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horse race
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in Germany open to
thoroughbred
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s aged three years or older. It is run at
Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the states of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos (river), Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the ...
over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in early September.
History
The event was established in 1858, and it was originally contested over 3,200 metres. The inaugural running was part of a three-day festival which celebrated the opening of Baden-Baden's Iffezheim Racecourse.
The race was shortened to 2,800 metres in 1887. It was titled the Jubiläums-Preis on several occasions during the 1890s. Its distance was cut to 2,200 metres in 1894, and extended to 2,400 metres in 1898.
The Grosser Preis von Baden was staged at
Hoppegarten
Hoppegarten is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany.
History
The current municipality was created in 2003 when the former municipalities of Hönow and Münchehofe were united with Dahlwitz-Hoppegarten. Th ...
from 1942 to 1944. It was not contested from 1945 to 1947, and it was known as the Grosser Preis von Iffezheim in 1948 and 1949.
The present system of race grading was introduced in Germany in 1972, and the Grosser Preis von Baden was classed at Group 1 level. It was run in two separate divisions in 1974.
The race has had several different sponsors since the mid-1990s, and these have included
Mercedes-Benz
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,
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and
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.
The Grosser Preis von Baden was added to the
Breeders' Cup Challenge
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series in 2012. The winner earned an automatic invitation to compete in the same year's
Breeders' Cup Turf
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The race was removed from the series after the 2017 running.
Records
Most successful horse (3 wins):
*
Kincsem
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– ''1877, 1878, 1879''
* Oleander – ''1927, 1928, 1929''
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Leading
jockey
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(5 wins):
* Gerhard Streit – ''Magnat (1941), Samurai (1943), Mangon (1952), Baal (1954), Masetto (1956)''
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Leading
trainer (7 wins):
* George Arnull – ''Oleander (1927, 1928, 1929), Alba (1930), Widerhall (1932), Magnat (1941), Samurai (1943)''
: ''(note: the trainers of some of the early winners are unknown)''
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Leading owner (10 wins):
* Gestüt Schlenderhan – ''Gastgeber (1875), Oleander (1927, 1928, 1929), Alba (1930), Widerhall (1932), Magnat (1941), Samurai (1943), Alpenkönig (1970), Ivanhowe (2014)''
Winners since 1968
* The race was run in two separate divisions in 1974.
Earlier winners
* 1858: La Maladetta
* 1859: Geologie
* 1860: Capucine
* 1861: Mon Etoile
* 1862: Stradella
* 1863: La Toucques
* 1864: Vermouth
* 1865: Vertugadin
* 1866: Etoile Filante
* 1867: Ruy Blas
* 1868: Trocadero
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* 1869: Cerdagne
* 1870: ''no race''
* 1871: Monseigneur
* 1872: Dami
* 1873: Hochstapler
* 1874: Il Maestro
* 1875: Gastgeber
* 1876: Przedswit
* 1877:
Kincsem
Kincsem (; Hungarian for "My Precious" or "My Treasure"; March 17, 1874 – March 16, 1887) was a Hungarian Thoroughbred racehorse who has the longest undefeated record of any racehorse after winning all of her 54 races. The next closest in this ...
* 1878:
Kincsem
Kincsem (; Hungarian for "My Precious" or "My Treasure"; March 17, 1874 – March 16, 1887) was a Hungarian Thoroughbred racehorse who has the longest undefeated record of any racehorse after winning all of her 54 races. The next closest in this ...
2
* 1879:
Kincsem
Kincsem (; Hungarian for "My Precious" or "My Treasure"; March 17, 1874 – March 16, 1887) was a Hungarian Thoroughbred racehorse who has the longest undefeated record of any racehorse after winning all of her 54 races. The next closest in this ...
* 1880: Tallos
* 1881: La Gondola
* 1882: Lehetetlen
* 1883: Brocken
* 1884: Florence
* 1885:
Plaisanterie
* 1886: Nero
* 1887: Bulgar
* 1888: Waverley
* 1889: Tantale
* 1890: Yellow
* 1891: Le Capricorne
* 1892: Perdican
* 1893: Nickel
* 1894: Ilse
* 1895: Armbruster
* 1896: Tokio
* 1897: En Bloc
* 1898: Slusohr
* 1899: Gobseck
* 1900: Xamete
* 1901: Semendria
* 1902: La Camargo
* 1903: Vinicius
* 1904: Exema
* 1905: Gouvernant
* 1906: Hautbois
* 1907: Hammurabi
* 1908: Faust
* 1909: Azalee / Mademoiselle Bon
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* 1910: Ksiaze Pan
* 1911: Badajoz
* 1912: Rire aux Larmes
* 1913: Mosci Ksiaze
* 1914–20: ''no race''
* 1921: Ossian
* 1922: Träumer
* 1923: Ganelon
* 1924: Scopas
* 1925: Aditi
* 1926: Indigo
* 1927: Oleander
* 1928: Oleander
* 1929: Oleander
* 1930: Alba
* 1931: Sichel
* 1932: Widerhall
* 1933: Alchimist
* 1934: Agalire
* 1935: Athanasius
* 1936: Wahnfried
* 1937: Dadji
* 1938: Procle
* 1939: Trollius
* 1940: ''no race''
* 1941: Magnat
* 1942: Gradivo
* 1943: Samurai
* 1944: Ticino
* 1945–47: ''no race''
* 1948:
Der Löwe
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* 1949: Silberfasan
* 1950: ''no race''
* 1951: Prince d'Ouilly
* 1952: Mangon
* 1953: Niederländer
* 1954: Baal
* 1955: Stani
* 1956: Masetto
* 1957: Windfang
* 1958: Dushka
* 1959: Malefaim
* 1960: Sheshoon
* 1961: Rio Marin
* 1962: Kaiserstuhl
* 1963: Espresso
* 1964: Espresso
* 1965: Demi Deuil
* 1966: Atilla
* 1967: Salvo
1 The 1868 winner was declared as Trocadero after a dead-heat with his stablemate Nelusco.
2 The 1878 edition finished as a dead-heat, but Kincsem defeated Prince Giles the First in a run-off.
3 The 1909 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.
See also
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List of German flat horse races
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References
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