Potemkin bids for German prize
Richard Hannon’s Brigadier Gerard Stakes winner Potemkin bids for further big-race success in the Preis der Sparkassen Finanzgruppe at Baden-Baden tomorrow.
The Wiltshire trainer, with four runners at Deauville the same afternoon, has secured the services of former Irish-based rider Warren O’Connor.
Street Poker, having failed to make a mark in Denmark last time, is one of a number in with a chance in an open-looking Group Three contest.
The Andreas Wohler runner boasts winning form in this grade at Frankfurt last month.
Pappus, second that day, Near Honor (third), Gorlor (fifth) and Limerick Boy (eighth), all renew rivalry.
Saldenschwinge, second in a Group Three fillies’ and mares’ contest at Hamburg in July, also has a squeak.
