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Lando (horse)

Lando (23 January 1990 – 20 August 2013) was a German Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was twice named German Horse of the Year and set an earnings record for a horse trained in Germany. He was one of the best juveniles in Germany in 1990, winning the Preis des Winterfavoriten and went on to greater success in 1993 when he won the Deutsches Derby and the Grosser Preis von Baden. He continued to improve as a four-year-old, winning the Hansa Preis and a second Grosser Preis von Baden in Germany as well as the Gran Premio del Jockey Club in Italy. He had his best year in 1995 when he won the Gran Premio di Milano and the Preis der Privatbankiers Merck, Finck & Co before ending his career with a victory in the Japan Cup. In all, he won 10 of his 23 races, having competed in five different countries on three continents. After his retirement from racing he became a successful breeding stallion. He died in 2013 at the age of 23.

Lando was a "powerfully-built" bay horse standing 16.1 hands high bred in Germany by Gestut Hof Ittlingen. He was sired by Acatenango, a three-time German Horse of the Year whose other progeny include the Prix du Jockey Club winner Blue Canari and the Hong Kong Vase winner Borgia. His dam Laurea produced several other winners including the 1994 Deutsches Derby winner Laroche, and was a daughter of the German 1,000 Guineas winner Licata.

During his racing career, Lando carried the colours of Gestut Haus Ittlingen and was trained by Heinz Jentzsch.

Lando began his racing career by finishing second in a maiden race at Cologne on 22 August and then won the Junioren Preis at Düsseldorf a month later. On 18 October he contested Germany's most prestigious race for juveniles, the Preis des Winterfavoriten over 1600 metres at Cologne and won from Kornado and Henderson.

Lando made little impact in his first three starts of 1993. He finished fifth in the Dr. Busch-Memorial, ninth in the Mehl-Mülhens-Rennen and seventh in the Union-Rennen, with all three races being won by Kornado. He faced Kornado yet again in the Deutsches Derby at Hamburg Racecourse on 4 July and started a 23.5/1 outsider. The 1993 Derby was the first running of the race which had been open to horses bred outside Germany and foreign bred-horses took eleven of the places in the nineteen-runner field. Ridden by Andreas Tylicki Lando won by one and a half lengths from Monsun, with the favoured Sternkoenig in third and Kornado unplaced.

In the EuropaChampionat at Hoppegarten he was again beaten by Kornado when he finished second, with the British-trained colts River North and Beneficial in third and fourth and the Grand Prix de Paris winner Fort Wood in fifth. In September Lando was matched against older horses for the first time when he contested the Group One Grosser Preis von Baden over 2400 metres at Ifflezheim Racecourse. His opponents included Sapience (Jockey Club Stakes, Princess of Wales's Stakes) and Ruby Tiger (E. P. Taylor Stakes, Nassau Stakes) from England, George Augustus (Tattersalls Gold Cup) from Ireland and the 1992 German Horse of the Year Platini. Ridden again by Tylicki, Lando took the led 200 metres from the finish and won by a neck from Platini with a gap of six lengths back to George Augustus in third.

Lando began his third season by finishing unplaced behind Kornado in the Grosser Preis der Wirtschaft on heavy ground before contesting the Group Two Hamsa Preis over 2200 metres at Hamburg on 26 June. Ridden by Peter Schiergen he took the lead 300 metres from the finish and won by half a length from Sternkoenig. Lando was beaten in his next two raced, taking fourth behind Sternkoenig in the Preis der Privatbankiers Merck, Finck & Co (now the Grosser Preis von Berlin) and then finishing fifth behind the British-trained River North in the Aral-Pokal. On 4 September 1994 Lando, with Schiergen in the saddle, attempted to repeat his 1993 success in the Grosser Preis von Baden. The Jentzch-trained Monsun headed the betting ahead of Kornado and Lando who were made joint-second-favourites at odds of 4.1/1. The other runners included the Lando's half-brother Laroche and the French challenger Vert Amande, winner of the Prix Ganay. After being restrained by Schiergen, Lando made progress in the straight, took the lead 200 metres out, and won by two lengths from Monsun with Kornado two and a half lengths back in third.

Lando raced outside Germany for the first time when he was sent to France to contest the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp Racecourse on 2 October. Ridden for the first time by the South African jockey Michael Roberts he finished eighth of the twenty runners, three lengths behind the winner Carnegie. The horses finishing behind Lando included King's Theatre, Celtic Arms and Intrepidity. Two weeks later, the colt appeared in Italy when he was one of seven horses to contest the Group One Gran Premio del Jockey Club at Milan. Roberts tracked the Jentzsch-trained pacemaker Embarcadero before sending Lando into the lead 500 metres from the finish. The German colt drew away from his opponents in the closing stages and won by six lengths from the French-trained Suave Tern.

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