Preview: Gr.1 German Oaks
Sand Zabeel May Have 'Timed' Oaks Well.
The €500,000 Gr. 1 German Oaks is almost a German institution. The 2018 edition will feature the battle of 12 top fillies in Dusseldorf. Conditioner Andreas Wohler brings four of his best fillies having won three of the last four renewals.
Chief among these is the Gr.2 winning Sand Zabeel who will face off against stable mate Well Timed who snugly won the Oaks trial on her most recent start which should prove the perfect prep run for the German Oaks.
Lightly raced Night Of England needs to step-up in class. She ran well in a recent Gr.3 event but doean't seem to be up to the steep challenge of going from a Group three to a Group one.
Others to note include the Markus Klug trained Dina, Viva Gloria and Come On City.
Finishing list with Trainer & Jockey 2017:
1st Lacazar (T: P Schiergen, J: A Starke), 2nd Megera (T: Andreas Wohler, J: Jim Crowley), 3rd Wuheida (T: Ch Appleby, J: William T Buick), 4th Tusked Wings (T: J Carvalho, J: F Minarik), 5th Well Spoken (T: Markus Klug J: Martin Seidl), 6th Diana Storm (T: W Hickst J: Marc Robert Lerner), 7th Alicante (T: Markus Klug J: A De Vries), 8th Ashiana (T: P Schiergen,J: I Mendizabal)
Full Runner list with Trainer & Jockey 2018:
1 Sand Zabeel (T: Andr Wuhler, J E Pedroza), 2 Well Timed (T: J Carvalho, J F Minarik), 3 Dina (T: Markus Klug, J A de Vries), 4 Night Of England (T: H GreweJ, A Starke), 5 Wonder Of Lips (T: A Suborics, J A Pietsch), 6 Sword Peinture (T: Andr Wuhler, J Jozef Bojko),7 Realeza (T: Andr Wuhler, J Bauyrzhan Murzabayev),8 Viva Gloria ( T: J Hirschberger, J Lukas Delozier) ,9 Barista (T: J Hirschberger, J Martin Seidl) ,10 Felora (T: Andr Wuhler, J M Lerner), 11 Area (T: J Hirschberger, J M Pecheur),12 Come On City (T: E Kurdu, J Michael Cadeddu)
Credit: Ritesh Jamkhedkar ritesh.jamkhedkar@secretariatsworld.com