In the absence of lone filly Nastaria (GB) (Outstrip {GB}), seven colts will head postward for Sunday's Grosser Preis der Wohnstatte Krefeld Herzog von Ratibor-Rennen at Krefeld, Germany's final pattern race of the year and won last year by subsequent G2 German 2000 Guineas hero Mythico (Fr) (Adlerflug {Ger}). Holger Renz's Tunnes (Ger) (Guiliani {Ire}) went straight to the top of ante-post lists for next term's G1 Deutsches Derby in the aftermath of a three-length victory at Cologne last month and the €38,000 BBAG yearling is a half-brother to MG1SW G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hero and G1 Deutsches Derby runner-up Torquator Tasso (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}). His chief rivals include Gestut Ebbesloh's unbeaten winner of two Georgios (Ger) (Poet's Voice {GB}), who comes back off a win in Baden-Baden's €200,000 Ferdinand Leisten-Memorial, and Gestut Rottgen's Dusseldorf maiden scorer Ariolo (Ger) (Reliable Man {GB}), who will head postward coming back off a second in Dusseldorf's Listed Junioren-Preis and a fourth in last month's G3 Presis des Winterfavoriten at Cologne. Gestut Ittlingen's Lavello (Ire) (Zarak {Fr}) ran fifth in the Junioren-Preis and followed up with a comfortable maiden score, defeating Jaber Abdullah's Andreas Wohler trainee Maraseem (Ire) (Nathaniel {Ire}), at Baden-Baden last month. The other contenders are Gestut Auenquelle's once-raced Dapango (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}), who shed maiden status by four lengths at Hoppegarten on Arc day, and Eckhard Sauren's Hannover maiden winner Magical Beat (Ger) (Lope de Vega {Ire}).
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