Sunday's G3 Preis des Winterfavoriten at Cologne features the usual mix of potential domestic Classic contenders for 2016, with the headline act being Jaber Abdullah's Noor Al Hawa (Fr) (Makfi {GB}). Winning the Listed Junioren-Preis in the manner of a star performer by six lengths at Dusseldorf last time Sept. 12, the homebred son of the G1SW Majestic Roi (Street Cry {Ire}) is met by the unexposed Peter Schiergen trainee Sound Check (Ger) (Lando {Ger}). Gestut Ittlingen's homebred was off the mark on debut at Dortmund Sept. 20 and is one to watch along with Stall Dipoli's Sept. 12 Dusseldorf scorer Pagino (Ger) (Sholokhov {Ire}).
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