Saxon Warrior’s Gostam Goes Three For Three With Scintillating Winterfavoriten Triumph

[Wandering Eyes]

Darius Racing and Michael Motschmann's G3 Zufunfts-Rennen victor Gostam (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), Germany's highest-rated juvenile, lined up as the 2-5 favourite for Sunday's G3 Wettstar Preis des Winterfavoriten at Cologne and justified cramped odds with a scintillating five-length triumph in the one-mile contest.

He becomes the third winner of Germany's premier juvenile event for conditioner Andreas Wohler, who struck with Darius Racing's subsequent G1 Deutsches Derby hero Isfahan (Lord Of England) in 2015 and with the Gestut Fahrhof-bred Langtang (Campanologist) in 2016.

Gostam was slick from the gates and held an early advantage, before being headed by Nitaro (Oasis Dream) approaching the halfway mark. Regaining control with 500 metres remaining, he rolled around in front as the pack threatened and thundered clear once engaging turbo to easily overpower Lommi (Churchill) by daylight.

 

https://t.co/SkWDOMrCGX – Preis des Winterfavoriten (GR3) over 1600m at Cologne

2yo – Group Race – 155.000€

GOSTAM c by SAXON WARRIOR
LOMMI c by CHURCHILL
DALYAN c by ROMANISED

Darius Racing & M. Motschmann
Andreas Wöhler
Eduardo Pedroza
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Pedigree Notes
Gostam, one of his sire's eight pattern-race winners, is one of two black-type scorers out of the stakes-winning Goiania (Oasis Dream), herself kin to the stakes-winning Geminiano (Wootton Bassett), Wolf Country (Dubawi) and Gualana (Pivotal) as well as Listed Bayerischer Fliegerpreis third Guavia (Invincible Spirit). Guavia, in turn, is the dam of multiple Group-placed G2 German 2000 Guineas and G3 Premio Parioli (Italian 2000 Guineas) third Ghorgan (Study Of Man) and the stakes-placed Goin' (Nathaniel). The January-foaled bay, whose second dam is G3 Frankfurter Stutenpreis victrix Goathemala (Black Sam Bellamy), is a half-brother to the stakes-winning GIII Regret Stakes third Gavea (Gleneagles) and a yearling colt by Blackbeard.

 

Sunday, Cologne, Germany
WETTSTAR.DE – PREIS DES WINTERFAVORITEN-G3, €155,000, Cologne, 10-12, 2yo, 8fT, 1:38.38, sf.
1–GOSTAM (GER), 128, c, 2, by Saxon Warrior (Jpn)
                1st Dam: Goiania (GB) (SW-Ger), by Oasis Dream (GB)
                2nd Dam: Goathemala (Ger), by Black Sam Bellamy (Ire)
                3rd Dam: Global World (Ger), by Big Shuffle
(€58,000 Ylg '24 BBAGS). O-Darius Racing & Michael Motschmann; B-Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof; T-Andreas Wohler; J-Eduardo Pedroza. €85,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, €126,000. *1/2 to Gavea (Ger) (Gleneagles {Ire}), SW & GSP-US, $224,632. Werk Nick Rating: C+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigreex.
2–Lommi (Ire), 128, c, 2, Churchill (Ire)–La Sabara (GB), by Sabiango (Ger). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€78,000 Ylg '24 ARQOCT). O-Eckhard Sauren; B-Randolph Peters; T-Henk Grewe. €31,000.
3–Dalyan (Fr), 128, c, 2, Romanised (Ire)–Dalakania (Ire), by Dalakhani (Ire). 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€42,000 Ylg '24 ARQOCT). O-Denis Cengiz; B-SAS Haute Vallee & Mme Charlotte Hutchinson; T-Henk Grewe. €20,500.
Margins: 5, 2, 3/4. Odds: 0.40, 5.70, 30.10.
Also Ran: Somi (Ire), Spezialist (Ger), Next Emerald (Ger), Guevara (Ger), Nitaro (GB).

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