ONEXTWO.COM - BAVARIAN CLASSIC 2012-G3, €55,000, Munich, 5-28, 3yo, 1 1/4mT, 2:05.27, gd.
1--PAKAL (GER), 128, c, 3, by Lord of England (Ger)
 1st Dam: Perima (Ger) (GSP-Ger), by Kornado (GB)
 2nd Dam: Pradilla (Ger), by Lagunas (GB)
 3rd Dam: Pradera (Ger), by Abary (Ger)
(€34,000 yrl '10 BBASEP). O-Stall Salzburg; B-Gestut Etzean; T-Wolfgang Figge; J-Karoly Kerekes; €32,000. Lifetime Record: G1SP-Fr, 10-3-4-1, €162,844. Werk Nick Rating: First SW for cross. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2--Black Arrow (Ire), 128, c, 3, Teofilo (Ire)--Fann, by Diesis (GB). (60,000gns yrl '10 TATOCT). O-Stall 24; B-Rabbah Bloodstock Ltd; T-Andreas Wohler; €11,000.
3--Salon Soldier (Ger), 128, c, 3, Soldier Hollow (GB)--Salonblue (Ire), by Bluebird. (€36,000 yrl '10 BBASEP). O-Stall Hornoldendorf; B-Gestut Wittekindshof; T-Peter Schiergen; €5,500.
Margins: HF, NK, 1. Odds: 10.80, 0.20, 8.00.
Also Ran: Sharivar (Ger), Kolosseum (Ger), Lysino (Ger), Showdancer (Ger).
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   Pakal, successful at Hamburg and Avenches last July, ran second in a Cologne sales race and the G3 Zukunfts-Rennen at Baden-Baden when tested harder the following month. Third in the prestigious Ferdinand Leisten-Memorial back at the Iffezheim track next up Oct. 9, the sleek bay split French Fifteen (Fr) (Turtle Bowl {Ire}) and Bonfire (GB) (Manduro {Ger}) when runner-up closing his juvenile campaign in a stellar renewal of the G1 Criterium International at Saint-Cloud Oct. 29. Building on a sixth in Krefeld's Apr. 22 G3 Dr Busch-Memorial and a fourth in Frankfurt's May 6 G3 Albert Von Metzler-Rennen, he regained the winning thread and caused a major shock here by lowering the colors of long odds-on favorite, and July 1 G1 Deutsches Derby wannabe, Black Arrow, and Salon Soldier, in a pulsating three-way finish. Pakal was sharp from the gate and took a fierce hold in second before bounding along at his own rhythm just off the pace in fourth down the backstraight. Shaken up approaching the quarter mile marker, he closed on the duelling Black Arrow and Salon Soldier, entering the final eighth and stayed on gamely under a power drive to edge that pair nearing the line. Dresden maiden winner Sharivar (Ger) (Sinndar {Ire}) made eyecatching late headway to finish on the heels of the leaders in a promising fourth.