Aschach an der Donau Aschach an der Donau Aschach an der Donau is a municipality in the district Eferding in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Aschach lies in the Danube Valley, on the edge of the Eferding Basin in the Hausruckviertel. About 2 percent of the area is forested. Subdivisions are: Aschach an der Donau (center), Ruprechting, and Sommerberg. "Silver and red, covered by two natural colored, twisted grapevines with a blue grape to the left, a green grape to the right and a green leaf in each half." The colors of the banner are red, white and green. The motif indicates due
Donau (horse) the "Daily Racing Form" suggesting that the break from racing was due to Donau being a "track demon" with a "disposition to do nothing asked of him." Donau was gelded at the end of his three-year-old season in an attempt to curb his behavior, but he was still fractious. However, in March of 1912 he won the South Carolina Selling Stakes at Palmetto Park in Charleston, South Carolina. Donau was retired from flat racing in December 1912, at age five. Donau was in the process of being re-trained for steeplechasing when he died suddenly in February 1913 during a disease