Rubaiyat (Fr)

Four-Time German Champion Sire Areion Euthanised At 27

Star German sprinter Areion (Ger) (Big Shuffle--Aerleona {Ire}, by Caerleon), a multiple champion sire in his native land, was euthanized due to complications from colic at the age of 27 on Friday, Galopp Online reported. A resident of Gestut Etzean at the time of his death, Areion formerly raced in the colours of Marlene Haller. "We were with him a week before," Frank Haller told Sport-Welt on Sunday. "Actually, we had the impression that he was in a good mood. He then came to the clinic in Iffezheim with a...

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Rubaiyat To Stand At Gestut Ohlerweiherhof In 2023

Rubaiyat (Fr) (Areion {Ger}--Representera {GB}, by Lomitas {GB}), a group winner at two, three, four, and five years, will stand at Gestut Ohlerweiherhof in Germany next year, Jour de Galop reported. His fee will be €4,500. Bred by Gestut Karlshof, he was a €26,000 BBAG August yearling. In the colours of Darius Racing, the Henk Grewe trainee was a multiple group winner in both France and Italy. As a juvenile, he won the G2 Gran Criterium and the G3 Preis des Winterfavoriten, and the G3 Dr. Busch-Memorial went his way...

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Areion's Rubaiyat Goes Five-For-Five In Berlin

   Germany's unbeaten Horse of the Year Rubaiyat (Fr) (Areion {Ger}) went postward as the 3-10 favourite for his eagerly awaited seasonal return in Sunday's G3 Dr Busch-Memorial at Berlin's Hoppegarten venue and, while stablemate Wonderful Moon (Ger) (Sea The Moon {Ger}) reigned supreme trialling for Hamburg's July 12 G1 Deutsches Derby in Friday's G3 Cologne Classic, he was more workmanlike maintaining his perfect record in this dress rehearsal for Cologne's June 1 G2 German 2000 Guineas.    Darius Racing's bay swept through a juvenile campaign which began with an...

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