Adlerflug's Iquitos Basks in Grosser Preis von Bayern Glory

   Iquitos (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}) had annexed the 2016 G1 Grosser Preis von Baden and last term's G1 Grosser Dallmayr-Preis in 14 prior starts at the highest level and secured the hat-trick with victory in Thursday's G1 Bayerische Hausbau-Grosser Preis von Bayern at Munich, Europe's penultimate Group 1 event of the year. Employing patience at the tail of the seven-runner field as last term's G1 Deutsches Derby and G1 Preis von Europa hero Windstoss (Ger) (Shirocco {Ger}) led the way for most of the 12-furlong test, the 18-5 chance crept closer off the home turn and was pushed clear once quickening smartly for the lead with 300 metres remaining to comfortably account for British challengers Defoe (Ire) (Dalakhani {Ire}) and Dee Ex Bee (GB) (Farhh {GB}) by four lengths and the same.
   Iquitos has a healthy record in a busy stint at the top table and, as well as the aforementioned highs, posted runner-up finishes in last term's edition of this event and when attempting to defend his G1 Grosser Preis von Baden crown. Having closed 2017 with a second unsuccessful try at Tokyo's G1 Japan Cup, he opened this year with victory in Baden-Baden's June 3 G2 Grosser Preis der Badischen Wirtschaft before finishing off the board in the July 1 G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and July 29 G1 Grosser Dallmayr-Preis at this venue. The bay's two latest efforts yield a third, behind Best Solution (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) in another go at the Sept. 2 G1 Grosser Preis von Baden, and a second to Va Bank (Ire) (Archipenko) in Hoppegarten's Oct. 3 G3 Preis der Deutschen Einheit.
   Iquitos, whose three Group 1 triumphs have been on left-handed tracks, is the first living foal bred from the Irika (Ger) (Areion {Ger}), herself a winning full-sister to the stakes-placed Inanya (Ger). His second dam Ingrid (Ger) (Nebos {Ger}) is a full-sister to G2 Grosser Preis von Dusseldorf placegetter Inkognito (Ger) and a granddaughter of G3 Zukunfts-Rennen runner-up Ipameri (Ger) (Pentathlon {GB}), who in turn is a full-sister to G3 Zukunfts-Rennen hero Imperator (Ger) and the dam of Listed Oppenheim-Rennen and Listed Preis von Schlenderhan victor Illampu (Ger) (Athenagoras {Ger}). Irika has also produced the winning 3-year-old filly International Love (Ger) (Kamsin {Ger}) and has a yearling filly by Wiener Walzer (Ger) and a colt foal by Adlerflug (Ger) to come.

Thursday, Munich, Germany
BAYERISCHE HAUSBAU – GROSSER PREIS VON BAYERN-G1, €155,000, Munich, 11-1, 3yo/up, 12fT, 2:37.80, sf.
1–IQUITOS (GER), 132, h, 6, by Adlerflug (Ger)
1st Dam: Irika (Ger), by Areion (Ger)
2nd Dam: Ingrid (Ger), by Nebos (Ger)
3rd Dam: Iracema (Ger), by Konigsstuhl (Ger)
O-Stall Mulligan; B-Dr Erika Buhmann (GER); T-Hans-Jurgen Groschel; J-Eddy Hardouin. €100,000. Lifetime Record: Hwt. Older Horse-Ger at 9.5-11f, 26-8-7-1, €671,690. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Defoe (Ire), 132, c, 4, Dalakhani (Ire)–Dulkashe (Ire), by Pivotal (GB). O-Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum; B-Darley (IRE); T-Roger Varian. €30,000.
3–Dee Ex Bee (GB), 128, c, 3, Farhh (GB)–Dubai Sunrise, by Seeking the Gold. O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum; B-Godolphin (GB); T-Mark Johnston. €15,000.
Margins: 4, 4, 8. Odds: 3.60, 1.60, 3.20.
Also Ran: Windstoss (Ger), Royal Youmzain (Fr), Racing History (Ire), Tiberian (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.