Peter Schiergen (born 23 March 1965 in
Willich
Willich () is a town in the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is 20 km west of Düsseldorf, 14 km north of Mönchengladbach, 10 km south of Krefeld, about 30 kilometres east of the border with the Netherlands and 45 km ...
,
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
) is a former German champion
jockey
A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing. The word "jockey" originated from England and was used to describe the individual ...
[Lee, Alan (8 June 2002), "Kazzia answers leading question". The Times (United Kingdom)] and a
Thoroughbred
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racehorse trainer.
Jockey
Schiergen is the holder of the European winner-riding record.
After Hein Bollow, Peter Schiergen is the second member in the German "Club 1000" twice. 1000 ridden winners and 1000 trained winners.
Horse trainer
* Schiergen trained Boreal, winner of the 2001 Coronation Cup.
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* Schiergen had three starters in the 136th running of the Deutsches (German) Derby.
* Schiergen won his third German Derby in 2008, on Kasmin.
* Schiergen has several times been the ]German flat racing Champion Trainer
The Champion Trainer of flat racing in Germany is the trainer whose horses have won the most flat races during a season.
Champion Trainer (since 2003)
* 2022 Peter Schiergen
* 2021 Peter Schiergen
* 2020 Henk Grewe
* 2019 Henk Grewe
* 2018 Mark ...
* He trained Danedream
Danedream (foaled 7 May 2008) is a German Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2011 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in race record time. She is one of only three German trained horses to win the Arc, the others being Star Appeal in 1975 a ...
, winner of the 2011 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris, France, over a distance ...
.Danedream routs Arc rivals with easy success.
racingpost.com, 2 October 2011
References
German jockeys
German racehorse trainers
1965 births
Living people
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