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How Baden-Baden punters have taken the man from Almaty to their hearts
Crowd favourite Bauyrzhan Murzabayev heads out for the Grosser Preis von Baden aboard SammarcoCredit: Racing Post / Scott Burton
On a sunny Grosser Preis Sunday, the racecourse at Iffezheim is surely one of the most charming places in Europe to watch horseracing.
As the swing band outside the press centre revives Mack the Knife, the mix of garden party atmosphere and top-class sport casts an intoxicating spell.
But don't be fooled; the patrons of Baden-Baden are no more sentimental when it comes to punting than their kindred spirits at Brighton or Ballinrobe.
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Scott BurtonFrance correspondent
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