Full Result 4.00 Munich (GER) | 1 May 2012

Silberne Peitsche (Group 3) (3yo+) (Turf)

(3yo+) (6f110yds) 6½f Good

1st £26,666.67 2nd £9,166.67 3rd £4,583.33 4th £2,500 5th £1,666.67 6th £1,250

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽²⁾	5. Smooth Operator (GER) 53/10 Stefanie Hofer Mario Hofer	Stefanie Hofer Mario Hofer	6	96 b	–	–	106	–
b g Big Shuffle (USA) - Salzgitter (Salse)
Tracked leaders on inner, smooth headway to lead on turn into straight, ridden and strongly pressed 2f out, kept on well under pressure to maintain advantage inside final 1 1/2f, rapidly diminishing advantage close home but always doing enough

2⁽⁴⁾ nk	7. Walero (GER) 99/10 Koen Clijmans Uwe Ostmann	Koen Clijmans Uwe Ostmann	6	96	–	–	105	–
br h Big Shuffle (USA) - Waterbor (GER) (Lagunas)
Held up in last trio on outer, switched inside and ridden to improve into midfield over 2f out, ran on to go 2nd inside final furlong, closing rapidly on winner final 50yds, just failed

3⁽⁷⁾ nk [½]	2. Exciting Life (IRE) 14/5 Andrasch Starke P Schiergen	Andrasch Starke P Schiergen	4	96	–	–	104	–
b c Titus Livius (FR) - Puerto Oro (IRE) (Entrepreneur)
Midfield, ridden to improve on turn into straight, sustained challenge throughout final 1 1/2f but never quite on terms, kept on well for 3rd close home

4⁽³⁾ nk [1]	4. Nordic Truce (USA) 8/1 Davy Bonilla P Schiergen	Davy Bonilla P Schiergen	5	96	–	–	103	–
b h Yes It's True (USA) - Nyramba (Night Shift)
Held up in last pair on inner, steady progress on rail from over 2f out, still going well behind leaders when short of room over 1f out, had to wait for gap until well inside final furlong, ran on once in the clear, unlucky

5⁽⁶⁾ 4 [5]	1. Birthday Lion (GER) 157/10 G Hind U Stoltefuss	G Hind U Stoltefuss	7	96	–	–	92	–
ch g Areion (GER) - Boucheron (GER) (Turfkonig)
Broke sharply from wide draw to dispute lead, headed and ridden over 2f out, no extra over 1f out, faded

6⁽⁵⁾ hd [5]	8. Aslana (IRE) 8/1 Filip Minarik P Schiergen	Filip Minarik P Schiergen	5	93	–	–	88	–
b m Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) - Alte Kunst (IRE) (Royal Academy)
Held up in last, progress to track leaders over 2f out, ridden and outpaced over 1f out, kept on under very tender handling inside final furlong, should have been 5th

7⁽¹⁾ 4 [9]	6. Stand My Ground (IRE) 11/5F F Johansson Mme Pia Brandt	F Johansson Mme Pia Brandt	5	96	–	–	80	–
b g Cape Cross (IRE) - Perfect Hedge (Unfuwain)
Disputed lead, briefly led on home turn, soon headed, ridden and no response over 1 1/2f out, weakened

8⁽⁸⁾ ½ [9½]	3. Konig Concorde (GER) 57/10 K Kerekes Christian Sprengel	K Kerekes Christian Sprengel	7	96	–	–	78	–
b g Big Shuffle (USA) - Kaiserin (GER) (Ile De Bourbon)
Tracked leaders on outer, lost place on turn into straight, ridden and no extra from over 1 1/2f out, eased inside final furlong

8 ran Winning time: 1m 16.19s Total SP: 126%
1st owner: Gerd Zimmermann (Smooth Operator) 1st breeder: Mario Hofer Gmbh
2nd owner: Hermann Schroer-Dreesmann (Walero)
3rd owner: Frau Sabina Plavac (Exciting Life)

4:00 Munich (GER) 1 May 2012

Silberne Peitsche (Group 3) (3yo+) (Turf)