Deutschland-Preis

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The Deutschland-Preis (or Deutschlandpreis) is a Group 1 flat horse race in Germany for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1½ miles) at Düsseldorf Racecourse, Düsseldorf in June or July. Since its inception in 1888, the race has been run at various distances.

The inaugural event was run as the Grosser Preis von Berlin at Berlin's Hoppegarten Racecourse and was won by Durchganger. From 1909 until 1933 (there was no race in 1915) it was run at Berlin's Grunewald racetrack before returning to Hoppegarten from 1933 to 1944. The race was run as the "Grosser Preis von Reichshauptstadt" from 1937 until 1944. The event was not held in either 1945 or 1946, after which it was renamed the "Grosser Preis von Nordrhein-Westfalen" and moved to its present home in Düsseldorf in 1947. During the period 1977 to 1992 the race reverted to its original title, the Grosser Preis von Berlin, before its present name was adopted in 1993.

Historical winners of the Deutschland-Preis include Augias, who in 1923 and 1924 was the first repeat winner. In 1928 and 1929, Oleander, became the race's second dual winner and in 1937 it was won by a filly, the great French champion, Corrida. Ticino was the first three-time winner, capturing the race from 1942 through 1944. Mercurius also scored triple wins between 1963 and 1965.

Heinz Jentzsch has the most wins of any trainer with eight.

[edit] Winners since 1985

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1985	Ordos	5	Peter Alafi	Sven von Mitzlaff	Gestüt Zoppenbroich	2:27.30
1986	Acatenango	4	Georg Bocskai	Heinz Jentzsch	Gestüt Fährhof	2:27.70
1987	Le Glorieux	3	Alain Lequeux	Robert Collet	Sieglinde Wolf	2:29.50
1988	Helikon *	5	Lutz Mäder	Bruno Schütz	Stall Reckendorf	2:36.78
1989	Mondrian	3	Kevin Woodburn	Uwe Stoltefuss	Stall Hanse	2:31.88
1990	Ibn Bey	6	Richard Quinn	Paul Cole	Prince Fahd bin Salman	2:27.09
1991	Lomitas	3	Peter Schiergen	Andreas Wöhler	Gestüt Fährhof	2:28.99
1992	Platini	3	Mark Rimmer	Bruno Schütz	Stall Steigenberger	2:29.54
1993	Kornado	3	Mark Rimmer	Bruno Schütz	Stall Granum	2:40.10
1994	Sternkönig	4	Andreas Helfenbein	Theo Grieper	Gestüt Röttgen	2:25.38
1995	Lando	5	Peter Schiergen	Heinz Jentzsch	Gestüt Ittlingen	2:26.60
1996	Hollywood Dream	5	John Reid	Uwe Ostmann	Gestüt Ittlingen	2:26.35
1997	Luso	5	Frankie Dettori	Clive Brittain	Darley Stud	2:27.60
1998	Ungaro	4	Terence Hellier	Hans Blume	Gestüt Röttgen	2:30.82
1999	Ungaro	5	Andrasch Starke	Hans Blume	Gestüt Röttgen	2:26.30
2000	Mutafaweq	4	Richard Hills	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	2:27.31
2001	Anzillero	4	Kevin Woodburn	Dave Richardson	Gestüt Erlenhof	2:29.22
2002	Marienbard	5	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	2:25.67
2003	Sabiango	5	Eduardo Pedroza	Andreas Wöhler	Gestüt Fährhof	2:31.48
2004	Albanova	5	Terence Hellier	Sir Mark Prescott	Kirsten Rausing	2:33.29
2005	Gonbarda	3	Filip Minarik	Uwe Ostmann	Gestüt Auenquelle	2:28.73
2006	Donaldson	4	Torsten Mundry	Peter Rau	Gestüt Ittlingen	2:33.06
2007	Schiaparelli	4	Andrasch Starke	Peter Schiergen	Stall Blankenese	2:31.26