LAST Sunday’s Allianz-Grosser Preis von Bayern for three-year-olds and up over 2400 metres at Munich was the last Group 1 race in Europe this year.

Although it was by no means the strongest Group 1 ever run, it was still a fascinating race and ended with a historic victory for Kirsten Rausing’s homebred filly Alpinista, a grey daughter of Frankel who started favourite at 4/5 and duly scored by three-parts of a length from local hope Mendocino.