Before this years yearling sales the team at SCHLOSSGUT ITLINGEN was the opinion the 2011 crop of colts was a very good one. However the results at the yearling sales were rather disappointing, as the prizes were not as Graf und Grafin Stauffenberg had hoped for.

If the entries for the Epsom Derby are in any way relevant, then the opinion of the breeders and their team are reflected by the trainers and owners of the colts, as 4 (!) have been entered for this most important classic. It means 50% of the colts or a third of the whole crop have been entered! Quite an achievement for such a small operation. The entered colts are

• ZEPHYRINE) owned by Dr Marwan Koukash and in training with Ed Dunlop
• Fantastic Flame) owned by Godolphin and trained by Saeed bin Suroor
• FOUR ROSES) owned by Mrs John Magnier and trained by Andre Fabre
• FLAMES TO DUST) owned by Mrs F Thompson and Mrs E Evans and in training with Ilka Gansera Leveque