Finally, he got his ground! He never found his groove in last year's Melbourne Cup, but after resting for a few months OUR IVANHOWE returned to the track with an impressive victory in the AUS$700,000 G1 Ranvet Stakes at 4 a.m. German time this morning, and in doing so he gave his sire SOLDIER HOLLOW G1 win number eight of record. In a fervent display of his true class, the seven-year-old romped home with irresistable speed when jockey Kerrin McEvoy let him loose coming around the final turn after a race in the back of the field. After 2000 m, the colt had easily put three lenghts between himself and the favorized Hartnell as well as the higher rated The United States.
Our Ivanhowe was bred in Schlenderhan out of the Sternkönig-mare INDIGO GIRL. Following his historical win over Germany's most superior derby winner to date, SEA THE MOON, in the G1 Großer Preis von Baden and his victory in the G1 Großer Preis von Bayern, the bay colt was shipped to Australia where he has been trained by Lee and Anthony Freedman for a large owner syndicate since. Two G2 wins, four G1 wins and a total prize money of more than €1,4 Mio. make OUR IVANHOWE the most successful progeny of our champion sire SOLDIER HOLLOW. |
