Andreas Wöhler
Andreas Wöhler (born February 10, 1962 in Dortmund ) is a trainer in German horse racing .
He celebrated his first successes as an amateur jockey in his father Adolf Wöhler's stable . After his father's death in 1986, he took over his racing team as a trainer at the Bremen racecourse . In 2004 he moved with his stable to Gütersloh .
In addition to many Group I victories with Lomitas , Silvano , Paolini , Sabiango , Querari and Earl Of Tinsdal , he won the German Derby in 1992 with Pik König , 1999 with Belenus , 2011 with Waldpark and 2016 with Isfahan . With victories in the Grand Prix de Saint Cloud and in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes by Novellist , his career finally reached its preliminary climax in 2013. On November 4, 2014, he became the first German to win the Melbourne Cup with his horse Protectionist .
In 2009, 2011 and 2015 he won the trainer championship as the most successful German trainer. For his victory in the Melbourne Cup in 2015 he was the first non-Australian coach ever to receive the Fred Hoysted Medal .
In this form, probably quite unique in the whole world, Andreas Wöhler gives both a preview and a review for all starts of his horses on the website of his racing team.
In 2016 he won the German Racing Champions League as a coach .
Web links
- Portrait at his racing team
- Andreas Wöhler in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
- Portrait of Andreas Wöhler (PDF; 141 kB) at the Hoppegarten racecourse
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wöhler, Andreas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German trainer in horse racing |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dortmund , Germany |