20 Abr. GER. Rennen um den Preis der SWK Dr. Busch Memorial. G3. Krefeld. 1.700 mts. Turf. 50.000 €
1.- LIANG KAY (T.Hellier)
2.- PRECIOUS BOY (A.Vries)
3.- SCHUTZENJUNKER (L.Hammer Hansen)


The group Three Dr. Busch Memorial at Krefeld was reduced to a field of just five after Castiglione was scratched.

Precious Boy (Big Shuffle), a Group Three winner and Classic pretender, was sent off favourite for the 1700m race for three year-olds but arriving at the gate it was discovered he had thrown a shoe which duly held up proceedings by a good ten minutes.

Once they got away it was Schutzenjunker (Lord Of Men), winner of a €150,000 sales race, who broke well and set the pace for stablemate Liang Kay (Dai Jin). Adrie de Vries on Precious Boy was quick to separate them and slotted in behind the leader. Liang Kay stayed in touch in third with a hard-pulling Let’s Rock (Dashing Blade) in fourth. Balios (Tertullian) remained the backmarker.

Half way through the turn heading into the homestretch de Vries began to wind up Precious Boy who seemed to take an age before getting past pacesetter Schutzenjunker ridden by ex-bus driver Lennart Hammer-Hansen. With less than a furlong left to run Liang Kay, who had followed on the rail, had to move three-wide on the stand-side to make a move. Under a strong ride from Terry Hellier the colt found his run and went on to win by a short-head.

Precious Boy was second with Schutzenjunker three-parts of a length away in third.

Liang Kay, trained by Uwe Ostmann, has now won two of his three starts to date and, although not an obvious miler, may well be seen in the German 2,000 Guineas (G.2 Mehl-Mulhens-Rennen) at Cologne on 15 May.