Heinz Jentzsch (13 March 192021 April 2012) was the most successful

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in the history of German

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Career

During his active years from 1942 to 1999, Jentzsch recorded 4,029 victories. After World War II he came to Cologne to train for the 'Stallgemeinschaft Asterblüte', a group of major German owners of race-horses (Gestüte Schlenderhan, Fährhof, Bona, Charlottenhof, Ittlingen). From 1960 to 1994, he was the most successful coach, winning the German trainer-championship 31 times. He won 21 German trainer-championships in succession from 1967 to 1987. He won the

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eight times (filling the first three places in 1985), the

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eleven times and the

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with Lando. He was also the mentor of Georg Bocskai and

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Derby winners

Heinz Jentzsch trained eight derby winners: *1969: Don Giovanni *1970: Alpenkönig *1976: Stuyvesant *1978: Zauberer *1984: Lagunas *1985: Acatenango *1993: Lando *1994: Laroche

Death

Jentzsch died at the age of 92 on 21 April 2012.

References

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Heinz Jentzsch
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Ein Gigant wird 90: Zum Geburtstag von Heinz Jentzsch
(German) 1920 births 2012 deaths German racehorse trainers Sportspeople from Brandenburg {{Germany-sport-bio-stub