Torquator Tasso | Marc Ruehl
The last time the Baden-Baden believers saw it with their own eyes Torquator Tasso (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}), flag bearer Gestut Auenquelle is supporting G1 Deutsches Derby hero Sisfahan (Fr) (Isfahan {Ger}) on the venue’s picturesque G1 Grosser Preis von Baden pennant. While that was remarkable enough at the time, what happened next as he garnered more fame gathered for the Arc ensured him legendary status in the already-lost nation. forced to wait nearly half a century for the next Star Appeal action. Racing has proven it has no ranks to be respected and so it was at the G2 Grosser Preis der Badischen Wirtschaft on Sunday as the 5-year-old coached by Marcel Weiss started again. Winning the Arc guarantees a certain aura, but it doesn’t offer mythical prowess, and the combination of the 4-pound penalty and latent laziness means there isn’t much between him and a or two of these, including Deutsches Derby runner-up Stall Nizza Alter Adler (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}).
Way to go back home
At ParisLongchamp, their very own version of Torquator Tasso, Le Haras de la Gousserie and Guy Pariente of France Sealway (Fr) (Galiway {GB}), ran during the G1 Prix d’Ispahan feature, possibly because its proximity to Royal Ascot did not draw the power expected of a top-level competition held here. First touting its product as a surprise fifth in the German Driver’s Arc, Chestnut teamed up with Ascot to rise above that effort by wearing the G1 QIPCO Champion S hub. defeated in the next three attempts, he has the basis to make up for the opposition Pretty Tiger (Ire) (Sea the Moon {Ger}), who secured him a spot after finishing second in the G1 Prix Ganay here earlier this month.
All in place
Ballylinch Stud had a great week thanks to Bay Bridge (GB) (New Bay {GB}) and Co. Kilkenny can get through it with the team trained by Andre Fabre Place du Carrousel (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) in G1 St Mark’s Basilica Coolmore Prix Saint-Alary. Owned by an equal partnership with Al Shaqab Racing, the impressive April 22 Prix Cleopatre winners face an unspecified number of places in the Cheshire Oaks listed May 4 runner-up. On the curve (American pharoah) and Ecurie Melanie’s undefeated Rouget project Sippinsoda (Fr) (War front). She missed an appointment with Prosperous Voyage (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) after the 1000 Guineas runner-up was forced to return due to heavy delays at the British Port of Dover. In the gripping G3 Prix du Palais-Royal, Jean-Claude Seroul’s G1 Prix hero Maurice de Gheest Marianafoot (Fr) (Footsteps and {GB}) solved by Everest Racing, Barbara Keller and David Redvers’s Malavath (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), who sought to bury the memory of his attempt to fart when he took to the field in the Guinea 1000 at the beginning of the month.
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