German derby
The German Derby is a horse race of group I . The performance comparison for three-year-old thoroughbred horses is held annually on the first or second Sunday of July on the Hamburg-Horn racecourse over a length of 2400 meters and is the most highly endowed German group race. Similar events are also held abroad.
history
After the North German Confederation had received a constitution in 1867 and the Hoppegarten racecourse was built near Berlin under the direction of the Union Club (named after the Union race, a performance test held since 1834 under classic conditions) and the Jockey Club Prize in Vienna since 1868 ( Austrian Derby) took place, the North German Derby was held for the first time in 1869 after a donation from the Prussian Landstallmeister Ernst von Schwichow in Hamburg - as a kind of social counterweight. The first winner was the investment horse owned by Ulrich von Oertzen .
Only a few times the German Derby (so called since 1889) was not run in Hamburg. This was in 1919 on the Grunewald racecourse near Berlin, in 1943 and 1944 in Hoppegarten (near Berlin), in 1946 in Munich and in 1947 in Cologne. Only in 1945 was the derby not run.
The derby was held from 1940 to 1944 as the “Grand German Prize for three-year-olds” and the Vienna Derby from 1940–1944 was run as the Grand Prix of Vienna. The derby returned to Hamburg in 1948 and the Grand German Prize for three-year-olds remained in the program of the Soviet occupation zone. This was later run as the derby of the German Democratic Republic.
Successful in the gallop derby
The most successful coach in the German derby was George Arnull (* Newmarket 1880, † Cologne 1960), a nephew of the two Hamburg club coaches William King Arnull and Ernest Nevill Arnull, whose grandfather Bill Arnull won the English derby three times as a jockey.
George Arnull achieved all derby victories as a private trainer in the service of Gestüt Schlenderhan , which was able to book its 18th success with Wiener Waltz in 2009 - 101 years after the first winner (1908 "Sieger"). In second place followed with twelve successes up to 1944 the state main stud Graditz .
The most successful jockey is Gerhard Streit with eight wins, followed by Otto Schmidt and the still active Andrasch Starke with seven wins. In fourth place is Tom Busby, who won the German Derby five times up to 1896, three times the Derby in Vienna and twice in Copenhagen.
Only three athletes have won the German Derby both as riders and as trainers. Hein Bollow , who was successful as a rider in 1953, 1954, 1956 and 1962, won the derby again in 1974 with Marduk as a trainer. Harro Remmert won the derby on Athenagoras in 1973 as a rider and in 1995 with All My Dreams as a trainer. In 1937 Ernst Florian Grabsch won with Abendfrieden as a trainer jockey for the Graditz Stud. A constellation that is no longer possible today. Either an active trainer or a rider, but no longer both in personal union.
Many great and successful riders simply lacked the necessary luck to ride a winner in the derby. These include Peter Remmert, Fritz Drechsler and the European record holder Peter Schiergen . As a trainer, Peter Schiergen has already saddled five derby winners: 2001 Boreal, 2006 Schiaparelli, 2008 Kamsin. 2013 Lucky Speed and 2015 Nutan.
The Derby is a classic race and is therefore only open to three-year-old stallions and mares. Geldings are excluded. Furthermore, the starters must be registered in a recognized stud book of the thoroughbred breed. Therefore, horses can only win the derby once, which does not prevent them from winning several different derbies. Before their victory in the German Derby, the following horses had already won the Derby in Vienna: 1883 Tartar, 1887 Zsupan, 1905 Patience, 1942 Ticino , 1943 Allgäu, 1944 Nordlicht, 1954 Kaliber and 1964 Zank. Birkhahn won the German Derby in Hamburg in 1948 and the three-year-old Grand Prix in Hoppegarten - the GDR derby.
