All text is written by Maike Hanneck. Photographs are © Maike Hanneck and Olaf Kühnel (postcards).

Some facts: Born in 1970, grew up in Cologne and Iceland, on a 60-horse farm and guest house. 1996 through 1998 I started my journalist career at the horse racing daily Sport-Welt, Germany´s oldest sports newspaper (founded 1887).

Translation of the above text Three things in racing that I´d like to have: The bank account of Lester Piggott, the optimism of Walter Swinburn and the legs of Borgia - but less hairy, please.

If you need information on German horse racing, feel free to send email to maike@turfkoenig.de