Sea the Moon (Ger)
By Andrew Caulfield
It would never have been right to dismiss the Deutsches Derby as a parochial affair, even in the days prior to 1993 when the race was confined to horses trained or reared in Germany. Those pre-1993 winners featured numerous colts who helped shape the modernGerman Thoroughbred, including the 1977 scorer Surumu, the 1979 Triple Crown winner Konigsstuhl and the 1985 hero Acatenango.