So far, three coaches have succeeded in saddling the top three winners in the same German Derby:
- 1967 Sven von Mitzlaff with Luciano, Norfolk and Presto
- 1985 Heinz Jentzsch with Acatenango, Pontiac and Lirung
- 2000 Andreas Schütz with Samum, Subiaco and Acamani
- 2002 Andreas Schütz with Next Desert, Salve Regina and Tomori
So far there are five mares who are dams to two derby winners each:
- Cherry fly with caliber (1954) and kilometers (1956)
- Ordinale with Orofino (1981) and Ordos (1983)
- Laurea with Lando (1993) and Laroche (1994)
- Britannia with Borgia (1997) and Boreal (2001)
- Sacarina with Samum (2000) and Schiaparelli (2006)
- Wave game with gust of wind (2017) and world star (2018)
Samum and Schiaparelli (from Monsun from the Sacarina) are the only full brothers so far who have both won the German Derby.
Fathers of three or more Derby winners:
| Surname | Descendants |
|---|---|
| Hannibal (St. Leger 1894) |
1906 Fels 1908 Winner 1909 Arnfried 1912 Gulliver II |
| Prunus (St. Leger 1918) |
1927 Mah Jong 1932 Palace page 1938 Organ sound |
|
Herald (Derby 1920) |
1928 Lupus 1931 Dionys 1933 Alchemist |
|
Ticino (Derby 1942) |
1950 Dutch 1951 Neckar 1955 Funny 1957 Orsini |
|
Neckar (Derby 1951) |
1958 Poacher 1964 Quarrel 1965 Waidwerk (1968 Hogarth in the Italian Derby) |
|
Orsini (Derby 1957) |
1966 Ilix 1968 Elviro 1969 Don Giovanni 1974 Marduk |
|
Surumu (Derby 1977) |
1985 Acatenango 1989 Mondrian 1991 Temporal (2003 Osorio in the Italian Derby) |
|
Acatenango (Derby 1985) |
1993 Lando 1997 Borgia 2005 Nicaron (2nd Night Tango) (2004 Blue Canari in the French Derby) |
|
Monsun (Derby second 1993) |
2000 Samum 2004 Shirocco 2006 Schiaparelli (2006 Gentlewave in the Italian Derby) |
Fastest times
In 1999 Belenus set the current record time of 2: 25.1 minutes in Germany over 2400 m in the derby. The 10 fastest times in the derby were:
- 2: 25.8 (59.26 km / h) 1999 Belenus v. Lomitas - Beaute (Lord Udo)
- 2: 26.8 (58.86 km / h) 1993 Lando v. Acatenango - Laurea (Sharpman)
- 2: 27.9 (58.46 km / h) 2013 Lucky Speed v. Silvano - Lysuna (monsoon)
- 2: 28.4 (58.22 km / h) 1994 Laroche v. Nebos - Laurea (Sharpman)
- 2: 28.8 (58.06 km / h) 1936 Nereide v. Laland - Nella Da Gubbio (Grand Parade)
- 2: 28.8 (58.06 km / h) 1973 Athenagoras v. Nasram - Avenida ( Neckar )
- 2: 29.1 (57.95 km / h) 1976 Stuyvesant v. Priam - Sabeera (Fast Fox)
- 2: 29.4 (57.95 km / h) 1961 Baalim v. Mangon - Blue Adriatic Sea (Ladro)
- 2: 29.4 (57.83 km / h) 1985 Acatenango v. Surumu - Aggravate (Aggressor)
- 2: 29.5 (57.79 km / h) 2009 Viennese waltz v. Dynaformer - Waltz Queen (Kingmambo)
- 2: 29.5 (57.79 km / h) 2010 Buzzword v. Pivotal - Bustling ( Danehill )
The so-called swamp derby of 1927 was by far the slowest derby in history with a time of 3: 03.2.
