The Grosser Preis von Berlin, formerly known as the Deutschland-Preis, is a Group 1

Conditions races

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 flat

Flat racing

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 horse race

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 in Germany

Germany

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 open to thoroughbred

Thoroughbred

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s aged three years or older. It is run at Hoppegarten

Hoppegarten

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 over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July.

History

The event was established in 1888, and it was originally staged at its present venue as the Grosser Preis von Berlin. It was initially contested over 2,000 metres, and was extended to 2,200 metres in 1897. It was transferred to Grunewald

Grunewald

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 and increased to 2,400 metres in 1909. A new distance of 2,600 metres was introduced in 1927.

The race returned to Hoppegarten in 1934, and it was renamed the Grosser Preis der Reichshauptstadt in 1937. From this point it was run over 2,400 metres, and it reverted to 2,600 metres in 1943.

The event was switched to Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf

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 and renamed the Grosser Preis von Nordrhein-Westfalen in 1947. The first running was over 2,400 metres, and it returned to 2,600 metres the following year. Its current period over 2,400 metres began in 1965.

The present system of race grading was introduced in Germany in 1972, and the Grosser Preis von Nordrhein-Westfalen was classed at the highest level, Group 1. It reverted to its original title, the Grosser Preis von Berlin, in 1977.

The event became known as the Deutschland-Preis in 1996. It was held at Hamburg

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 in 2010, and that year's edition was amalgamated with another race, the Hansa-Preis

Hansa-Preis

The Hansa-Preis is a Group 2 flat horse race in Germany open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Hamburg-Horn over a distance of 2,400 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in late June.-History:...

. It returned to Hoppegarten as the Grosser Preis von Berlin in 2011.

Records

Most successful horse (3 wins):

• Ticino – 1942, 1943, 1944
• Mercurius – 1963, 1964, 1965

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Leading jockey

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 (8 wins):

• Otto Schmidt – Ossian (1921), Augias (1923, 1924), Elritzling (1939), Ticino (1942, 1943, 1944), Niederländer (1950)

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Leading trainer

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 (10 wins):

• George Arnull – Weissdorn (1925), Mah Jong (1927), Oleander (1928, 1929), Alba (1930), Wolkenflug (1932), Blinzen (1934), Sturmvogel (1935, 1936), Schwarzgold (1940)

(note: the trainers of some of the early winners are unknown)

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Leading owner (22 wins):

• Gestüt Schlenderhan – Dorn (1892), Signor (1903), For Ever (1909), Dolomit (1912), Majestic (1913), Wallenstein (1922), Weissdorn (1925), Mah Jong (1927), Oleander (1928, 1929), Alba (1930), Wolkenflug (1932), Blinzen (1934), Sturmvogel (1935, 1936), Schwarzgold (1940), Agio (1958), Alpenkönig (1970), Lombard (1971, 1972), Arratos (1973), Adlerflug (2008)

