Grosser Preis von Baden Result: Danedream lands the spoils

Last year's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe heroine Danedream followed-up her King George success with victory at Baden-Baden...

The four-year-old, who ran to a Timeform rating of 131 when winning at Longchamp last October, faced some stiff opposition from the likes of Deutsches Derby winner Pastorius and Novellist, but she was more than up to the task as she recorded her third victory of the year.

In a tactical affair which did not really take shape until the field entered the straight, Danedream swung wide and came to the stands-side rail, powering home to follow-up her win in the King George at Ascot, where she beat Nathaniel by a nose, in good style.

A defence of her Arc crown now looks on the cards, for which she can be backed at 7.87/1. Epsom Derby hero Camelot currently heads the market at 5.04/1, with Nathaniel, Ofevre and Masterstroke also prominent.

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Danedream: Arc winner likely for German return

News / Timeform / 13 February 2012 / Leave a Comment

Danedream could return in May.

"Everything is fine and she's keeping well..."

Prix de 'Arc de Triomphe winner Danedream is likely to start off her season with a run at home in late spring before trainer Peter Schiergen plots serious European targets...

From humble beginnings, Danedream became the first German-trained winner of France's biggest race since 1975 when shattering the Longchamp track record.

She was unable to maintain the form in the Japan Cup but despite her value as a broodmare with three Group Ones in the bag, the daughter of Lomitas remains in training with Schiergen for her four-year-old career.

Danedream, rated 132 by Timeform, is only in light work at her Cologne stable, but Schiergen said: "Everything is fine and she's keeping well. She is just doing small exercises at the moment.

"I haven't decided quite yet where she will run, but she might start in Germany around the end of May and then she will have a lot of entries in Group races and we can think about France and England."

Schiergen said an entry at Royal Ascot would be among many events under consideration.

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Breeders' Cup: Danedream has Churchill Downs options

Breeders’ Cup News / Timeform / 05 October 2011 / Leave a Comment

Danedream could now go to the Breeders' Cup

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Danedream could make her next appearance at the Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs in November...

Peter Schiergen's three-year-old was most impressive when running out a five-length winner of Europe's Premier middle-distance event at Longchamp on Sunday, running to a Timeform rating of 132.

She has now been supplemented for the Breeders' Cup and has the option of the Filly & Mare Turf, where she could face the likes of Midday (124) and Stacelita (121), while she also has the option of lining up against the colts once more in the Breeders' Cup Turf over a mile and a half.

Should a trip to America be thought to come too soon, she could instead head for the Japan Cup, homeland of her new part-owner Teruya Yoshida.

"She could go for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare, for which I think we paid 25,000, or we could switch her to the Turf. The Filly & Mare is the easy option anyway," Schiergen told Paris-Turf.

"However, as she was been sold in part to Mr Yoshida, the Japan Cup is now also an option.

"She would not be able to run in both, we would have to have to make a decision but as yet nothing as been decided. She will tell us where to go.

"She has come out of the race fine and eaten up but was understandably tired."

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