The Hamburger Meile was a
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flat horse race
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in
Germany
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open to
thoroughbred
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s aged three years or older. It was run at
Hamburg-Horn
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History
During World War II Hamburg and, therefore, Horn were targets of the air raids of the so-called Operation Go ...
over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile), and was scheduled to take place each year in June or July.
The race was last run at
Hamburg-Horn
Horn () is a district in the borough Hamburg-Mitte, in the eastern part of Hamburg, Germany. In 2020 the population was 37,903.
History
During World War II Hamburg and, therefore, Horn were targets of the air raids of the so-called Operation Go ...
in 2011, being moved to Hanover in 2012. However a very similar event, the Group Two
Meilen Trophy, was run at the same course only three weeks later, and this race and the
Hamburger Stutenmeile (restricted to fillies and mares), has since been kept at the expense of the ''Hamburger Meile''.
History
The event was established in 1986, and it was initially called the Cognac Hennessy-Rennen. It was originally classed at Listed level and contested over 1,600 metres. It was extended to 1,800 metres in 1987, and reverted to 1,600 metres in 1989.
The race was known as the Hamburg Dresden-Pokal in the early 1990s. It lost Listed status in 1992, and had various sponsored titles thereafter.
The Hamburger Meile regained Listed status in 2000, and was promoted to Group 3 level in 2002. From this point it was called the Deutscher Herold-Preis. It was subsequently known as the JAXX-Pokal and the Franz-Günther von Gaertner-Gedachtnisrennen.
The race was held at
Hanover
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under the title Grosser Preis der VGH Versicherungen in 2012.
Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
* Power Flame – ''1997, 1998''
* Up and Away – ''2001, 2003''
* Earl of Fire – ''2009, 2010''
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Leading
jockey
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(2 wins):
* Georg Bocskai – ''Babylonier (1986), Caracobi (1987)''
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Andreas Suborics
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A three-time champion jockey in Germany, Suborics is best known as the jockey who rode Shirocco in 2004 and Ove ...
– ''Sinyar (1995), El Divino (2000)''
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Andrasch Starke
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Starke began racing at age fifteen as an amateur and since turning professional has won the German riding championship six times. He has com ...
– ''La Blue (1996), Sambaprinz (2004)''
* Andreas Boschert – ''Power Flame (1997, 1998)''
* Lennart Hammer-Hansen – ''Up and Away (2001, 2003)''
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Dominique Boeuf
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– ''Earl of Fire (2009, 2010)''
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Leading
trainer (4 wins):
* Bruno Schütz – ''Saphir (1988), Amarant (1993), Sinyar (1995), La Blue (1996)''
Winners
The 2012 running took place at
Hanover
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.
See also
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List of German flat horse races
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References
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Racing Post
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galopp-sieger.de– ''Hamburger Meile.''
horseracingintfed.com– ''International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Race Detail (2012).''
pedigreequery.com– ''Hamburger Meile – Hamburg.''
Open mile category horse races
Horse races in Germany
Horse races established in 1986
Sports competitions in Hamburg