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Any other time of the year and this would look like a penalty kick of Spirito Del Vento. There have to be suspicions though that he will come on for the run and GRIS DE GRIS has already won a listed event over course, distance and going this season. At likely twice the price I prefer the race-fitness.

The enigmatic Runaway is the rank outsider, but it would be foolish to write him off all together. I would certainly back against him finishing last.
 
It would appear that despite having two channels covering the same sport we are not going to get to see this.
 
Not the first time that a German raider has picked up one of these small field French Group races in recent seasons.
 
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Sorry about reading this too late, as surely I backed the winner, as all germans on here will have done. as christian is our trainer over here, we know the horse very well, and as his horses have been flying so far he had as good a chance as any. as you read in racing post the horse had a severe injury 1,5 years ago and nursing him back was a very personal issue for christian, so horse is very close to his heart. this is könig turf winning in cologne in last year:

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yes. will run in the prix du muguet (or however you spell it) in 4 weeks time, where he will meet the 3rd horse (spirito del vento) again. is much better on softish ground but did run some sound races on better over here last year as well. was a very smart 3-year-old and hopes had been sky-high before the injury occured, a severe blow at the time for christians small operation.
 
from racingpost:

Horse Racing: Announcer's error overshadows Konig Turf's fourth Group win

Published: 31/03/2008 (Sport) Desmond Stoneham
REPORT: FRANCE
Prix Edmond Blanc G3
Saint-Cloud 1m
THERE were red faces at Saint-Cloud yesterday when the racecourse announcer called the wrong winner of the 1m Prix Edmond Blanc, writes Desmond Stoneham.
Initially, owner Jean-Claude Seroul was being congratulated in the winner's enclosure as Gris De Gris was thought to have been first past the post in the Group 3 race.
But it became clear the announcer had jumped the gun when cheers from the supporters of the German challenger Konig Turf filled the air as he was confirmed the winner by a nose after a photo.
The mix-up was almost as desperate as the battle to the line which the visitor from Hanover won on the nod in the hands of Stephane Pasquier.
Pasquier had decided to take control running into the final turn on Konig Turf, who was joined at the head of affairs by Gris De Gris entering the final furlong.
They had the race to themselves from then on and the favourite, Spirito Del Vento, never looked like getting on terms, being pushed along from some way out.
Konig Turf was taking his fourth Group event, and in the winner's enclosure his trainer, Christian Sprengel, said: "We came here for the soft ground and there's no prize-money left in Germany.
"Konig Turf has two screws in a leg and needs a true pace to show his best. He is a real fighter and we will be back in a few weeks' time for the Prix du Muguet. Thanks to him, I've now won my first Group race in France."
Pasquier said: "He was very courageous and loved the ground. We were lucky as he had his nose in front at exactly the right time."
Seroul must have had mixed emotions after the confusion. He said: "Whether we won or not Gris De Gris ran a brave race and is a very tough individual. He will now have a rest of five or six weeks."
The connections of Spirito Del Vento were not pleased after the race. Owner Luigi Ciampi's racing manager Paul Nataf said: "We were a little disappointed with the run, but it will have done him good. He needed the race.
"His programme won't be changed, so it's now the Prix du Muguet followed by the Prix d'Ispahan and the Queen Anne Stakes at Ascot."
 
Look at the photo finish. It is clear that Gris De Gris won by at least a pixel.

Clear to anyone that had a bet on Gris De Gris anyway :P
 
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