Winners list
| year | horse | Trainer | jockey | owner | Racing video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | In swoop | Francis-Henri Graffard | Ronan Thomas | Schlenderhan Stud | 2020 |
| 2019 | Laccario | Andreas Wöhler | Eduardo Pedroza | Ittlingen Stud | 2019 |
| 2018 | World star | Markus Klug | Adrie de Vries | Röttgen stud | 2018 |
| 2017 | Gust of wind | Markus Klug | Maxim Pecheur | Röttgen stud | 2017 |
| 2016 | Isfahan | Andreas Wöhler | Dario Vargiu | Darius Racing | 2016 |
| 2015 | Nutan | Peter Schiergen | Andrasch Starke | Nice stable | 2015 |
| 2014 | Sea the moon | Markus Klug | Christophe Soumillon | Görlsdorf Stud | 2014 |
| 2013 | Lucky Speed | Peter Schiergen | Andrasch Starke | Hornoldendorf stable | 2013 |
| 2012 | Pastorius | Mario Hofer | Terence Hellier | Antanando stable | 2012 |
| 2011 | Forest park | Andreas Wöhler | Jozef Bojko | Ravensberg stud | 2011 |
| 2010 | Buzzword | Mahmood Al Zarooni | Royston Ffrench | Godolphin | 2010 |
| 2009 | Viennese waltz | Jens Hirschberger | Frederik Johansson | Schlenderhan Stud | 2009 |
| 2008 | Kamsin | Peter Schiergen | Andrasch Starke | Blankenese stable | 2008 |
| 2007 | Eagle flight | Jens Hirschberger | Frederik Johansson | Schlenderhan Stud | 2007 |
| 2006 | Schiaparelli | Peter Schiergen | Andrasch Starke | Blankenese stable | 2006 |
| 2005 | Nicaron | Horst Steinmetz | David Bonilla | Nice stable | 2005 |
| 2004 | Shirocco | Andreas Schütz | Andreas Suborics | Georg Baron von Ullmann | 2004 |
| 2003 | Dai Jin | Andreas Schütz | Olivier Peslier | WH Sport International | 2003 |
| 2002 | Next desert | Andreas Schütz | Andrasch Starke | Wittekindshof stud | 2002 |
| 2001 | Boreal | Peter Schiergen | John Reid | Ammerland stud | 2001 |
| 2000 | Samum | Andreas Schütz | Andrasch Starke | Blankenese stable | 2000 |
| 1999 | Belenus | Andreas Wöhler | Kevin Darley | Turf Syndicate 99 | 1999 |
| 1998 | Robertico | Andreas Schütz | Andrasch Starke | Vesterberg stud farm | 1998 |
| 1997 | Borgia | Bruno Schütz | Olivier Peslier | Ammerland stud | 1997 |
| 1996 | Lavirco | Peter Rau | Torsten Mundry | Fährhof stud | 1996 |
| 1995 | All my dreams | Harro Remmert | Kevin Woodburn | Stable Rheinwiese | 1995 |
| 1994 | Laroche | Heinz Jentzsch | Stephen Eccles | Ittlingen Stud | 1994 |
| 1993 | Lando | Heinz Jentzsch | Andrzej Tylicki | Ittlingen Stud | 1993 |
| 1992 | King of Spades | Andreas Wöhler | William A. Newnes | Albert Darboven | 1992 |
| 1991 | Temporal | Bruno Schütz | Lanfranco Dettori | Rosita stable | 1991 |
| 1990 | Karloff | Bruno Schütz | Mark Rimmer | Steigenberger stable | 1990 |
| 1989 | Mondrian | Uwe Stoltefuß | Kevin Woodburn | Hanse stable | 1989 |
| 1988 | Luigi | Uwe Ostmann | Walter R. Swinburn | Marcassargues stable | 1988 |
| 1987 | Lebos | Bruno Schütz | Lutz Mäder | Stable Blade City | 1987 |
| 1986 | Philipo | H. Steguweit | Dave Richardson | Suriname stall | 1986 |
| 1985 | Acatenango | Heinz Jentzsch | Andrzej Tylicki | Fährhof stud | 1985 |
| 1984 | Lagunas | Heinz Jentzsch | Georg Bocskai | Fährhof stud | |
| 1983 | Ordos | Sven von Mitzlaff | Peter Alafi | Zoppenbroich Stud | 1983 |
| 1982 | Ako | Hans Günther Heibertshausen | Erwin Schindler | Miss St. Seiler | |
