Champion German sire Monsun has made an indelible impression in Australia as a top class sire of elite stayers that include Melbourne Cup winners Protectionist, Fiorente and Almandin, so when he has a winner at Warwick Farm on Wednesday that has people talking Cups, we naturally want to know more.
A stretch out in distance to 2,400 metres was all that the 2016 Melbourne Cup hero Almandin (GER) needed to make a return to the winner’s circle in Saturday’s $1,500,000 Group 1 H E Tancred Stakes at Rosehill Gardens.