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His
days in Australia are numbered as a result of his sale to South Africa, but Coolmore
shuttler Oratorio (IRE) will serve out his current season here and for
breeders that are interested in his results a new Group I winner in Germany will
come as good news.
Four year-old mare Temida took out the Group I Rheinland Pokal at Munich on Sunday,
scoring a two length win in the mile and a half contest.
Her trainer Miltcho Mintchev was saddling his first Group 1 winner and
said, "We built her up step
by step, as the big races are in the autumn. She will now run in the [Sept. 2] G1
Grosser Preis von Baden."
A Group III winner in Italy last year, Temida has the overall record of four
wins and three placings from 10 starts and is the fourth Group I winner for Oratorio
joining Manawanui, Banchee and Beethoven.
Interestingly from an Australian perspective, she is from a daughter of Red
Ransom in Interim Payment, a half-sister to US Group I winner Midships.
Oratorio (pictured) stands his last Australian season at Coolmore at a fee of $11,000.
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