| 1981 | Orofino | Sven von Mitzlaff | Peter Alafi | Zoppenbroich Stud | |
| 1980 | Navarino | Arthur P. Schlaefke | Dave Richardson | H. Einütz | |
| 1979 | King's chair | Sven von Mitzlaff | Peter Alafi | Zoppenbroich Stud | |
| 1978 | wizard | Heinz Jentzsch | Bernd Selle | Bona stud | |
| 1977 | Surumu | Adolf Wöhler | George Cadwaladr | Fährhof stud | |
| 1976 | Stuyvesant | Heinz Jentzsch | Ralf Suerland | Schlenderhan Stud | |
| 1975 | Koenigssee | Adolf Wöhler | José Orihuel | Hohe Weide Stud | |
| 1974 | Marduk | Hein Bollow | Joan Pall | Margit of Batthyány | |
| 1973 | Athenagoras | Sven von Mitzlaff | Harro Remmert | Zoppenbroich Stud | |
| 1972 | Tarim | Georg Zuber | Geoff Lewis | Fredi Ostermann | |
| 1971 | Eavesdroppers | Herbert Cohn | Dave Richardson | Rösler Stud | |
| 1970 | Alpine King | Heinz Jentzsch | Peter Kienzler | Schlenderhan Stud | |
| 1969 | Don Giovanni | Heinz Jentzsch | B. Taylor | Schlenderhan Stud | 1969 |
| 1968 | Elviro | Sven von Mitzlaff | Peter Alafi | Waldfried Stud | |
| 1967 | Luciano | Sven von Mitzlaff | Lester Piggott | Stall Primerose | 1967 |
| 1966 | Ilix | Sven von Mitzlaff | Oskar Langner | Stall Gamshof | |
| 1965 | Hunting | Johannes Kuhr | Johannes Starosta | Ravensberg stud | |
| 1964 | Quarrel | Andreas Hecker | Joan Pall | W. Vischer | |
| 1963 | Fanfar | A. Klimscha | Lester Piggott | Margit of Batthyány | 1963 |
| 1962 | Herero | Arthur Lochow | Hein Bollow | Römerhof stud | |
| 1961 | Baalim | Valentin Seibert | Gerhard Streit | Waldfried Stud | |
| 1960 | Alaric | Max Schmidt | Paul Fuchs | Rösler Stud | |
| 1959 | Uomo | Janos Count Pejacsevich | Albert Klimscha | Röttgen stud | |
| 1958 | Poachers | Johannes Kuhr | W. Gassmann | Ravensberg stud | |
| 1957 | Orsini | Adrian von Borcke | Lester Piggott | Erlenhof stud | 1957 |
| 1956 | kilometre | Valentin Seibert | Hein Bollow | Asta stud | |
| 1955 | Funny | Gustav Reinicke | Albert Klimscha | Buhmann brothers | 1955 |
| 1954 | caliber | Valentin Seibert | Hein Bollow | Asta stud | |
| 1953 | Allash | Arthur Lochow | Hein Bollow | Schlenderhan Stud | |
| 1952 | Mangon | Hans Blume | Gerhard Streit | Waldfried Stud | 1952 |
| 1951 | Neckar | Adrian von Borcke | Otto Schmidt | Erlenhof stud | 1951 |
| 1950 | Dutch | Adrian von Borcke | Otto Schmidt | Erlenhof stud | |
| 1949 | Aster flower | George Arnull | Walter hero | Schlenderhan Stud | |
| 1948 | Black grouse | Erich Brege | Erich Boehlke | Karl-Heinz Wieland | |
| 1947 | Single player | J. Rosciszewski | St. Zajac | Buschhof stable | |
| 1946 | solo | Max Schmidt | Gerhard Streit | Birkenhof stable | |
| 1944 | Northern lights | Adrian von Borcke | Otto Schmidt | Erlenhof stud | |
| 1943 | Allgäu | George Arnull | Gerhard Streit | SS Schlenderhan Stud | |
| 1942 | Ticino | Adrian von Borcke | Otto Schmidt | Erlenhof stud | |
| 1941 | Magnate | George Arnull | Gerhard Streit | Schlenderhan Stud | |
| 1940 | Black gold | George Arnull | Gerhard Streit | Schlenderhan Stud | |
| 1939 | Defend yourself | George Arnull | Gerhard Streit | Schlenderhan Stud | |
| 1938 | Organ sound | George Arnull | Gerhard Streit | Schlenderhan Stud | |
| 1937 | Evening peace | Ernst Grabsch | Ernst Grabsch | Graditz main stud | |
