Feodora triumphs in very messy German Oaks

Andreas Wohler’s Feodora won a very messy renewal of the 156th Henkel-Preis Der Diana (German Oaks) at Dusseldorf yesterday.

Pre-race talk centred on the unbeaten Wunder, who had won the Prix Chloe at Chantilly and represented the same connections of domestic superstar Sea The Moon in trainer Markus Klug and owner Gestut Gorlsdorf.

But Wunder suffered major interference with a furlong and a half to run when she was squeezed up by the drifting Diamond Dove, ridden by Freddie Tylicki, which allowed Mirco Demuro and Feodora, previously a maiden, to take advantage by sneaking up the hedge on the inside.