Following numerous good performances on Group level, it worked out today at Duesseldorf with the first full point for five-year-old SAHIB'S JOY. The SOLDIER HOLLOW son, trained by Peter Schiergen for Stall Dipoli, was given a perfect trip by Bauyrzhan Murzabayev in the Gr.3 Fritz Henkel Stiftung-Rennen (1600m), stalked the leader for most of the reace, charged for home with great speed and cleared by a length and a half in the end after an exciting final battle.
With Gestüt Auenquelle's DAPANGO, the second contestant by SOLDIER HOLLOW had set the tone in the race for a long time. The Roland Dzubasz-trained three-year-old had shown the field the way under Thore Hammer-Hansen, even looked like the possible winner in the straight until two hundred meters before the finish and then had to settle for third place. For the colt, who was third in the Gr.3 Herzog von Ratibor race two years ago, it was his first appearance since running in the German Derby and he sold himself quite magnificently. |
