The Grosser Preis der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf is a Group 3 flat horse race in Germany open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Düsseldorf over a distance of 1,700 metres (1 mile and 99 yards), annually in October.
Records Most successful horse (3 wins): Lombard – 1971, 1972, 1973 Peppercorn – 2000, 2001, 2004
Leading jockey (4 wins): Max Schmidt – Kameradschaftler (1938), Osterglaube (1941), Lockfalke (1942), Patrizier (1944) Hein Bollow – Asterios (1951), Jonkheer (1953), Optimus (1958), Kaiseradler (1962) Peter Alafi – Opponent (1966), Königsstuhl (1981), Orofino (1982), Mister Rocks (1983)
Leading trainer (8 wins): Heinz Jentzsch – Pantheon (1964), Lombard (1971, 1972, 1973), Arratos (1974), Whip It Quick (1976), Zampano (1987), Risen Raven (1994) (note: the trainers of some of the early winners are unknown)
Winners since 1970 Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time 1970 Norfolk 6 Peter Remmert Sven von Mitzlaff 2:31.50 1971 Lombard 4 Horst Horwart Heinz Jentzsch 2:31.40 1972 Lombard 5 Fritz Drechsler Heinz Jentzsch 2:39.90 1973 Lombard 6 Fritz Drechsler Heinz Jentzsch 2:31.90 1974 Arratos 5 Joan Pall Heinz Jentzsch 2:31.70 1975 Lord Udo 4 Edward Hide Theo Grieper 2:29.10 1976 Whip It Quick 4 Joan Pall Heinz Jentzsch 2:30.40 1977 Windwurf 5 Geoff Lewis Heinz Gummelt 2:33.50 1978 Gimont 5 Raimund Prinzinger Georg Zuber 2:29.50 1979 Rodaun 4 Steve Cauthen Herbert Block 2:16.30 1980 Nebos 4 Lutz Mäder Hein Bollow 2:16.70 1981 Königsstuhl 5 Peter Alafi Sven von Mitzlaff 2:16.50 1982 Orofino 4 Peter Alafi Sven von Mitzlaff 2:17.90 1983 Mister Rocks 5 Peter Alafi Sven von Mitzlaff 1:47.00 1984 Nandino 4 Wilfried Kujath Antonio Aiello 1:44.40 1985 Young Runaway 3 Greville Starkey Guy Harwood 1:46.60 1986 Eve's Error 3 Walter Swinburn Michael Stoute 1:43.50 1987 Zampano 3 Andrzej Tylicki Heinz Jentzsch 1:43.40 1988 Seratino 5 Olaf Schick Uwe Ostmann 1:50.00 1989 Royal Touch 4 Willie Ryan John Hammond 1:49.45 1990 Zille 5 Peter Schiergen Jutta Schultheis 1:51.10 1991 Redden Burn 3 Willie Ryan Henry Cecil 1:48.29 1992 Lucky Lindy 3 Brian Rouse Richard Hannon, Sr. 1:45.13 1993 Port Lucaya 3 Frankie Dettori Richard Hannon, Sr. 1:49.60 1994 Risen Raven 3 Peter Schiergen Heinz Jentzsch 1:46.12 1995 Tres Heureux 5 L. Hammer-Hansen Erika Mäder 1:49.45 1996 Village Storm 6 Terence Hellier Søren Jensen 1:47.80 1997 Crimson Tide 3 Michael Hills John Hills 1:47.35 1998 Tres Heureux 8 Georg Bocskai Erika Mäder 1:51.19 1999 Page's King 4 Alessandro Schikora Waldemar Himmel 1:47.00 2000 Peppercorn 3 Pascal van de Keere Uwe Ostmann 1:47.98 2001 Peppercorn 4 Torsten Mundry Uwe Ostmann 1:51.28 2002 Love Regardless 3 Keith Dalgleish Mark Johnston 1:46.45 2003 Medici 3 Jean-Pierre Carvalho Mario Hofer 1:48.70 2004 Peppercorn 7 Peter Heugl Uwe Ostmann 1:45.21 2005 Common World 6 Robert Burke Tom Hogan 1:45.05 2006 Wiesenpfad 3 Andreas Suborics Waldemar Hickst 1:47.41 2007 Mharadono 4 Wladimir Panov Peter Hirschberger 1:46.45 2008 Apollo Star 6 Stéphane Pasquier Lenka Horakova 1:43.22 2009 Schützenjunker 4 Daniele Porcu Uwe Ostmann 1:46.80 2010 Alianthus 5 Adrie de Vries Jens Hirschberger 1:44.34 2011 Alianthus 6 Filip Minarik Jens Hirschberger 1:45.56 2012 King's Hall 4 Andrasch Starke Andreas Wöhler 1:48.86 2013 Zazou 6 Alexander Pietsch Waldemar Hickst 1:42.04 2014 Flamingo Star 4 Stephen Hellyn Waldemar Hickst 1:45.09 2015 Queenie 5 Stephen Hellyn Markus Klug 1:42.98 2016 Noor Al Hawa 3 Eduardo Pedroza Andreas Wohler 1:45.20 2017 Millowitsch 4 Andreas Helfenbein Markus Klug 1:47.59 2018 Peace in Motion 4 Anthony Crastus Waldemar Hickst 1:41.55 2019 Kronprinz 4 Lukas Delozier Peter Schiergen 1:46.55 2020 Wonnemond 7 Dennis Schiergen Sascha Smrczek 1:45.06 2021 Marshmallow 4 Adrie de Vries Peter Schiergen 1:45.09 2022 Aemilianus 3 Andrasch Starke Markus Klug 1:45.08 2023 Brave Emperor 3 Luke Morris Archie Watson 1:41.682024Best Lightning6Adrie de VriesAndreas Suborics1:43.172025Short Final5Marco GhianiStuart Williams1:43.03
Earlier winners 1918: Gisela 1919: Eleganz 1920–21: no race 1922: Siebenschläfer 1923: Leichtsinn 1924: Freizeit 1925: Freigeist 1926: Sonnenblümchen 1927: Nobelmann 1928: Piemont 1929: Linz 1930: Stalheck 1931: Gebt Feuer / Volumnius * 1932: Audi 1933: Volumnius 1934: Palander 1935: Ideolog
1936: Heimfahrt / Perlfischer * 1937: Kameradschaftler 1938: Kameradschaftler 1939: Barsdorf 1940: no race 1941: Osterglaube 1942: Lockfalke 1943: Flying Call 1944: Patrizier 1945: no race 1946: Berggeist 1947: Olymp 1948: Nebelwerfer 1949: Nebelwerfer 1950: Treiber 1951: Asterios 1952: Schütze
1953: Jonkheer 1954: Mangon 1955: Stani 1956: Masetto 1957: Traumgeist 1958: Optimus 1959: Pfalzteufel 1960: Waidmann 1961: Windbruch 1962: Kaiseradler 1963: Windbruch 1964: Pantheon 1965: Mercurius 1966: Opponent 1967: Birgitz 1968: Birgitz 1969: Ballyboy
* The 1931 and 1936 races were dead-heats and have joint winners.
See also List of German flat horse races Recurring sporting events established in 1918 – this race is included under its former title, Grosser Preis von Düsseldorf.
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galopp-sieger.de – Großer Preis der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf. horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Race Detail (2012). pedigreequery.com – Grosser Preis von Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf.