Guiliani (Ger)

While stallion viewings on the ITM Irish Stallion Trail and La Route des Etalons plus the chance of viewing stallions at Newmarket was underway this past week, Gestut Schlenderhan's stallion base at Zieverich in their hometown of Bergheim hosted the eighth edition of its own stallion show. In the crispy cold, but beautifully sunny weather, the visitors flocked to the location to be greeted by coffee and cake plus a warm soup and a raffle which made €3,000 to be donated to a children's hospice. The four stallions on display...

Holger Renz's €38,000 BBAG September graduate Tunnes (Ger) (Guiliani {Ire}), a half-brother to last week's G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hero Torquator Tasso (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}), bettered a debut second at Cologne last month with a three-length score in Sunday's Alson-Rennen back at the Weidenpescher venue. 1st-Cologne, €5,100, Mdn, 10-10, 2yo, 9 1/4fT, 1:57.83, g/s. TUNNES (GER) (c, 2, Guiliani {Ire}--Tijuana {Ger}, by Toylsome {GB}), who ran second going one mile in his Sept. 26 debut at this venue last time, was swiftly into stride and led from flagfall....