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• -••■™-«?-* 1,1 Germany See Hamburg Derby As Thrilling Event By PHILIP SUWALL Our Frankfurt Correspondent FRANKFURT, Germany. — The 88th running next Sunday of the mile and one-half Blue Ribbon Hamburg Derby is developing into into the the most most interest- into into the the most most interest- interesting and wide open classic in the last 20 years. At this time, 16 leading sophomores are intended for the event, 15 colts and one filly. Thila Magnat — Thil-de, the lone lady in the group, is expected to fulfill an engagement against older colts * in Horst Em-schers schers Grosser Grosser Preis Preis schers Grosser Grosser Preis Preis • -••■™-«?-* 1,1 der Stadt Gelsenkirchen just 10 days before Hamburg. Thila, heroine of the Schwarz-gold, Nereide and Preis der Diana, is the sort who thrives on racing, thus the Horst Emscher race should only serve to sharpen the filly to a finer derby edge. Thila, owned by Walter Eichholz in Dusseldorf, is now quoted at 6-to-l in third position to Wind-fang and Orsini. Refusing to accept Orsinis Union Ren-nen second three and one-half lengths behind Gestuet Ravensbergs Windfang, trainer Adrian von Borcke has engaged a top English jockey in Lester Piggott to handle Orsini in the derby. Orsinis regular rider, Walter Held, is still in a . serious condition from his spill two weeks ago at Dusseldorf Grafenberg Borcke sent to Sweden for another well-traveled international jockey, Hungarian-born Albert Klimacha, who will be astride Countess Batthyanys Nogaro at Hamburg. Countess Batthyany is the sister of Baron Henry Thyssen, the owner of Gestuet Erlenhof. The Countess Ti-cino colt, Nogaro, looked the part of a stayer when second to Windfang at a mile and one-eighth at Cologne and on the strength of that exhibition is being readied for the 4,000 Hamburg prize. Mogul Ticino— Marschallin may also carry the Erlenhof banner at Hamburg, although no rider assignment has yet been announced. The improving colt will be tried over derby distance at Horst Emscher before final decision is made. Gestuet Ravensbergs Windfang, after his glorious triumph in the Union Rennen, has dislodged the long standing choice, Orsini, and is now offered at 17-to-10 in most betting markets. Orsinis price has risen from 3-to-2 to 27-to-10. Windfang, a short legged chunky black colt, is a proven stayer equipped with a cyclonic burst of speed and is the fourth produce of the mare, Waldrun, the dam of Witterung, Wildbahn arid Windstille. The derby favorites sire, Nobelwerfer Magnat — Newa, is one of the lesser active stallions in Western Germany and Windfang is easily his best product thus far. After his spectacular run from last position at Cologne, many followers are already proclaiming Windfang as the first Blue Ribbon winner owned and bred-by the Gestuet Ravensberg. Rottgens big light brown colt, Utrille Orator — Unterwegs, is given a fine ~ chance and will be ridden by the Hungarian refugee, 21-year-old Peter Alafi, who brought the colt home first in the Austrian Derby three weeks ago. Always dangerous, Gestuet Asta has three colts readied for Hamburg: Obermaat with champion Hein Bellow, Brummer with Oscar Langaar, and Backbord with the Hungarian, K. Csinersak. Bollows choice of Obermaat points a heavy finger to the most probable Asta candidate. The famous Waldfried stud also boasts a trio in Fano, Menes and Aton, all sons of the imported French stallion Goody. Gerhard Streit, the Waldfried contract rider who has won seven derbies, has chosen Menes, a colt who may well be grossly underestimated in the derby ratings. Communist East Germany will be represented by Tannenhaeher who was bred in the west by Gestuet Ravensberg and was a stablemate to Windfang before being purchased by a "peoples stable" last autumn. Tannenhaeher will be ridden by E. Czaplewiske, the leading rider the other side of the Iron Curtain. Gestuet Schlenderhans ailing Asterios colt, Mal-teseritter, a recent conqueror of older horses in Cologne, is another almost certain starter. On the first Sunday of Hamburgs four-day meeting, the traditional Grosser Hansa Preis ,300 will be renewed at a mile and three furlongs. Three-year-olds are eligible, however none are expected to run in the historic event in this years renewal. Continued on Page. F.orty-Hint „ Report From Germany f By PHILIP S. STJWALL Continued from Page Eight Kilometer, generally considered the best thoroughbred in training, is topweighted with 141 pounds and will be handled by champion Hein Bollow. In top form now, Kilometer Is hard to go against in spite of his handicap.. Waldfrieds Traumgeist, recent length-winner over Bernardus in Dus-seldorfs Grosser Preis, will encounter that one again with a-four-pound advantage this time. Traumgeist gets in with 135 pounds, while Bernardus must take up 139 pounds under the Hansa Preis conditions which are based on single race earnings the previous year. Others listed are Gestuet Niederrheins Narss, the Saint Leger seven-year-old colt who has taken four straight in the current season; Erlenhofs five-year-old Tinteretto, Gestuet Rottgens TJra-del and the Hamburg-owned six-year-old Magus. Pace, a six-year-old who is regarded as one of the best older horses in Communist East Germany will be among the line-up in the Hansa Preis. Pace must carry 138, only three pounds less than Kilometer, which relegates the East-Zone invader to the role of a rank outsider in the race. Nomade Nomade, an East-Berlin colt who was bred in Western Germany, and, makes frequent visits to West German courses, is placed ih a class with Pace. Against the likes of Kilometer, Bernardus and Traumgeist, Nomade would not stand a ghost of a chance judging from his previous clashes with western horses. Sprinters, in the true sense x f the term, are a rarity in West German racing. Six- and seven-furlong: events are seldom offered to three-year-olds and up, these abbreviated distances being;, mainly associated with juvenile racing:. Sprints, when offered, appear like any ether gistant ev.entm that, the riders wait until the straight before riding: and whipping their mounts into a blooming burst of all-out speed. One of the very few sprinter types, as we have in America, is Stall Staufenbergs four-year-old colt Blysmus Abendfrieden — Blaubeere who was bred by Niederrhein and sold at the Cologne annual yearling sales for ,950. For his purchaser, Blysmus has already amassed some 4,000 in earnings with his career just beginning. Blysmus future lies in the five or six richer sprint affairs held through the year. His most recent win in Colognes ,920 Preis der Ford Werke saw the Abendfrieden son flash sprinting form the entire seven furlongs and no member of the semi-classy field came as close as six lengths until the group was within the shadows of the finishing post. Blysmus, whose price tag is somewhere in the ,000 vicinity, seems the type to perform creditably in our six- and seven-furlong events.
