Horse racing depends on strong partners and LOTTO Bayern has been a strong partner since the 1970s,” emphasises the managing director of the Munich Racing Club, Sascha Multerer.
Around three and a half thousand spectators were counted despite the early start, because the French PMU betting programme included five races, meaning the races started in the morning. “This did not dampen the spirits of the visitors or our partner, quite the opposite. The betting turnover was not bad either, despite the sometimes small starting fields,” says Multerer. A small fly in the ointment: In the V4 bet, where the winners of four races have to be predicted, a jackpot was just missed. “That would have given us the opportunity to put together an even more lucrative betting offer on the next race day. Of course, we are happy for the winners in this bet.”
Phillip with another hat trick
A particularly emotional success for Phillip was the victory with the eight-year-old Ballindinas, with whom he had already won four times as an amateur. In the LOTTO 6 out of 49 prize over 2,200m, the two narrowly beat Noreia’s Second as 12.1:1 outsiders. Ballindinas is trained by John David Hillis, with whom Phillip began his training as a professional race rider this year after becoming German amateur champion last season.
“Ballindinas is very phlegmatic, in the end I cheated him over the finish line,” said the rider, delighted with the home victory for the Sea Cloud stable. Phillip had previously scored points for Riemer trainer Werner Glanz with Kaviar over 2,000m. And with the five-year-old Tarkhan, the expected favorite victory for trainer Dzubasz from Neuenhagen near Berlin achieved over 1,600m in the MIG Fonds prize.
But Kevin Woodburn, now 67, proved that age is no protection from victories: the former top jockey and current amateur won the Ach was Memorial, an amateur race over 1,600m, with the four-year-old mare Schwarz-Blau and gave Munich trainer Jutta Mayer a home victory.

The main race goes to Dresden
The most important sporting race of the day, the LOTTO Bayern Grand Prix, a handicap II over 1,600m with prize money of 13,000 Euro, went to Dresden. There, Stefan Richter trains the five-year-old Geopolitic, who won comfortably by a length ahead of Parigi, a guest from the Czech Republic. In the saddle was Martin Seidl, who grew up in Munich and last Sunday won the second most important race in Germany, the Henkel Prize of Diana, on the mare Erle.
A mare with perhaps a great future presented herself right at the start of the race day. The two-year-old Ice Baby, bred and owned by the Hachtsee stud farm, won the Glückspirale Prize over 1,000m slightly ahead of Same Rules Apply. The winner is trained locally by Sarah Steinberg, and her partner Rene Piechulek was in the saddle. “It took her a long time for her debut two weeks ago, but today she presented herself completely differently,” said the top German jockey.
Ice Baby will now run in the BBAG auction race in Baden-Baden at the end of August, with prize money of 102,500 euros. The next race day in Riem is on Thursday, September 12th.