Gerling-Preis
{{Infobox horseraces
|class = Group 2
|horse race = Gerling-Preis
|image =
|caption =
|location = Köln-Weidenpesch
Cologne, Germany
|inaugurated = 1921
|race type = Flat / Thoroughbred
|sponsor = Gerling Group
|website = [http://www.koeln-galopp.de/ Köln-Weidenpesch]
|distance = 2,400 metres (1½ miles)
|surface = Turf
|track = Right-handed
|qualification = Four-years-old and up
|weight = 57 kg
Allowances
1½ kg for fillies and mares
Penalties
3 kg for Group 1 winners *
1½ kg for Group 2 winners *
* since January 1 last year
|purse = €70,000 (2022)
1st: €40,000
}}
The Gerling-Preis is a Group 2 flat horse race in Germany open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles) at Cologne in late April or early May.
History
The event was established in 1921, and it was originally called the Preis von Birlinghoven. Its distance frequently changed during the early part of its history.
Robert Gerling, an insurance entrepreneur, became the sponsor of the race in 1934. From this point it was known as the Gerling-Preis.
The race began its current period over 2,400 metres in 1969. It held Group 3 status from 1972 to 1974, and from 1984 to 1988. It was raised to Group 2 level in 1989.
The Gerling-Preis is Germany's oldest surviving sponsored horse race.
The race renamed to Carl Jaspers-Preis in 2019
Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
- Niederländer – 1951, 1952
- Lombard – 1971, 1972
- Orofino – 1982, 1983
- Acatenango – 1986, 1987
- Monsun – 1994, 1995
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Leading jockey (6 wins):
- Johannes Starosta – Organdy (1941), Witterung (1956), Waidmann (1963), Spielhahn (1964), Wiesenklee (1965), Tajo (1969)
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Leading trainer (12 wins):
- Heinz Jentzsch – Basalt (1970), Lombard (1971, 1972), Sebastiano (1974), Ebano (1978), Aschanti (1979), Abary (1984), Acatenango (1986, 1987), Monsun (1994, 1995), Laroche (1996)
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Winners since 1970
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! Year ! Winner ! Age ! Jockey ! Trainer ! Time |
1970
| width=140px | Basalt | 4 | width=160px | Fritz Drechsler | width=170px | Heinz Jentzsch | 2:44.20 |
1971
| Lombard | 4 | Horst Horwart | 2:31.40 |
1972
| Lombard | 5 | Fritz Drechsler | 2:30.90 |
1973
| Caracol | 4 | Harro Remmert | Sven von Mitzlaff | 2:31.90 |
1974
| Sebastiano | 4 | Ralf Suerland | 2:31.80 |
1975
| Lord Udo | 4 | Theo Grieper | 2:32.80 |
1976
| My Brief | 7 | Manfred Kosman | Theo Grieper | 2:30.50 |
1977
| Windwurf | 5 | Heinz Gummelt | 2:36.20 |
1978
| Ebano | 5 | Ralf Suerland | 2:34.60 |
1979
| Aschanti | 4 | Joan Pall | 2:37.60 |
1980
| Nebos | 4 | Lutz Mäder | Hein Bollow | 2:34.60 |
1981
| Wauthi | 4 | Peter Remmert | Theo Grieper | 2:36.00 |
1982
| Orofino | 4 | Peter Alafi | Sven von Mitzlaff | 2:29.10 |
1983
| Orofino | 5 | Peter Alafi | Sven von Mitzlaff | 2:39.80 |
1984
| Abary | 4 | Georg Bocskai | 2:36.60 |
1985
| Ordos | 5 | Peter Alafi | Sven von Mitzlaff | 2:31.70 |
1986
| 4 | Georg Bocskai | 2:34.40 |
1987
| 5 | Georg Bocskai | 2:29.30 |
1988
| Wildvogel | 5 | Georg Bocskai | Wido Neuroth | 2:28.11 |
1989
| Luigi | 4 | Billy Newnes | Uwe Ostmann | 2:35.76 |
1990
| Mondrian | 4 | Kevin Woodburn | Uwe Stoltefuss | 2:27.65 |
1991
| Taishan | 5 | Dragan Ilic | Raimund Prinzinger | 2:35.66 |
1992
| Lomitas | 4 | Andreas Boschert | Andreas Wöhler | 2:34.73 |
1993
| Protektor | 4 | Terence Hellier | Andreas Löwe | 2:31.45 |
1994
| Monsun | 4 | Andrzej Tylicki | 2:34.11 |
1995
| Monsun | 5 | 2:32.20 |
1996
| Laroche | 5 | L. Hammer-Hansen | 2:29.88 |
1997
| Wurftaube | 4 | Kevin Woodburn | Harro Remmert | 2:28.64 |
1998
| Ferrari | 4 | Peter Lautner | 2:36.28 |
1999
| Tiger Hill | 4 | 2:26.57 |
2000
| Catella | 4 | Terence Hellier | 2:30.33 |
2001
| Subiaco | 4 | 2:39.25 |
2002
| Well Made | 5 | L. Hammer-Hansen | Hans Blume | 2:36.48 |
2003
| Aolus | 4 | 2:27.58 |
2004
| Olaso | 5 | Pavel Vovcenko | 2:30.89 |
2005
| 7 | 2:34.29 |
2006
| All Spirit | 4 | Eduardo Pedroza | Norbert Sauer | 2:37.50 |
2007
| Saddex | 4 | Eduardo Pedroza | Peter Rau | 2:30.57 |
2008
| Oriental Tiger | 5 | Terence Hellier | Uwe Ostmann | 2:26.44 |
2009
| Kamsin | 4 | 2:31.18 |
2010
| Eye of the Tiger | 5 | Terence Hellier | Jens Hirschberger | 2:31.95 |
2011
| Scalo | 4 | Andreas Wöhler | 2:29.22 |
2012
| Atempo | 4 | Adrie de Vries | Jens Hirschberger | 2:30.91 |
2013
| Girolamo | 4 | 2:32.71 |
2014
| Ivanhowe | 4 | Adrie de Vries | Jean-Pierre Carvalho | 2:30.09 |
2015
| Guardini | 4 | Filip Minarik | Jean-Pierre Carvalho | 2:28.52 |
2016
| Ito | 5 | Filip Minarik | Jean-Pierre Carvalho | 2:25.33 |
