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Frühjahrs Dreijährigen Preis

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Inaugurated
  
1965

Website
  
Frankfurt

Track
  
Left-handed

Sponsor
  
Race type
  
Flat / Thoroughbred

Surface
  
Turf

Distance
  
2,000 m

Location
  
Frankfurt Racecourse Frankfurt, Germany

The Frühjahrs Dreijährigen-Preis is a Group 3 flat horse race in Germany open to three-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles) at Frankfurt in late April or early May.

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History

The event was established in 1965, and it was originally called the Adolf Schindling-Rennen. It was named in memory of Adolf Schindling (1887–1963), a Frankfurt-born businessman who owned the successful stud farm Gestüt Asta.

The race was given Group 3 status in 1982. For a period it was sponsored by Steigenberger Hotels and run as the Preis der Steigenberger Hotels. It was later backed by BMW and titled the BMW Händler-Trophy.

The banking company Bankhaus Metzler took over the sponsorship in 2000. The race is currently known as the Frühjahrspreis des Bankhauses Metzler.

Records

Leading jockey (4 wins):

  • Eduardo Pedroza – Shrek (2007), Scalo (2010), Earl of Tinsdal (2011), Novellist (2012)

    • Leading trainer (11 wins):

  • Heinz Jentzsch – Bussard (1967), Sayonara (1968), Don Giovanni (1969), Samun (1970), Muffel (1971), Lua Vindu (1978), Ataxerxes (1980), Abary (1983), Lontano (1985), Monsun (1993), Savinelli (1994)

    • Winners

    a Aboard finished first in 1998, but he was relegated to second place following a stewards' inquiry.

    References

    Frühjahrs Dreijährigen-Preis Wikipedia
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