Horse Racing: Axxos lays down his Derby marker; REPORT: GERMANY.Byline: David Conolly-SmithAXXOS, representing the back-to-form trainer-jockey combination of Peter Schiergen and Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke (born January 4, 1974 in Germany) is a jockey in international Thoroughbred horse racing. Starke began racing at age fifteen as an amateur and since turning professional has won the German riding championship five times. , made all to lift the 179th renewal of Germany's oldest race, the Group 2 Oppenheim Union-Rennen, by three-quarters of a length at Cologne yesterday, writes David Conolly-Smith. But as a German Derby trial it was an inconclusive affair, with only two lengths covering the first five home, and it would be no surprise if the finishing order was completely reshuffled in the Classic, which takes place at Hamburg in three weeks' time. Plaudits are nevertheless due to Starke, who rode a canny race to notch his fifth winner of the weekend, and Schiergen, who has won the trainers' title for the past two years but is currently languishing lan·guish intr.v. lan·guished, lan·guish·ing, lan·guish·es 1. To be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor. 2. in fourth place after a slow start. Micky Fenton had a fruitless trip to Dresden yesterday, as his mount Quelle Amore finished sixth of eight behind Waleria in the Listed BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. Sachsen Preis. |
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