Crowning Moment

Nestled between the Arc meeting, Future Champions Day and Champions Day, Sunday is relatively quiet with the feature contest being Cologne's G3 Preis des Winterfavoriten for Germany's leading 2-year-old colts. The current favourite is the unbeaten Django Freeman (Ger) (Campanologist), whose two outings at Munich July 29 and Dusseldorf Sept. 9 have been characterised by a degree of authority but he has the unexposed Noble Moon (Ger) (Sea the Moon {Ger}) to challenge him among others. Eckhard Sauren's homebred bay beat the re-opposing Sibelius (Ger) (Pastorius {Ger}) in a course-and-distance contest Sept. 23, while Moonlight Man (Ger) (Reliable Man {GB}) also has experience over this track and trip having finished second to the subsequent Listed Zetland S. runner-up I'll Have Another (Ire) (Dragon Pulse {Ire}) in the Listed Preis des Medienhauses DuMont Rheinland Sept. 22.

At Navan, Sunday's close-up and possibly unlucky G1 Prix de l'Abbaye fifth Lost Treasure (Ire) (War Front) makes a quick reappearance in Navan's Listed Waterford Testimonial S. over an extended five furlongs and is joined by stablemate St Patrick's Day (Pioneerof The Nile) who is shortened up once again.