Full Result 2.40 Cologne (GER) | 22 September 2002

Sal.Oppenheim-Meile (Group 2)

(3yo+) 1m Soft

1st £23,313 2nd £9,202 3rd £4,601 4th £2,761

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽¹⁾	5. Royal Dragon (USA) 146/10 Lennart Hammer-Hansen P Schiergen	Lennart Hammer-Hansen P Schiergen	4	91	–	–	112	–
b c Danehill (USA) - Carmelized (CAN) (Key To The Mint)
Held up, 7th on inside straight, headway well over 1f out, ran on well under driving to lead last strides

2⁽⁶⁾ ½	1. War Blade (GER) 98/10 Andrasch Starke A Schutz	Andrasch Starke A Schutz	5	93	–	–	113	–
br h Dashing Blade - Warluskee (Dancing Brave)
Always in touch, 4th straight, ridden and headway over 2f out, every chance well inside final furlong, unable to quicken last strides

3⁽²⁾ shd [½]	10. Horeion Directa (GER) 15/2 Norman Richter Andreas Lowe	Norman Richter Andreas Lowe	3	89	–	–	109	–
ch c Big Shuffle (USA) - Hosianna (GER) (Surumu)
Always in touch, 5th straight, stayed on under pressure on outside from over 1f out, nearest at finish

4⁽³⁾ shd [¾]	8. Love Regardless (USA) 16/5 K Dalgleish Mark Johnston	K Dalgleish Mark Johnston	3	811	–	–	111	–
bb c Storm Bird (CAN) - Circus Toons (USA) (Wild Again)
Led, ridden over 2f out, caught last strides

5⁽⁹⁾ ¾ [1½]	4. Peppercorn (GER) 17/1 Johnny Murtagh F Doumen	Johnny Murtagh F Doumen	5	91	–	–	110	–
b h Big Shuffle (USA) - Pasca (GER) (Lagunas)
Held up, 8th straight, headway approaching final furlong, nearest at finish

6⁽⁴⁾ 1½ [3]	7. Sambaprinz (GER) 84/10 Jiri Palik H Horwart	Jiri Palik H Horwart	3	90	–	–	110	–
br c Big Shuffle (USA) - Samambaia (GER) (Ti Amo)
Pressed leaders, 3rd straight, challenged on inside 2f out, hard ridden and every chance 1 1/2f out, no extra from distance

7⁽¹⁰⁾ 1¾ [4¾]	3. Pardus (FR) 48/10 Frankie Dettori Mario Hofer	Frankie Dettori Mario Hofer	6	91 b	–	–	103	–
b g Unfuwain (USA) - Provacatrice (USA) (Irish River)
Dwelt, soon 5l behind field, last straight, some progress from over 1f out, never nearer

8⁽⁵⁾ 2½ [7¼]	9. Zarewitsch (IRE) 2/1F Andreas Suborics P Schiergen	Andreas Suborics P Schiergen	3	811	–	–	98	–
b c Night Shift (USA) - Zayraba (IRE) (Doyoun)
Pressed leader, 2nd straight, soon ridden, still 3rd 1 1/2f out, weakened final furlong

9⁽⁷⁾ 1¾ [9]	6. Up And Away (GER) 136/10 Adrie de Vries Frau Erika Mader	Adrie de Vries Frau Erika Mader	8	91	–	–	95	–
b g Le Glorieux - Ultima Ratio (GER) (Vice Regal)
Mid-division, 6th straight, soon beaten

10⁽⁸⁾ 1¾ [10¾]	2. Bear King (GER) 22/1 Eduardo Pedroza Christian Sprengel	Eduardo Pedroza Christian Sprengel	5	91	–	–	91	–
b h Mujtahid (USA) - Bearall (IRE) (Al Hareb)
9th straight, always in rear

10 ran Winning time: 1m 36.47s Total SP: 130%
1st owner: Gestut Park Wiedingen (Royal Dragon) 1st breeder: Devonia Stud
2nd owner: Gestut Karlshof (War Blade)
3rd owner: Rennstall Directa (Horeion Directa)

2:40 Cologne (GER) 22 Sep 2002

Sal.Oppenheim-Meile (Group 2)