Some top performers have run in the British Stallion Studs EBF Silver Tankard Stakes over the years and Sirona can add her name to the roll of honour at Pontefract.

Gelding hands Medaglia d'Oro his 140th stakes winner

The German flag will fly high at Kranji on Sunday night should the much-vaunted Pastorius win the $3 million Group 1 Singapore Airlines International Cup (2000m), but owner Franz Auersperg and trainer Mario Hofer would probably be humming the Austrian national anthem as well.

The German flag will fly high at Kranji on Sunday night should the much-vaunted Pastorius win the $3 million Group 1 Singapore Airlines International Cup (2000m), but owner Franz Auersperg and trainer Mario Hofer would probably be humming the Austrian national anthem as well.

The German flag will fly high at Kranji on Sunday night should the much-vaunted Pastorius win the $3 million Group 1 Singapore Airlines International Cup (2000m), but owner Franz Auersperg and trainer Mario Hofer would probably be humming the Austrian national anthem as well.