Winners since 1970

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1970	Alpenkönig	3	Fritz Drechsler	Heinz Jentzsch	Gestüt Schlenderhan	2:37.10
1971	Lombard	4	Fritz Drechsler	Heinz Jentzsch	Gestüt Schlenderhan	2:32.40
1972	Lombard	5	Fritz Drechsler	Heinz Jentzsch	Gestüt Schlenderhan	2:35.60
1973	Arratos	4	Fritz Drechsler	Heinz Jentzsch	Gestüt Schlenderhan	2:30.80
1974	Tannenberg	4	Jerzy Jednaszewski	Heinz Gummelt	Gestüt Ravensberg	2:40.80
1975	Athenagoras	5	Harro Remmert	Sven von Mitzlaff	Gestüt Zoppenbroich	2:26.70
1976	Windwurf	4	Jerzy Jednaszewski	Heinz Gummelt	Gestüt Ravensberg	2:36.00
1977	Windwurf	5	Geoff Lewis Geoff Lewis Geoff Lewis is a Welsh retired jockey who was born in Talgarth, .He moved to London with his family in 1946. He came from a large family and started his career with Ron Smyth, who was a trainer in Epsom. He will be best remembered as the jockey that won the 1,000 Guineas, 2,000 Guineas, Oaks ,...	Heinz Gummelt	Gestüt Ravensberg	2:31.70
1978	First Lord	3	Willie Carson Willie Carson William Fisher Hunter Carson, OBE is a retired jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.-Life and career:Best known as "Miserable Willie", Carson was born in Stirling, Scotland. In 1957 he was apprenticed to Captain Gerald Armstrong at his stables at Tupgill, North Yorkshire...	Georg Zuber	Stall Weissenhof	2:31.50
1979	Nebos	3	Lutz Mäder	Hein Bollow	Countess Batthyany	2:36.20
1980	Nebos	4	Lutz Mäder	Hein Bollow	Countess Batthyany	2:27.60
1981	Lydian	3	Freddy Head Freddy Head Freddy Head is a retired champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing and currently a horse trainer. Known also as "Freddie", his grandfather was a jockey as was his father Alec Head who also became a successful trainer and owner of Haras du Quesnay near Deauville...	Criquette Head Criquette Head-Maarek Christiane "Criquette" Head is considered to be the leading female racehorse trainer in the world.Known as Criquette, she was born into the Thoroughbred horse racing business...	Ecurie Aland	2:36.50
1982	Orofino	4	Peter Alafi	Sven von Mitzlaff	Gestüt Zoppenbroich	2:34.60
1983	Abary Abary (horse) Abary was a Thoroughbred racehorse , by Roi Dagobert out of Antioquia , a half-sister to Acatenango. He was twice winner of the Grosser Preis von Berlin , trained by Heinz Jentzsch...	3	Andrzej Tylicki	Heinz Jentzsch	Gestüt Fährhof	2:29.40
1984	Abary Abary (horse) Abary was a Thoroughbred racehorse , by Roi Dagobert out of Antioquia , a half-sister to Acatenango. He was twice winner of the Grosser Preis von Berlin , trained by Heinz Jentzsch...	4	Georg Bocskai	Heinz Jentzsch	Gestüt Fährhof	2:28.70
1985	Ordos	5	Peter Alafi	Sven von Mitzlaff	Gestüt Zoppenbroich	2:27.30
1986	Acatenango Acatenango (horse) Acatenango was a German Thoroughbred racehorse. Sired by the Deutsches Derby winner and German Champion sire, Surumu, he was out of the English mare Aggravate...	4	Georg Bocskai	Heinz Jentzsch	Gestüt Fährhof	2:27.70
1987	Le Glorieux Le Glorieux Le Glorieux was a French/German Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1987 achieved the extraordinary feat of winning three Group one races on three different continents when he won the Grosser Preis von Berlin in Europe, the Washington, D.C...	3	Alain Lequeux Alain Lequeux Alain Lequeux was one of France's leading jockeys in the 1970s and 1980s. He won 33 Group or Grade 1 races, including the 1981 Washington, D.C. International Stakes aboard Providential for trainer Charlie Whittingham. Son of leading French rider Guy Lequeux, he won more than 2,000 races while...	Robert Collet Robert Collet Robert Collet is a French thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Robert Collet was one of the first European trainers to win a Breeders' Cup race when he won the 1986 edition of the Breeders' Cup Mile at Hollywood Park Racetrack with Last Tycoon...	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 Paul Cole Paul F. I. Cole is a British racehorse trainer. Since 1987 he has been based at Whatcombe Estate in Oxfordshire, the former stables of Dick Dawson and Arthur Budgett....	Prince Fahd bin Salman Fahd bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Prince Fahd bin Salman bin Abdulaziz was a member of the Saudi Arabia royal family, the son of the Governor of Riyadh Province, Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz....	2:27.09
1991	Lomitas	3	Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen is a former German champion jockey and a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.- Horse trainer :Schiergen trained Boreal, winner of the 2001 Coronation Cup....	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 Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen is a former German champion jockey and a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.- Horse trainer :Schiergen trained Boreal, winner of the 2001 Coronation Cup....	Heinz Jentzsch	Gestüt Ittlingen	2:26.60
1996	Hollywood Dream	5	John Reid John A. Reid John Andrew Reid John Andrew Reid John Andrew Reid (born August 6, 1955 in Banbridge County Down, Northern Ireland is a retired flat race jockey.Reid served as an apprentice in his native Ireland to Leslie Crawford, before moving to England and joining Verley Bewicke. His first Classic victory came...	Uwe Ostmann	Gestüt Ittlingen	2:26.35