| 1936 | Nereid | Adrian von Borcke | Ernst Grabsch | Erlenhof stud | |
| 1935 | Petrel | George Arnull | Willi Printen | Schlenderhan Stud | |
| 1934 | Athanasius | Adrian von Borcke | Julius Rastenberger | Erlenhof stud | |
| 1933 | alchemist | Robert Utting | Ernst Grabsch | Graditz main stud | |
| 1932 | Palace page | William Spademan | Everett Haynes | Peter Mülhens | |
| 1931 | Dionys | Robert Utting | Erich Boehlke | Graditz main stud | |
| 1930 | Alba | George Arnull | James Munro | Schlenderhan Stud | |
| 1929 | Count Isolani | Friedrich Fösten | Ernst Grabsch | Moritz J. Oppenheimer | |
| 1928 | Lupus | Anton Olejnik | Everett Haynes | Leo & Willi Sklarek | |
| 1927 | Mah Jong | George Arnull | Emmerich Pretzner | Schlenderhan Stud | |
| 1926 | Ferro | Walter Sulzberger | Fred Williams | Richard Haniel | |
| 1925 | Roland | Anton Horalek | Everett Haynes | Leo Lewin | |
| 1924 | Approach | Albert Reith | Robert Torke | Albert Stierheim | |
| 1923 | Augias | Friedrich Fösten | Otto Schmidt | Arthur and Carl von Weinberg | |
| 1922 | House friend | Julius Lippold | Wilhelm Tarras | Weil stud | |
| 1921 | omen | Friedrich Fösten | Ludwig Danek | Arthur and Carl von Weinberg | |
| 1920 | Herald | William Spademan | Julius Rastenberger | Graditz main stud | |
| 1919 | Gibraltar | August Stössel | Richard Kaiser | Graditz main stud | |
| 1918 | marble | Withers McCreery | Otto Schmidt | Simon Alfred Freiherr von Oppenheim | |
| 1917 | Landgrave | Charles Planner | Fritz Kasper | Richard Haniel | |
| 1916 | Amorino | Fred Taral | Otto Schmidt | Arthur and Carl von Weinberg | |
| 1915 | Pontresina | Charles Planner | Willi Plüschke jr. | Richard Haniel | |
| 1914 | Ariel | Withers McCreery | George Archibald | Simon Alfred Freiherr von Oppenheim | |
| 1913 | Kestrel | Charles Planner | Danny Maher | Richard Haniel | |
| 1912 | Gulliver II | Reginald Day | Frank Bullock | Royal Principal Stud Graditz | |
| 1911 | Chilperic | Harry Reeves | Bernard Carslake | Baron Gustav von Springer | |
| 1910 | Orient | Reginald Day | Frank Bullock | Royal Principal Stud Graditz | |
| 1909 | Arnfried | Reginald Day | William Warne | Royal Principal Stud Graditz | |
| 1908 | winner | Harry Arthur Brown | Georg Stern | Eduard Freiherr von Oppenheim | |
| 1907 | Desir | George Walker | William Shaw | Arthur and Carl von Weinberg | |
| 1906 | rock | George Walker | Winnie O'Connor | Arthur and Carl von Weinberg | |
| 1905 | patience | Charles Planner | Robert Huxtable | Count Tasziló Festetics | |
| 1904 | Con amore | Harry Reeves | George Stern | L. Count of Trauttmannsdorff | |
| 1903 | Bono modo | George Hyams | Harry Lewis | Baron Gustav von Springer | |
| 1902 | Macdonald | Harry Milne | Fred Taral | Andor from Péchy | |
| 1901 | Tuki | George Johnson | Charles Bowman | Major Otto von Gossler | |
| 1900 | Hagen | Alfred Beeson | Henry Ibbett | C. von Lang-Puchhof & A. von Schmieder | |
| 1899 | Galifard | Joseph Butters | George Hyams | Baron Gustav von Springer | |
| 1898 | Do not have anything | Richard Waugh | Edwin Martin | Royal Principal Stud Graditz | |
| 1897 | Flunkermichel | J. Hatton | William Henry Jones | Lazarus Count Henckel von Donnersmarck | |
| 1896 | Trollhetta | George Johnson | Tom Busby | Ernst Freiherr von Falkenhausen | |
