Already a winner of the Group II German Two Thousand Guineas and second in the
Group I Hamburg Deutsches Derby, Lucky Lion took out the mile and a quarter
feature by half a length over Frankel's full brother Noble Mission.Trained by Andreas Lowe for Gestut Winterhauch, Lucky Lion has four wins and a second from seven starts and is the first winner for his dam Lips Arrow, a stakes-winning Big Shuffle half-sister to German One Thousand Guineas winner Lips Poison.
High Chaparral is enjoying a fruitful year in Europe with high class four year-old Toronado claiming the Group I Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, while the likes of Western Hymn, High Jinx and Contributer and have also posted stakes wins, the latter on his way to Australia having been bought by Darley to join their Australian Godolphin stable under John O'Shea.
High Chaparral will finish the Australian racing season with some 59 winners of $6.6 million led by five stakes-winners headed by his multiple Group I winning son Dundeel, who retires to Arrowfield Stud this spring at a fee of $27,500.
High Chaparral will return to Coolmore Australia this spring at a fee of $60,500 to stand alongside his champion son So You Think at $55,000.
