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Badener Meile

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Inaugurated
  
1979

Website
  
Baden-Baden

Surface
  
Turf

Race type
  
Flat / Thoroughbred

Distance
  
1,600 metres (1 mile)

Location
  
Iffezheim Racecourse Baden-Baden, Germany

The Badener Meile is a Group 2 flat horse race in Germany open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile) at Baden-Baden in May or June.

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History

A different event called the Badener Meile was established at Baden-Baden in 1927. It was renamed the Oettingen-Rennen in 1970.

The current Badener Meile was introduced in 1979. It was initially restricted to horses aged four or older. It was opened to three-year-olds in 1985. It was promoted to Group 2 class in 2015.

Records

Most successful horse:

  • no horse has won this race more than once

    • Leading jockey (3 wins):

  • Andrasch Starke – Chato (1995), Waky Nao (1998), Aspectus (2009)

    • Leading trainer (3 wins):

  • Heinz Jentzsch – Bonito (1979), Sharp End (1984), Zampano (1989)

    • Winners

    a The 2010 running took place at Düsseldorf.

    References

    Badener Meile Wikipedia
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