THE winners of the Group 3 Herzog von Ratibor-Rennen for juveniles at Krefeld in 2019 and 2020 were subsequent Group 2 winners Wonderful Moon and Mythico.

Last year the race was won by Tunnes, and he has gone one better than that pair and won at Group 1 level. Now a five-time winner, he landed the Group 2 Deutsches St Leger on his way to capturing the Group 1 Grosser Preis von Bayer. Tunnes is a half-brother to no less a star than the 2021 Group 1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Torquator Tasso (Adlerflug), himself a new addition next year to the stallion ranks in Germany.