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Germany Union and Derby Next for Orsini By PHILIP SUWALL Our Frankfurt Correspondent FRANKFURT, Germany. Orsini, a galloping sliort-priced winner in the Henckel Mile last month and a heavier choice to sweep the rich Union and Delby in June, recently was ambitiously nominated by Erlenhof trainer Adrian von Borcke to Englands King George VI. and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at a,mile and one-half. Germanys newest rising star will bear 119 pounds if started in England and may well clash with the elite from England, France, Belgium, Italy and Ireland. Niederlaender now a stallion in Communist East Germany, Erlenhof s "Flying Dutchman" who in 50 took the Union and Derby and was a splendid fourth to Wilwyn in the Washington, D. C. International, made an appearance in the 1953 Ascot classic. Niederlaender had no moment in the Pinza-won renewal, but trainer Borckes experience in England will serve for a better preparation this time. Final decision of Orsinis Ascot engagement will" be known after the Ticino colts result at Cologne, and Hamburg. In any case, the German champion would be a rank outsider on the larger, more demanding English track. Meanwhile, future derby odds on the black colt have dropped from 3-1 to 3-2 in the big betting markets, as no three-year-old to date has shown enough to prove dangerous to Ticinos speedy staying son. Adolf Schindling:, the international sportsman who operates in cosmic proportions, may well supply the answer from one of his seven Asta threc-ycar-olds. All have won at least one race this season except for Koenigin Princess, an unraced daughter of Arctic Prince from Cryptic. Koenigin was imported into Germany under the recent jockey club ruling which allows foreign-bred yearlings to be eligible for German classics. Three Asta colts in improving form are to be tested in Munich and Vienna this week; all three are still eligible to face Orsini in the Union and Derby. Backbord, sired by the East zones Birkham, will be heavily played by the Bavarians in Munich-Riems ,750 Bayerische Zuchtrennen at a mile and three furlongs. Waldfrieds Menes Gerhard Streit and Wernes Zed-ernwald Paul Fuchs will attempt to halt Backbords domination of the sophomore situation in Munich. Completely outclassing the rest in three outings, Backbord has expressed a fondness for Munichs left-hand track. Hein Bollow, leader of the flat riders with 27 successes, will come from Cologne to handle Backbord. With three major breeding establishments sending their best riders to Munich, the track management is counting on a record day. From Munich, the Asta van will cross the Austro-German border with a pair of three-year-olds and a four-year-old destined for Viennas beautiful Freudenau race course just a few hundred yards from the rushing Blue Danube. Surprisingly, Astas jockey Hein Bollow decided to ride the recent Dusseldorf victor Admiral by the French stallion Alizier from Anka instead of the imported English colt Brummer who is by Saya-jirao Irish Derby and English Saint Leger from the Bois Roussel mare Brit-tania. Brummer will be ridden by the Hungarian ace K. Csinerak, a recent political refugee. Another German colt is expected to partake in Austrias ,900 Derby in Utrillo who finished strongly in the Henckel to Orsini without endanger- ing the Erlenhof colt. Utrillo will be ridden by another Hungarian, Peter Alafi, who has won five races in Germany. Horses representing Germany, Austria, Hungary, Rumania and Czechoslovakia have been nominated this year for the traditional historic Vienna mile and one-half classic. In recent years, German colts have been clearly superior to the others. Asta took the Austrian Derby in 54 with Kaliber, a half-brother to Kilometer, A. Baders Ericson got home first in 55 and Gestuet Waldfrieds Akki stopped the unbeaten Austrian colt Apollo last year only to be disqualified by the Austrian stewards in a highly controversial decision. Gestuet Astas purse French-bred four-year-old colt, Kilometer, despite losing by Continued on Page Fifty -On - - " " " - v Report From Germany k By PHILIP S. SUWALIi Continued from Page Eleven a head to stall Auroras six-year-old colt, Mio, in a bitter struggle, proved he is in a class by himself among the older set. Colognes ,750 Anniversary Stakes was the Alizier colts . first run in nearly 11 months as a slight tendon ailment forced the Henckel, Union and Derby colt to pass up rich international even,ts in 1956. Hein Bollow, the only person who has ridden Kilometer in a race, moved toward the swift -pacesetter Bernardus at least two furlongs too early, probably fearing only Bernardus, he overlooked Mio carrying nine pounds less. Mio, looking fitter than ever, rallied strongly from the outside of the deep track and had his head in front at the finish. Time for the mile and three furlongs was an excellent 2:24 in deep footing. Kilometer, marked with a heavy blaze and two white stockings, looked more distinguished than ever. His prolonged vacation from the races has turned out to have been a wise decision. The colt may well earn more than any German-bred since the war. Adolf Schindling already has designs on the Priz de lArc de Triomphe and a possible invitation to the Washington, D. C. International. The winner at Cologne, Mio is a six-year-old Rottgen-bred brown colt trained by K. Keller, leading conditioner in 56, -and owned by R. H. Andretto of Zurich, Switzerland. On the same day Andretto won two races in Zurich, one with another Rottgen-bred purchase, Usurpator, I and the other with Le Grand Bi, a French-bred colt who ran in the 55 Grosser Preis con Nordhein Westmalen at Dusseldorf. Colognes Anniversary Stakes was Mios first victory in nearly two years, although he performed glori- . ously in defeat to Gestuet Mydlinghof ens chestnut Feuerball in- Belgiums Grand Prix dOstende last August and in the rich Stockholm Cup where he missed narrowly by a head in upsetting Norse," generally considered Scandinavias best older horse. Mio moves up sharply on a deep track. Sunday, the small wooden grandstands at Mulheim Raffelberg will be jammed beyond their capacity. Rhein-Ruhr turfites and others traveling from more distant points will convene to witness the Preis der Diana, Germanys equivalent to the Oaks. The classic is worth ,150 and is settled over a mile and one-quarter. At writing, the event may draw an even dozen starters. An exciting duel between the royally-bred Er-lenhof filly Solotaenzerin and Ws Eichholz strong black Magnet filly is the main attraction. Solotaenzerin has not competed since the Schwarzgold a month ago, while Thila raced against three-year-old fillies in Hprst Emschers ,000 Nereide Rennen just 10 days after the Schwarzgold.
