Then there was his attempt to go back-to-back in the Grosser Preis von Baden, where he suffered an odds-on defeat as Frankie Dettori earned a two-week whip ban. A serene Group Two victory at Hamburg got him back on track and he looked the one to take out of the King George when he was a staying-on second to Pyledriver on faster than ideal ground at Ascot in July. ![]() ![]() Torquator Tasso stayed in training, but things didn’t look good for the German-trained horse when he was beaten 18 lengths on his seasonal return at Baden-Baden. Sealiway, home in fifth, boosted the form with his Qipco Champion Stakes win at Ascot two weeks later, but Tarnawa flopped in her own repeat bid for Breeders’ Cup success before retirement. The son of Adlerflug had just won a Group One at Baden-Baden, but a near three-length defeat to Alpinista at Hoppergarten seemed to put his claims against the cream of Britain and Ireland into perspective, only for him to wear down the form horses Tarnawa, Hurricane Lane and Adayar, with a strong staying performance in the heavy ground at ParisLongchamp. How is Torquator Tasso’s repeat bid looking?īetter than this time last year when he was an unconsidered and largely unknown 72/1 outsider.
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