) F.Lefebvre 112
5Geoffrey Chaucer
58,0
Frau S.Magnier u.a. (A.P.O’Brien) R.-L.Moore
110
6 Swacadelic 58,0 Stall Ullmann (J.-P.Carvalho) F.Minarik 107
7 Born To Run 58,0 Stall Carolus (R.Dzubasz)M.J.Dwyer
107
8 Speedy Approach 58,0J.Abdullah
(Andr.Wöhler) E.Pedroza 105
9Pinzolo
58,0
Godolphin Management Co.Ltd. (Ch.Appleby) W.Buick
104
10 Madurai 58,0 Gestüt Am Schlossgarten GbR (W.Hickst) A.Pietsch 104
11 Weltmacht 56,5 Gestüt Röttgen (M.Klug)T.P.Queally
100
12 Chartbreaker 58,0 Stall Brasilien (Andr.Wöhler) C.Demuro 98
13 Giant’s Cauldron 58,0 Gestüt Ebbesloh (P.Schiergen) A.de Vries 97
14 Amazonit 58,0 Gestüt Karlshof (J.Hirschberger)H.Bentley
96
15 Karltheodor 58,0 Peter Sander (R.Dzubasz)M.J.Lane
96
16 Open your Heart 58,0 Gestüt Karlshof (R.Dzubasz) M.Demuro 96
17 Russian Bolero 58,0 Rennstall Darboven (Andr.Wöhler) J.Bojko 93
18 Baltic Storm 58,0 Gestüt Ammerland (J.D.Hillis)F.Tylicki
92
19 Eric 58,0 Frau G.Gaul (Chr.Frhr.v.d.Recke) (xxxx) 92
20 Amorous Adventure 58,0 Stall Heymann GmbH (K.Demme) M.Pecheur 9021 Firestorm 58,0 Stall Hornoldendorf (P.Schiergen) D.Porcu 88
22 Finoras 58,0 Gestüt Etzean (Frau R.Weißmeier) (xxxx) 88
23 Lac Leman 58,0 Gestüt Auenquelle (R.Dzubasz) St.Hellyn 78
24 Highwayman 58,0 J.M.B.O’Connor (P.Schiergen) D.Schiergen 78This is the complete list of candidates. No. 21 to 24 only will be allowed to start, if a horse out of No. 1 to No. 20 does not take part. Chiffre behind name of jockey is present official rating.
So the late entries prevent horses already entered from running if they have a higher rating? Seems unfair.
Well, which version of elimination-rules is "fair"?
Those horses eliminated will get back their last stake (1,750 €) and the horses supplemented have to pay stakes of 10 % of the total prize-money = 65,000 € instead of 7,500 €.
In some 145 renewals there has never ever been a German Derby-winner who hadn’t won at least a single race before the Derby and I can’t remember a winner with an official rating below 106 (BHB) in at least recent 20 years.
The German Derby always has difficulties to keep its "G1"-level in International competition. So it’s good for the race to have entries with proven high ratings – thus horses from abroad are welcomed.
So the late entries prevent horses already entered from running if they have a higher rating? Seems unfair.
Since those rules had been introduced in 1979 the winner with the highest No. was 17 (Laroche). But there has been a 2nd placed with No. 20 and a 3rd placed with No. 19 aswell in that period.
Well, that would end a losing run for famous Röttgen Stud in the German Derby beginning after its Uomo won in 1959!
IMO a filly among the first 3 in the Derby is most often an indication of a sub-standard generation.
Well, I don’t want that to be the case, certainly not with one of my beloved Sea the Stars progeny running!
No worries about that then. Wish at least one racing radio had’ve had the race on though
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