2017
| Dschingis Secret | 4 | Adrie de Vries | Markus Klug | 2:29.47 |
2018
| Oriental Eagle | 4 | Lukas Delozier | Jens Hirschberger | 2:22.60 |
2019
| French King | 4 | Henri-Alex Pantall | 2:31.62 |
2020
| Be My Sheriff | 6 | Henk Grewe | 2:26.53 |
2021
| Nerium | 4 | 2:34.14 |
2022
| Dato | 6 | Bayarsaikhan Ganbat | Sascha Smrczek | 2:31.55 |
2023
| Assistent | 4 | Lukas Delozier | Henk Grewe | 2:33.13 |
2024
| Lordano | 5 | Marcel Weiss | 2:38.40 |
2025
| Alleno | 4 | Sibylle Vogt | Marcel Weiss | 2:32.20 |
Earlier winners
- 1921: Liebhaber
- 1922: Meergeist
- 1923: Puella
- 1924: Hausfreund
- 1925: Salzig
- 1926: Kabristan
- 1927: Freigeist
- 1928: Meteor
- 1929: Truchsess
- 1930–33: no race
- 1934: Airolo
- 1935: Athanasius
- 1936: Elanus
- 1937: Burgunder
- 1938: Walzerkönig
- 1939: Panheros
- 1940: Graf Alten
- 1941: Organdy
- 1942: Lockfalke
- 1943: Coroner
- 1944: Patrizier
- 1945–46: no race
- 1947: Oberst
- 1948: Angeber
- 1949: Aubergine
- 1950: Astral
- 1951: Niederländer
- 1952: Niederländer
- 1953: Salut
- 1954: Baal
- 1955: Mio
- 1956: Witterung
- 1957: Windfang
- 1958: Utrillo
- 1959: Sommerblume
- 1960: Adlon
- 1961: Alarich
- 1962: Amboss
- 1963: Waidmann
- 1964: Spielhahn
- 1965: Wiesenklee
- 1966: Marinus
- 1967: Goldbube
- 1968: Ilix
- 1969: Tajo
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See also
- List of German flat horse races
- Recurring sporting events established in 1921 – this race is included under its original title, Preis von Birlinghoven.
References
- Racing Post / siegerlisten.com:
- [http://www.siegerlisten.com/?page=flachrennen&rennen=173&jahr=1983 1983], [http://www.siegerlisten.com/?page=flachrennen&rennen=173&jahr=1984 1984], [http://www.siegerlisten.com/?page=flachrennen&rennen=173&jahr=1985 1985], [http://www.siegerlisten.com/?page=flachrennen&rennen=173&jahr=1986 1986], [http://www.siegerlisten.com/?page=flachrennen&rennen=173&jahr=1987 1987], {{Racing Post|90616|1988|05|08|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|94574|1989|04|30|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|98976|1990|04|29|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|280265|1991|05|05|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|108673|1992|05|03|226|cologne}}
- {{Racing Post|113559|1993|04|25|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|118891|1994|05|08|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|124061|1995|04|30|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|203785|1996|05|12|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|238764|1997|05|04|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|251762|1998|04|26|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|267562|1999|05|09|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|281289|2000|04|30|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|300800|2001|04|29|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|316689|2002|05|05|226|cologne}}
- {{Racing Post|333101|2003|05|04|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|351807|2004|05|02|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|384716|2005|05|01|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|408576|2006|05|01|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|431456|2007|04|22|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|456966|2008|04|27|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|482028|2009|04|26|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|507232|2010|05|09|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|532087|2011|05|08|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|554572|2012|04|29|226|cologne}}
- {{Racing Post|580825|2013|05|30|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|602162|2014|05|04|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|626895|2015|05|10|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|650978|2016|05|08|226|cologne}}, {{Racing Post|675602|2017|05|07|226}}, {{Racing Post|701553|2018|05|06|226}}, {{Racing Post|729699|2019|05|05|226}}, {{Racing Post|756947|2020|05|08|226}}, {{Racing Post|782983|2021|04|18|226}}, {{Racing Post|810239|2022|04|18|226}}
- {{Racing Post|839080|2023|04|23|226}}, {{Racing Post|866248|2024|04|21|226}}, {{Racing Post|893440|2025|04|21|226}}
- [http://www.galopp-sieger.de/galoppsieger/sieger?rennkz=DKnGerP&backlink=0 galopp-sieger.de] – Gerling-Preis.
- [http://www.horseracingintfed.com/default.asp?section=Racing&area=8&racepid=66530 horseracingintfed.com] – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Gerling-Preis (2017).
- [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=996 pedigreequery.com] – Gerling Preis – Köln.