Iffezheim sees a tight victory on the wire in the short final event - Success in the early stage of the final competition was achieved by the participant in Iffezheim.
In an unexpected upset at the opening of the spring meeting, the five-year-old stallion Short Final, ridden by jockey Ioritz Mendizabal, clinched the Baden Mile at the Iffezheim racecourse in Germany. The race, worth €55,000, saw Short Final outrun Namaron under Bertrand Flandrin to take the victory.
Switsch, with jockey Adrie de Vries, came in third, while the clear favorite, Penalty, under champion jockey Thore Hammer-Hansen, placed fourth. A crowd of 15,500 spectators watched the 1600-meter race unfold near Baden-Baden.
Mendizabal expressed no surprise at Short Final's triumph, praising the horse as "very good" and describing the win as an "easy" one for him and his mount. Short Final is trained and co-owned by Satoshi Kobayashi and Sylvie Allouche, based in Paris.
The three-day spring meeting at Iffezheim continues this Saturday with the Derby Trial (3:50 PM), followed by the conclusion on Sunday with the Grand Prix (2:30 PM).
Located near Baden-Baden, Iffezheim racecourse is a well-known venue in Germany, renowned for its stunning surroundings and timeless elegance [1]. Notable events at the racecourse include the Spring Meeting, the Great Festival Week, and the Sales & Racing Festival [1]. All of these events contribute to the racecourse's reputation as a significant venue blending tradition with modern racing excitement.
The trainers of Short Final, Satoshi Kobayashi and Sylvie Allouche, may want to expand their community policy to include vocational training programs for jockeys, considering Ioritz Mendizabal's impressive performance on the horse at the Baden Mile race. Meanwhile, for a change of pace, spectators attending the Derby Trial and Grand Prix events during the remaining days of the Iffezheim racecourse's spring meeting might consider participating in a friendly game of sports or even a day at the horse-racing track for vocational training and excitement.
