The fashionable filly Alpinista bids for hat-trick of victories at the highest level in Germany when she returns to take on five rivals in the final group 1 of the year in Europe in the Nov. 7 Allian—Grosser Preis Von Bayern (G1).
The Sir Mark Prescott-trained grey, who is unbeaten in her four starts this year, has some high-class form in the book, notably when kicking off her group 1 spree at the expense of subsequent Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) hero Torquator Tasso in the Longines 131st Grosser Preis von Berlin (G1) at Hoppegarten in August.
The daughter of Frankel , who is owned by Prescott’s longtime backer Kirsten Rausing, then followed up on a return to Germany for the Preis von Europa (G1) at Cologne in September when she accounted for the reopposing Nerium .
Others in the field here include a second British runner in the shape of the fellow Newmarket trainee Believe In Love , in the care of Roger Varian.
The 4-year-old, who has hitched a lift on the Prescott horsebox to get to Munich, was last seen going down by just a short neck to Loving Dream in the Qatar Prix de Royallieu (G1) at Longchamp on Arc weekend.
Prescott mentioned: “It is late within the yr, however Alpinista appears wonderful in herself and on scores would have the most effective likelihood within the race. They’ve had a little bit of rain over there which is unlucky as she likes it greatest when it is driving on prime, however she’ll nonetheless give a great account. Win, lose or draw, the plan is to maintain her in coaching subsequent yr.”
On Alpinista’s defeat of subsequent Arc winner Torquator Tasso in the summertime, Prescott mentioned: “It is a good piece of type, little doubt about it, and as I recall, the runner-up did not have the run of the race that day. It additionally was good floor which suited our filly, however maybe the second wanted it a bit softer because it was when he gained at Longchamp.”
Almost about the journey preparations to get to Germany, Prescott joked: “We have been requested to take Mr. Varian’s filly together with us which I mentioned was wonderful so long as we had a written enterprise that their filly would end behind us within the race. My workplace have mentioned that no such communication has but arrived!”
