Thorin is SW44 for Soldier Hollow and his 20th Group winner after proving best in the Saturday’s Gr3 Prix Daphnis (1600m) for three-year-olds at Deauville.
Trailing the leaders to the home turn, Thorin made smooth headway 200m out to defeat Tammani (Gregorian) by 1-1/4 lengths with Kenway (Galiway) half a length away third.
He is a half-brother to the German Champion Two-Year-Old, Gr3 Preis des Winterfavouriten winner and Gr1 Critérium de Saint-Cloud-placed and sire Tai Chi (High Chaparral) and the Gr3 Mehl-Mühlens Trophy winner Taraja (High Chaparral), as well as the Listed-placed Takenja (Dubawi), a winner in Germany and Australia.
A Champion in Germany and Italy, Soldier Hollow (In The Wings) won four times at Gr1 level over six seasons of racing. He also has German Listed winners Dessau and Serena out of mares by Big Shuffle
He now stands at Gestut Auenquelle in Germany.