G3 Preis der Winterfavoriten

First Black-Type Winner For The Gurkha

Stall Lintec's Best of Lips (Ire) (The Gurkha {Ire}) provided Coolmore's first-season sire (by Galileo {Ire}) with his first black-type winner on Sunday when scoring with authority in the prestigious G3 Preis des Winterfavoriten at Cologne. Having won over nine furlongs at Dortmund Sept. 20, the 14-5 shot was forced to race wide throughout the early stages from his high draw as Franny Norton exercised restraint more than halfway down the field. Sent forward when straightened for home to take command passing the two-furlong pole, the bay galloped on strongly...

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