Sunny Queen Becomes Fourth 2020 G1 Winner for Camelot
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Camelot at Coolmore Stud
Camelot recorded his seventh elite winner Nov. 8 when the 3-year-old filly Sunny Queen claimed the Allianz-Grosser Preis von Bayern (G1), the final group 1 of the European campaign.
The filly, trained by Henk Grewe, still had plenty of ground to make up as the 11-strong field rounded the home turn in Munich, but she stayed on resolutely to claim the lead close home before sticking her neck out to deny the Adlerflug-sired pair of Torquator Tasso and Dicaprio, with the runner-up a neck away and the third a further two lengths back.
Bred by Anahita Stables, Sunny Queen was bought by her original owner, Stefan Hahne, at the 2018 BBAG Yearling Sale, where she fetched €35,000 (US$40,845). She was acquired privately by Cayton Park Stud in the week before her group 1 breakthrough.
She is out of Suivi, a four-time winner by Darshaan who has bred five winners, including Baron von Ullmann's listed scorer Suestado.
Sunny Queen was already among Camelot's 62 stakes performers, a list now comprising 22 group winners and 11 listed scorers, after her victory in a Hanover Listed contest this year.
She becomes Camelot's fourth new group 1 winner in 2020, following on from Even So (Irish Oaks), Russian Camelot (South Australian Derby and Underwood Stakes), and Sir Dragonet (Cox Plate).
Sunny Queen's triumph capped a productive weekend for Camelot, who saw a new classic contender emerge when his son Cleveland, out of the group 3-winning and group 1-placed Venus de Milo, broke his maiden by four lengths at the Curragh for Aidan O'Brien and the Coolmore partners.