Grosser Preis von Baden

[my miss storm cat]

Very nice field...

5:20 Grosser Mercedes-Benz Preis Von Baden (Group 1) (3yo+) (Turf) (3yo+) Winner £132,743
£0 For Weight for age 3 from 4yo+ 9lb Penalty value 1st £132,743.36 2nd £53,097.35 3rd £22,123.89 4th £13,274.34


15 7-0115 Allied Powers50 5 9-6 Ioritz Mendizabal — 108 123

26 -75504 Cavalryman19 4 9-6 Frankie Dettori — 132 133

32 536534 Northern Glory21 7 9-6 M Suerland — — 109

43 370434 Quijano21 8 9-6 A Starke — — 124

51 14-352 Wiener Walzer50 4 9-6 A De Vries — 108 125

67 92-712 Night Magic42 4 9-3 K Kerekes — 106 125

74 -11313 Russian Tango49 3 8-11 E Pedroza — — 122

[Pedigree Ann]

You know, once upon a time, before WWI, this was the older horse championship of Europe. No Arc at that time; one could say that the French created the Arc in 1920 to replace it, since the Jockey Club at Baden-Baden could no longer put up a big enough purse to attract the best. Foreign runners of the highest class decorate the Grosser Preis's winners list for that period, including the immortal Hungarian mare Kincsem (won it 3 times); two of her tail-female descendants also won it for Hungary, Ksiaze Pan in 1910 and Mosai Ksiaze in 1913.

[my miss storm cat]

Didn't realize any of that.

Night Magic wins...

http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse...international/