The Badener Meile is a Group 2

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s aged three years or older. It is run over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile) at

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in May or June.

History

A different event called the Badener Meile was established at Baden-Baden in 1927. It was renamed the

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in 1970. The current Badener Meile was introduced in 1979. It was initially restricted to horses aged four or older. It was opened to three-year-olds in 1985. It was promoted to Group 2 class in 2015.

Records

Most successful horse: * ''no horse has won this race more than once'' ---- Leading

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(3 wins): *

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– ''Chato (1995), Waky Nao (1998), Aspectus (2009)'' * Adrie de Vries – ''Wiesenpfad (2008), Alianthus (2011), Nica (2020)'' ---- Leading trainer (3 wins): *

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– ''Bonito (1979), Sharp End (1984), Zampano (1989)''

Winners

References

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History

Records

Winners

See also

References