Gerling Preis
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The Gerling Preis is a Group 2 flat horse race in Germany for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1½ miles) at Weidenpesch Racecourse, Cologne in late April or early May.
It was promoted to Group 2 status in 1989 having earlier had two spells as a Group 3 race – from 1972 to 1974 and from 1984 to 1988.
[edit] Winners since 1984
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
| 1984 | Abary | 4 | Georg Bocskai | Heinz Jentzsch | 2:36.60 |
| 1985 | Ordos | 5 | Peter Alafi | Sven von Mitzlaff | 2:31.70 |
| 1986 | Acatenango | 4 | Georg Bocskai | Heinz Jentzsch | 2:34.40 |
| 1987 | Acatenango | 5 | Georg Bocskai | Heinz Jentzsch | 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 | Heinz Jentzsch | 2:34.11 |
| 1995 | Monsun | 5 | Peter Schiergen | Heinz Jentzsch | 2:32.20 |
| 1996 | Laroche | 5 | Lennart Hammer-Hansen | Heinz Jentzsch | 2:29.88 |
| 1997 | Wurftaube | 4 | Kevin Woodburn | Harro Remmert | 2:28.64 |
| 1998 | Ferrari | 4 | Andreas Suborics | Peter Lautner | 2:36.28 |
| 1999 | Tiger Hill | 4 | Andreas Suborics | Peter Schiergen | 2:26.57 |
| 2000 | Catella | 4 | Terence Hellier | Peter Schiergen | 2:30.33 |
| 2001 | Subiaco | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Andreas Schütz | 2:39.25 |
| 2002 | Well Made | 5 | Lennart Hammer-Hansen | Hans Blume | 2:36.48 |
| 2003 | Aolus | 4 | Andrasch Starke | Andreas Schütz | 2:27.58 |
| 2004 | Olaso | 5 | Andrasch Starke | Pavel Vovcenko | 2:30.89 |
| 2005 | Collier Hill | 7 | Dean McKeown | Alan Swinbank | 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 |
