He had been looking for him for a long time. Assistant waited for the final strides of the last Group I of the European season, the Grosser Allianz Preis von Bayern, to finally achieve a first prestigious success on home soil. Second in the 2023 edition of this event contested over the 2,400 meters of the Munich racecourse, the resident of Henk Grewe was this time able to climb to the highest step of the podium. Patient at the heart of the peloton, Thore Hammer-Hansen’s partner had to work hard in the final phase to get Tiffany (Luke Morris/Sir Mark Prescott) who seemed set for glory. “This is madness! I am very happy for my boss Eckhard Sauren, who has been investing a lot of money in horses for years and is now rewarded with his first Group I victory. I am a little speechless. Such a fight… I never thought we would win such a good race”, explained to our colleagues from Galloponline, his jockey after the finish. “It was his last race. He will now become a stallion”, Henk Grewe told him. Favorite of the event, Marquisateassociated with Mickaël Barzalona, was unable to really accelerate in the straight and had to settle for a distant fifth place.
