Class: | Group 3 |
Horse Race: | Preis der Deutschen Einheit |
Location: | Hoppegarten Racecourse Hoppegarten, Germany |
Inaugurated: | 1991 |
Race Type: | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor: | Westminster |
Website: | Hoppegarten |
Distance: | 2,000 metres (1¼ miles) |
Surface: | Turf |
Track: | Right-handed |
Qualification: | Three-years-old and up |
Weight: | 57 kg (3yo); 59 kg (4yo+) Allowances 1½ kg for fillies and mares |
Purse: | €80,000 (2012) 1st: €45,000 |
The Preis der Deutschen Einheit is a Group 3 flat horse race in Germany open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run each year at Hoppegarten over a distance of 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles).
The race is held on German Unity Day (Tag der Deutschen Einheit), a public holiday on October 3 commemorating the anniversary of German reunification.
The event was established in 1991, and it was initially classed at Listed level. It was originally sponsored by Zino Davidoff and alternatively titled the Prix Zino Davidoff. It was promoted to Group 3 status in 1992.
The Preis der Deutschen Einheit has had several different sponsors since the late 1990s, including Volkswagen from 2003 to 2005. Its current period of sponsorship by Westminster Unternehmensgruppe began in 2009.
Most successful horse (2 wins):
----Leading jockey (3 wins):
----Leading trainer (4 wins):
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Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time | |||
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1991 | width=150px | George Augustus | 3 | width=160px | Johnny Murtagh | width=170px | John Oxx | 2:04.90 |
1992 | Perpendicular | 4 | Willie Ryan | Henry Cecil | 2:00.90 | |||
1993 | Komtur | 3 | Kevin Woodburn | Harro Remmert | 2:03.60 | |||
1994 | Marildo | 7 | Guy Guignard | David Smaga | 2:05.50 | |||
1995 | Concepcion | 5 | Stephen Eccles | Heinz Jentzsch | 2:06.10 | |||
1996 | Oxalagu | 4 | Andrasch Starke | Bruno Schütz | 2:07.50 | |||
1997 | March Groom | 3 | Stephen Davies | Otto Gervai | 2:08.70 | |||
1998 | Elle Danzig | 3 | Andrasch Starke | Andreas Schütz | 2:11.20 | |||
1999 | Terek | 3 | Andreas Suborics | Peter Schiergen | 2:06.70 | |||
2000 | Aboard | 5 | Piotr Piatkowski | Wolfgang Figge | 2:05.60 | |||
2001 | Limerick Boy | 3 | Andreas Suborics | Andreas Schütz | 2:14.60 | |||
2002 | Terre de l'Home | 5 | Gary Hind | Andreas Wöhler | 2:05.90 | |||
2003 | Terre de l'Home | 6 | Eduardo Pedroza | Andreas Wöhler | 2:07.90 | |||
2004 | Omikron | 3 | Martin Dwyer | Mario Hofer | 2:05.00 | |||
2005 | Manduro | 3 | Terence Hellier | Peter Schiergen | 2:08.80 | |||
2006 | Karavel | 3 | Kieren Fallon | Peter Schiergen | 2:08.00 | |||
2007 | Waleria | 4 | Viktor Schulepov | Hans-Jürgen Gröschel | 2:07.60 | |||
2008 | Prince Flori | 5 | Torsten Mundry | Sascha Smrczek | 2:09.20 | |||
2009 | Antara | 3 | Alexander Pietsch | Roland Dzubasz | 2:06.90 | |||
2010 | Russian Tango | 3 | Eduardo Pedroza | Andreas Wöhler | 2:03.70 | |||
2011 | Russian Tango | 4 | Eduardo Pedroza | Andreas Wöhler | 2:05.50 | |||
2012 | Pastorius | 3 | Adrie de Vries | Mario Hofer | 2:02.10 | |||
2013 | Neatico | 6 | Andrasch Starke | Peter Schiergen | 2:02.00 | |||
2014 | Wake Forest | 4 | Eduardo Pedroza | Andreas Wöhler | 2:02.40 | |||
2015 | Potemkin | 4 | Eduardo Pedroza | Andreas Wöhler | 2:06.30 | |||
2016 | Devastar | 4 | Martin Seidl | Markus Klug | 2:07.00 | |||
2017 | Matchwinner | 6 | Andreas Helfenbein | Axel Kleinkorres | 2:09.72 | |||
2018 | Va Bank | 6 | Eduardo Pedroza | Andreas Wöhler | 2:08.20 | |||
2019 | Itobo | 7 | Marco Casamento | Hans-Jurgen Groschel | 2:10.93 | |||
2020 | Tabera | 3 | Lukas Delozier | Miltcho G. Mintchev | 2:08.05 | |||
2021 | Grocer Jack | 4 | Alexander Pietsch | Waldemar Hickst | 2:03.00 | |||
2022 | Petit Marin | 3 | Rene Piechulek | Marcel Weiss | 2:05.71 |