304:. With Reid again in the saddle, he started at odds of 9.4/1 in a field which included Krombacher, Syrakus, and Barsetto. After racing in mid-division, he briefly struggled to obtain a clear run before accelerating in the straight, taking the lead 200 metres out and winning by one and a half lengths from Lierac. Schiergen commented: "The Derby has been my bogey race. I rode the runner-up three times and I've twice saddled the beaten favourite. This was easily my biggest winner as a trainer."
408:). Fallon positioned the German challenger just behind the leader Zindabad before taking the lead entering the straight and tracking across to the stands-side (outside) rail. Boreal went clear of his rivals in the last quarter mile and won by three and a half lengths from Storming Home with Zindabad six lengths back in third. After training the first German winner at Group One level in Britain since
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292:, a major trial race for the German Derby. After racing in second place, he took the lead 400 metres from the finish and despite being quickly overtaken, he stayed on well in the closing stages and finished third, beaten three quarters of a
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at
Cologne three weeks later in which he was badly hampered and fell after 400 metres. John Reid was not seriously injured in the fall but said that the incident was a major factor in his decision to retire from riding a few days later.
416:, Schiergen said, "He travels smoothly on good ground but is more at home on soft. It's a special thrill to have a winner in Britain, and extra-special when it's a Group 1 at the home of the Derby."
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At the end of his racing career, Boreal returned to become a breeding stallion at Gestut
Ammerland. He has sired no winners of any consequence and by 2016 was standing at a stud fee of €500.
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177:. In the following year, he was campaigned internationally and became the first German-trained horse in 27 years to record a Group One victory in the United Kingdom when he won the
431:. He was well beaten by Marienbard in his two remaining races that year, finishing sixth when favourite for the Grosser Preis von Baden and fifteenth when a 105/1 outsider for the
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169:. In a racing career which lasted from March 2001 until March 2003, he ran fourteen times in four countries and won three races, two of them at
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and
Sabiango. He raced in fifth place before making steady progress in the straight and finished second, half a length behind Sabiango. In the
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Boreal's final race came in March 2003 when he made a second bid for the Dubai Sheema
Classic but finished last of the sixteen runners behind
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and a nose by
Sabiango and Barsetto. Three weeks later, he was one of eighteen colts to contest the 132nd German Derby over 2400 metres on
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before being exported to
Germany. Boreal's dam, Britannia, was one of the best staying fillies of her generation in Germany, winning the
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193:. He was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion but had very little success as a sire of winners.
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During his racing career, Boreal raced in the colours of Gestut
Ammerland and was trained in Germany by
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in 1987. He stood as a breeding stallion in the United States, where he sired the outstanding sprinter
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in July but was unsuited by the good-to-firm ground and finished seventh of the nine runners behind
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level. Unraced as a two-year-old, he won one minor race in his first four starts before winning the
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on 25 March. He was stepped up to Listed class, finishing second to
Krombacher over 2200 metres at
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On his first race of 2002, Boreal made his first appearance outside
Germany when he contested the
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but changed their minds as
Schiergen "adored the colt and was very anxious to train him".
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181:. Apart from his successes, he was placed in several major races, including the
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bred in Germany by Gestut Ammerland. He was sired by the American stallion
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Boreal made a successful racecourse debut by winning over 2000 metres at
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335:) with Sabiango finishing third ahead of the 2000 German Derby winner,
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on 12 August and started third favourite behind the British-trained
248:. His owners had considered sending him to France to be trained by
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Boreal was matched against older horses for the first time in the
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in 1989. Her other foals included the outstanding racemare
825:"News: John Reid: the time is right for me to walk away"
339:. Boreal's final appearance as a three-year-old was the
857:"German-Breds Kazzia, Boreal in Group I Sweep at Epsom"
400:. The other three runners were Marienbard, Zindabad (
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792:"Germany: Derby triumph kicks off double for Reid"
459:Pedigree of Boreal (GER), chestnut stallion, 1998
273:in April and third to Syrakus over 2000 metres at
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762:"Borgia's Half-Brother Wins German Derby"
421:King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
201:Boreal was a chestnut horse with a white
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277:on 24 May. On 10 June, he was ridden by
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372:with the other beaten horses including
323:on 2 September, he finished second to
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699:
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730:"Powerful Boreal's historic success"
790:David Conolly-Smith (2 July 2001).
419:Boreal returned to England for the
161:(foaled 19 April 1998) is a German
888:"Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe result"
823:Steve Taylor (28 September 2001).
16:German-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
14:
812:. Racing Post. 23 September 2001.
688:"Britannia – Record By Race Type"
890:. Racing Post. 6 October 2002.
728:Rodney Masters (8 June 2002).
1:
932:Racehorses trained in Germany
368:and the New Zealand gelding
845:. Racing Post. 7 June 2002.
750:. Racing Post. 1 July 2001.
390:Gran Premio del Jockey Club
261:2001: three-year-old season
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927:Racehorses bred in Germany
705:"Admiration – Family 14-b"
348:2002: four-year-old season
213:, whose wins included the
810:"Preis von Europa result"
707:. Thoroughbred Bloodlines
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843:"Coronation Cup result"
625:Borinage (Family 14-b)
360:on 23 March. Ridden by
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321:Grosser Preis von Baden
187:Grosser Preis von Baden
902:"Boreal – Stud Record"
922:1998 racehorse births
331:and runner-up in the
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354:Dubai Sheema Classic
191:Dubai Sheema Classic
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309:Credit Suisse Pokal
183:Credit Suisse Pokal
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649:"Boreal pedigree"
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568:Tudor Melody
534:Flaming Page
511:Blue Banner
505:Princequillo
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290:Union-Rennen
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219:Marlboro Cup
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163:Thoroughbred
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829:Racing Post
796:Racing Post
734:Racing Post
606:Right Royal
597:Bonna (GER)
501:Key Bridge
495:Flower Bowl
446:Stud record
410:Star Appeal
333:Irish Derby
298:soft ground
250:André Fabre
916:Categories
873:2016-06-07
776:2016-06-07
711:2014-01-17
659:2013-05-05
653:Equineline
632:References
587:Tamerlane
584:Tamerella
562:Tarim (GB)
374:Marienbard
197:Background
139:Major wins
483:Graustark
467:Java Gold
406:Arc Trial
317:Mutafaweq
287:Group Two
279:John Reid
267:Frankfurt
227:Kona Gold
211:Java Gold
171:Group One
126:14: 3-3-3
50:Britannia
37:Grandsire
31:Java Gold
579:Matelda
522:Nijinsky
454:Pedigree
440:Sulamani
275:Dortmund
134:£611,664
131:Earnings
91:Chestnut
66:Stallion
620:Altrek
617:Birgit
612:Manera
544:Tim Tam
396:), and
378:Tobougg
337:Paolini
325:Morshdi
313:Cologne
302:Hamburg
271:Hanover
113:Trainer
97:Breeder
82:Germany
79:Country
55:Damsire
602:Salvo
294:length
239:Borgia
221:, and
159:Boreal
152:(2002)
147:(2001)
123:Record
87:Colour
71:Foaled
22:Boreal
599:1978
564:1969
559:1985
518:1973
488:Ribot
479:1969
477:(USA)
471:1984
469:(USA)
429:Golan
386:Kutub
370:Hades
366:Nayef
207:socks
105:Owner
58:Tarim
464:Sire
376:and
283:16/1
203:star
189:and
167:sire
27:Sire
555:Dam
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