| 1895 | pulse | George Johnson | Tom Busby | Ernst Freiherr von Falkenhausen | |
| 1894 | Sparrowhawk | William Deans | Edwin Martin | Hermann Freiherr von Münchhausen | |
| 1893 (dead race) |
Hardenberg | George Sear | Charles Bowman | Captain Richard Spiekermann | |
| vulture | Richard Waugh | Charles Ballantine | Royal Principal Stud Graditz | ||
| 1892 | Espoir | Harry Reeves | Fred Webb | General von Kodolitsch | |
| 1891 | Peter | Richard Waugh | Charles Ballantine | Royal Principal Stud Graditz | |
| 1890 | Dalberg | John C. Daley | George Sopp | Victor May | |
| 1889 | Uram Batyám | R. Smart | R. Smart | Ernst von Blaskovits | |
| 1888 | Tegetthoff | John Reeves | Edward Rossiter | Count Anton Apponyi | |
| 1887 | Zsupan | Joseph Butters | David Goodway | Baron Nathaniel Rothschild | |
| 1886 | Potrimpos | Richard Waugh | Tom Busby | Royal Principal Stud Graditz | |
| 1885 | Budagyöngye | R. Smart | R. Smart | Ernst von Blaskovits | |
| 1884 | Stronzian | W. Beeson | W. Greaves | Count Nikolaus Esterházy jr. | |
| 1883 | Tartare | John Reeves | Tom Busby | Hugo Count Henckel von Donnersmarck | |
| 1882 | Trachenberg | James Cooter | John Watts | Mortimer Count von Tschirschky-Renard | |
| 1881 | Caesar | William King Arnull | James Gough | Baron Juel-Brockdorff | |
| 1880 | Gamiani | Robert Hesp | Tom Osborne | Count Johann Sztaray | |
| 1879 | artist | Charles Hayhoe | Elijah Madden | Hugo Prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen | |
| 1878 | Oroszvar | James Waugh | Tom Busby | Hugo Count Henckel von Donnersmarck | |
| 1877 | pirate | Charles Hayhoe | Egbert Fisk | Hugo Prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen | |
| 1876 | Double Zéro | F. Arnott | G. Arnott | Count Bernstorff-Gyldensteen | |
| 1875 (dead race) |
Palmyra | E. Bryant | W. Corser | Baron Gustav von Springer | |
| Swindler | Metcalf | Count Otto von Stockau | |||
| 1874 | Paul | Michael Young | George Sopp | Otto Marckwald | |
| 1873 | Amalie from Edelreich | Charles Hayhoe | James Grimshaw | Johannes Graf von Renard | |
| 1872 (by lot) | Hymenaeus | Robert Bateman | William Little | Ulrich von Oertzen | |
| 1871 | Farmer catcher | Charles Hayhoe | Elijah Madden | Johannes Graf von Renard | |
| 1870 | Adonis | Charles Hayhoe | Elijah Madden | Johannes Graf von Renard | |
| 1869 | Investment | Robert Bateman | William Little | Ulrich von Oertzen |
- ↑ In 1882 Trachenberg and the Austrian Derby winner Taurus , who had previously beaten his rival in the Union race, ran into the dead race. The owners of both horses then agreed on a run-off over 2600 m, which took place 90 minutes after the actual race over 2400 m. Trachenberg won the run-off with a 3 length lead. Trachenberg was a good sire and is still represented in the pedigree of many German thoroughbreds through his son Hannibal and daughter Cannae .
Web links
- The derby on the Hamburg racing club's website
- Information page of the NDR on the German Gallop Derby ( Memento from July 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ World star wins the German Derby . On July 9, 2018 from ndr.de, accessed on July 10, 2018
- ^ Winner list in the German Derby . At sieger.de, accessed on July 6, 2018