Meilen-Trophy

The Meilen-Trophy is a Group 3 flat horse race in Germany open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at a variety of German racecourses over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile), and it is scheduled to take place in July of each year.

Meilen-Trophy
Grosser Preis vom Audi Zentrum Hannover
Group 3 race
LocationHanover Racecourse
Hanover, Germany
Inaugurated1991
Race typeFlat / Thoroughbred
SponsorAudi Zentrum Hannover
WebsiteHanover
Race information
Distance1,600 metres (1 mile)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old and up
Weight54 kg (3yo); 58 kg (4yo+)
Allowances
1½ kg for fillies and mares
Penalties
3 kg for Group 1 winners *
1½ kg for Group 2 winners *
* since August 1 last year
Purse€70,000 (2012)
1st: €40,000

History

The event was established in 1991, and it was originally held at Hoppegarten. It was initially given Group 3 status, and was promoted to Group 2 level in 1994. For a period it was called the Berlin Brandenburg-Trophy.

The race's venue has rotated between several German courses since 2005. It has been contested at Cologne (2005–06, 2017), Hanover (2007–08, 2010, 2012, 2014-15), Düsseldorf (2009, 2011, 2016) and Krefeld (2013). During this period it has been run under several different titles.

Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
  • Martillo – 2003, 2004

Leading jockey (3 wins):

  • Andrasch Starke – Irish Stew (1992), Waky Nao (1998), Royal Dragon (2001)

Leading trainer (3 wins):

  • Andreas Schütz – Waky Nao (1998), Royal Dragon (2001), Eagle Rise (2005)

Winners until 2004
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time
1991 Flying Brave 3 John Reid John Dunlop 1:35.80
1992 Irish Stew 4 Andrasch Starke Hans Blume 1:36.60
1993 Quebrada 3 Peter Schiergen Heinz Jentzsch 1:39.80
1994 Torch Rouge [a] 3 Willie Carson Barry Hills 1:33.90
1995 Kill the Crab 3 Mark Larsen Wido Neuroth 1:33.60
1996 Manzoni 4 Andreas Boschert Andreas Wöhler 1:36.10
1997 Gothenburg 4 Jason Weaver Mark Johnston 1:37.60
1998 Waky Nao 5 Andrasch Starke Andreas Schütz 1:37.40
1999 Docksider 4 Michael Hills John Hills 1:33.20
2000 Slip Stream 4 Paul Eddery Saeed bin Suroor 1:38.00
2001 Royal Dragon 3 Andrasch Starke Andreas Schütz 1:37.50
2002 Sambaprinz 3 Jiri Palik Horst Horwart 1:42.60
2003 Martillo 3 William Mongil Ralf Suerland 1:36.80
2004 Martillo 4 William Mongil Ralf Suerland 1:39.40
a Royal Abjar finished first in 1994, but he was later disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance.

Winners since 2005
Year Course Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time
2005 Cologne Eagle Rise 5 Terence Hellier Andreas Schütz 1:36.47
2006 Cologne Arcadio 4 Andreas Suborics Peter Schiergen 1:40.68
2007 Hanover Apollo Star 5 Andreas Helfenbein Mario Hofer 1:38.36
2008 Hanover Fothe Millionkiss 4 Andreas Helfenbein Uwe Ostmann 1:39.56
2009 Dusseldorf King of Sydney 3 Andreas Suborics Mario Hofer 1:37.70
2010 Hanover Sehrezad 5 Jiri Palik Andreas Löwe 1:36.88
2011 Dusseldorf Alianthus 6 Adrie de Vries Jens Hirschberger 1:38.78
2012 Hanover Sir Oscar 5 Adrie de Vries Toni Potters 1:41.28
2013 Krefel Felician 5 Lennart Hammer-Hansen Ferdinand J Leve 1:43.07
2014 Hanover Red Dubawi 6 Eddy Hardouin Frau Erika Mader 1:39.69
2015 Hanover Wild Chief 4 Alexander Pietsch Jens Hirschberger 1:39.39
2016 Dusseldorf Kaspersky 5 Umberto Rispoli Endo Botti 1:34.98
2017 Cologne Dragon Lips 3 Marc Lerner Andreas Suborics 1:34.10
2018 Cologne Diplomat 7 Andrasch Starke Jean-Pierre Carvalho 1:35.25
2019 Dusseldorf Robin of Navan 6 Alexander Pietsch Harry Dunlop 1:35.60
2020[b] Dusseldorf Sanora 5 Jozef Bojko Andreas Wöhler 1:36.38
2021[c] Dusseldorf Liberty London 5 Eduardo Pedroza Waldemar Hickst 1:35.17
b The race downgraded to Group 3 in 2020.
c The race downgraded to Group 3 in 2020.

See also

References
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