On Sunday, he convincingly won the Grand Allianz Prize of Bavaria at the Munich-Riem racecourse, a race in the highest European category, Group I, over 2,400m, with prize money of 155,000 euros.
Two English guests challenged three German three-year-olds in the Grand Prix, and Tünnes started as the 1.8:1 favorite. Over the winter, the stallion owned by Holger Renz, who as a Cologne native always looks for a connection to his home town in names, was considered the Derby favorite after winning the Ratibor race (Group III). But a major injury set him back a long way and so Tünnes did not return to racing until the end of August after a nine-month break. There he won convincingly by six lengths, in the classic St. Leger (Gr.III) in Dortmund he had already won by eight lengths and today at the highest level he even won by ten lengths. Champion jockey Bauyrzhan Murzabavey was in the saddle. The three-year-old mare Well Disposed came second, ahead of the English guest Siskany.
Third Group I victory for Schiergen this year
Schiergen has now won three of only seven Group I races in Germany. The Derby and the Grand Dallmayr Prize were won by the three-year-old Sammarco. “The two are very different types,” said the trainer. “Sammarco is small and a great fighter, Tünnes has a wide canter and is very self-confident.” Tünnes’ breeder is the Dutchman Paul Vandenberg, who also bred Torquator Tasso, the two-time “Galloper of the Year” and winner of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, with his mother Tijuana. Torquator Tasso has ended his career, but Tünnes could still compete in the multi-million dollar Japan Cup at the end of November. And he is expected to stay with the racing stable next year.
Almost 5,000 visitors watched the eight races in ideal conditions for the November day. “The atmosphere was very good, our sponsors were once again very satisfied,” said Multerer. The most important event in the supporting program was the Wettstar.de BBAG auction race for two-year-old horses over 1,600m. The prize money of 25,000 euros went to Dressman, trained by Markus Klug for the Röttgen stud farm. “He kept pulling ahead, it was fun,” said winning rider Andrasch Starke happily. The odds of winning were 5.1:1.
“7gewinnt” jackpot climbs to 125,000 euros
The “7 wins” bet, where the aim is to correctly predict the winners in seven consecutive races, was not won in the third draw either. “The turnover was over 90,000 euros, twice as high as the last time in Baden-Baden,” said Multerer, who co-initiated this bet. The next draw of the bet – either on November 19th in Munich or on December 3rd in Baden-Baden – will offer a jackpot of more than 125,000 euros.
Nobody had put the winner of the last race of the day, a handicap III over 1,400m, the three-year-old Said, on their betting slip. It was a home victory for the Riemer training center by Michael Figge. In the saddle was Michael Abik, who had previously won over 2,000m for the Galoppclub Süddeutschland with Quijana Starlet – for Werner Glanz, who works in Riem.