1997	Luso	5	Frankie Dettori Frankie Dettori Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE is an Italian horse racing jockey and celebrity. Dettori has been Champion Jockey on three occasions and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races.. He has had many successes in his role of stable jockey to Godolphin Racing...	Clive Brittain Clive Brittain Clive Brittain is a British race-horse trainer. He began training as an apprentice in 1949, and on his own as a licensed trainer in the early 1970s. He currently trains at Carlburg Stables in Newmarket, Suffolk...	Darley Stud Darley Stud Darley Stud is a Thoroughbred breeding operation owned by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai and vice-president of the United Arab Emirates. Darley breeds horses in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, Dubai, Japan and Australia....	2:27.60
1998	Ungaro	4	Terence Hellier	Hans Blume	Gestüt Röttgen	2:30.82
1999	Ungaro	5	Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke is a jockey in international Thoroughbred horse racing.Starke began racing at age fifteen as an amateur and since turning professional has won the German riding championship five times. He has competed in Canada and the United States and has won races in Dubai, France, Italy, and...	Hans Blume	Gestüt Röttgen	2:26.30
2000	Mutafaweq Mutafaweq Mutafaweq is a Thoroughbred racehorse who raced successfully in England, Germany, and Canada.Raced by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Godolphin Racing, Mutafaweq was a winner of four Group One races in three different countries before being retired from racing at the end of his 2001 campaign...	4	Richard Hills	Saeed bin Suroor Saeed bin Suroor Saeed bin Suroor , is a horse racing trainer. Formerly a policeman, he took out his training license in 1994 and the following year was appointed as the trainer for Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation....	Godolphin	2:27.31
2001	Anzillero	4	Kevin Woodburn	Dave Richardson	Gestüt Erlenhof	2:29.22
2002	Marienbard Marienbard Marienbard was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse bred by Saif Ali and raced by Godolphin Racing. Out of the mare Marienbad, he was sired by the French Champion Three-Year-Old Colt, Caerleon, a son of the 1971 British Triple Crown champion, Nijinsky....	5	Frankie Dettori Frankie Dettori Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE is an Italian horse racing jockey and celebrity. Dettori has been Champion Jockey on three occasions and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races.. He has had many successes in his role of stable jockey to Godolphin Racing...	Saeed bin Suroor Saeed bin Suroor Saeed bin Suroor , is a horse racing trainer. Formerly a policeman, he took out his training license in 1994 and the following year was appointed as the trainer for Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation....	Godolphin	2:25.67
2003	Sabiango	5	Eduardo Pedroza	Andreas Wöhler	Gestüt Fährhof	2:31.48
2004	Albanova	5	Terence Hellier	Sir Mark Prescott Mark Prescott Sir Mark Prescott, 3rd Baronet is a race horse trainer with over 1300 winners to his name. An English baronet he inherited his knighthood from his father and obtained his first trainers license in 1970.-Biography:...	Kirsten Rausing Kirsten Rausing Kirsten Rausing is the eldest child of Swedish industrialist Gad Rausing and his wife Birgit . She is the grand-daughter of Ruben Rausing who was the founder of the liquid food packaging company Tetra Pak...	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 Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke is a jockey in international Thoroughbred horse racing.Starke began racing at age fifteen as an amateur and since turning professional has won the German riding championship five times. He has competed in Canada and the United States and has won races in Dubai, France, Italy, and...	Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen is a former German champion jockey and a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.- Horse trainer :Schiergen trained Boreal, winner of the 2001 Coronation Cup....	Stall Blankenese	2:31.26
2008	Adlerflug	4	Fredrik Johansson	Jens Hirschberger	Gestüt Schlenderhan	2:37.58
2009	Getaway	6	Stephen Hellyn	Jens Hirschberger	Baron G. von Ullmann	2:28.51
2010	Campanologist	5	Frankie Dettori Frankie Dettori Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE is an Italian horse racing jockey and celebrity. Dettori has been Champion Jockey on three occasions and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races.. He has had many successes in his role of stable jockey to Godolphin Racing...	Saeed bin Suroor Saeed bin Suroor Saeed bin Suroor , is a horse racing trainer. Formerly a policeman, he took out his training license in 1994 and the following year was appointed as the trainer for Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation....	Godolphin	2:33.04
2011	Danedream Danedream Danedream 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 two German trained horses to win the Arc, the other being Star Appeal in 1975...	3	Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke is a jockey in international Thoroughbred horse racing.Starke began racing at age fifteen as an amateur and since turning professional has won the German riding championship five times. He has competed in Canada and the United States and has won races in Dubai, France, Italy, and...	Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen is a former German champion jockey and a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.- Horse trainer :Schiergen trained Boreal, winner of the 2001 Coronation Cup....	Gestüt Burg Eberstein	2:33.50

Carroll House finished first in 1988, but he was relegated to third place following a stewards' inquiry.

Earlier winners

* The 1898 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.