Andreas Schütz (born 19 February 1968) is a
Thoroughbred
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racehorse
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trainer. From a prominent racing family, he is the fourth generation to train professionally.
Andreas Schütz started out as an amateur
jockey
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, winning four German championships from 1984–1987 and the European championship in 1987. In 1992 he began working as an assistant trainer for his father
Bruno Schütz who had built one of the Germany's most successful public training stables. Due to health problems, his father retired and in 1998 Andreas took over the running of the stable.
Highly successful, Andreas Schütz has won numerous German
Group one
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races including the five wins in both the
Deutsches Derby and the
Preis der Diana. Four times he has been his country's annual leading trainer in wins. He was won several Group One races in
Italy
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and in 2004 won the
Singapore Airlines International Cup at
Kranji Racecourse in
Singapore
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.
In 2006 Andreas Schütz set up shop in
Hong Kong
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,
China
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where he has continued to win major races. After taking over the conditioning of
Good Ba Ba, he guided the
gelding
A gelding (Help:IPA/English, /ˈɡɛldɪŋ/) is a castration, castrated male horse or other equine, such as a pony, donkey or a mule. The term is also used with certain other animals and livestock, such as domesticated Camelidae, camels. By compa ...
to four consecutive Group One race wins and 2007/2008
Hong Kong Horse of the Year honors. In December 2008, Good Ba Ba gave Schütz his second consecutive
Hong Kong Mile. Schutz trained 24 winners in 2010/11 for an overall total in Hong Kong of 102. In 2013/14, he trained 15 winners for an overall total in Hong Kong of 159.
Major wins
(1998)
Berlin Brandenburg-Trophy (1998, 2001, 2005)
Deutsches Derby (1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004)
German 1,000 Guineas
The German 1,000 Guineas is a Group 2 flat horse race in Germany open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Düsseldorf over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile), and it is scheduled to take place eac ...
(1998, 2001)
Hansa-Preis
The Hansa-Preis is a Conditions races, Group 2 Flat racing, flat Horse racing, horse race in Germany open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Horner Rennbahn, Hamburg-Horn over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and ...
(1998, 1999, 2000, 2003)
Preis der Diana (1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004)
Premio Lydia Tesio (1998)
Premio Vittorio di Capua (1998)
Diana-Trial
The Diana-Trial is a group 3 flat horse race in Germany, open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run over a distance of 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles) at Hoppegarten in May or June. The race downgrade to Group 3 in 202 ...
(1999, 2001, 2004)
Grosser Preis der Badischen Wirtschaft (1999, 2003)
Premio Roma (1999, 2000)
Grosser Preis von Baden
The Grosser Preis von Baden is a Group 1 flat horse race in Germany open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Baden-Baden over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), taking plac ...
(2000)
Union-Rennen
The Union-Rennen is a Group 2 flat horse race in Germany open to three-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run at Cologne over a distance of 2,200 metres (about 1 mile and 3 furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.
History
The e ...
(2000, 2002, 2003)
Gerling-Preis (2001, 2003)
Rheinland-Pokal
The Grosser Preis von Bayern is a Group 1 flat horse race in Germany open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Munich Racecourse over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each yea ...
(2003)
Gran Premio del Jockey Club (2004)
Grosse Europa-Meile
The Grosse Europa-Meile is a Group 3 flat horse race in Germany open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile) at Munich in September.
History
The event was originally st ...
(2004)
Singapore Airlines International Cup (2004)
St. Leger Italiano (2005)
Hong Kong Mile (2007, 2008)
Champions Mile (2008)
Hong Kong Stewards' Cup
The Stewards' Cup is a Hong Kong Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the latter part of January at Sha Tin Racecourse. A Group One race that offers a purse of HK$12,000,000, it is run on turf over a distance of 1600 meters and is open to ...
(2008,2009)
Performance
References
External links
The Hong Kong Jockey Club - Profile of Andreas Schutz
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1968 births
Living people
German racehorse trainers
Hong Kong horse trainers