More is not possible! Visit to the stud farm in Lünzen – Thoroughbred Expert Day – Stud Stud Race Day on the Neue Bult
We had already travelled to Hanover on Friday evening to spend a thoroughbred power weekend of a special kind. Before the thoroughbred expert day started on Saturday at 12 noon with many exciting topics, we took the opportunity to visit our yearlings in pre-training at the Lünzen stud . New Starlet, Tanami Starlet and Kellyway (note: our joint project with Sascha Hartung) have already settled in well and are now being prepared for the new phase of life in the racing team. In addition, we took a look at the stallions Accon and Best Solution live. Cover photo: Kellyway at sunrise at the Thoroughbred Stud Lünzen (Photo: private) The event continued with the Thoroughbred Expert Day of the Owners’ Association, where Jochen, as a newly elected board member, gave a short keynote speech on the topic of recruiting young talent and employees in German galloping.
Photo: private
Another highlight, in addition to the numerous interesting technical contributions, was the stud jump raffle in which the luck of the draw was on our side. The first to be drawn was Jochen, who decided on a stud jump from Best Solution , whose quality we had only personally convinced ourselves of in the morning. A short time later, Simone was also lucky, who decided on Amaron, the Shamardal son at Etzean Stud , who is also the father of our faithful performer, Wonderful Starlet. The day ended with numerous lively conversations and a delicious dinner. Our special thanks go to Gregor Baum and his family, who were excellent hosts throughout the weekend.
After a short night, the next day we went to the Neue Bult, to the race day of the studs, 4 blacktype races were on the card. Our personal highlight of the day was the 5th race, a Listed race over 1750 m for 3-year-old and older mares, in which our La Estrellita faced nine strong opponents. After a starting phase that was characterized by an unnecessary obstruction of her opponent Lacuna, La Estrellita under Patrick Gibson once again proved her fighting heart and took her fourth blacktype placement with 3rd place. Many thanks to our trainer Michael Figge and his team for the good preparation and support.