A German-trained horse is yet to win on Hong Kong’s most significant race day, but if the enthusiasm of an increasingly successful Munich-based trainer is any guide, Mendocino could alter that historical lapse in the HK$22 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m) at Sha Tin on 11 December.<\/p>
It was Mendocino who gave Sarah Steinberg her first G1 winner in September’s Grosser Preis von Baden (2400m), Germany’s most prestigious\u00a0race.\u00a0<\/p>
The emotion she admitted showing afterwards was not just for that reason or for the fact that the winning jockey Ren\u00e9 Piechulek is her partner, it was also for the qualities Mendocino showed in defeating 2021 G1 Prix de l\u2019Arc de Triomphe (2400m) winner Torquator Tasso and German Derby winner Sammarco in what developed into a rousing three-way speed battle up the Baden-Baden 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