Grand Prix Premiere

Group 3 race
Grand Prix Premiere

Location	Weidenpesch Racecourse Cologne, Germany
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor	Yoobet.de
Website	Köln-Weidenpesch
Race information
Distance	2,100 metres (1m 2½f)
Track	Turf, right-handed
Qualification	Four-years-old and up
Weight	57 kg Allowances 1½ kg for fillies and mares 1 kg if not Group placed * Penalties 3 kg for Group 1 winners * 2 kg for Group 2 winners * 1 kg for Group 3 winners * * since January 1 last year
Purse	€55,000 (2011) 1st: €32,000

The Grand Prix Premiere is a Group 3 flat horse race in Germany which is open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Cologne over a distance of 2,100 metres (about 1 mile and 2½ furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in April.

The event was formerly known as the Moormann-Rennen, and it used to be held at Dortmund. Its distance was frequently modified at this venue, but it was usually contested over 1,800 or 2,000 metres.

The race was transferred to Cologne and given a new title, the Grand Prix Aufgalopp, in 1986. This was initially run over 1,900 metres, and for a period it was classed at Listed level. It was extended to 2,200 metres in 1990, and promoted to Group 3 status in 2007.

The event became known as the Grand Prix Premiere in 2010, and it was cut to its present length in 2011. It is now usually the first "Group" race of the German flat racing season.

Contents 1 Records 2 Winners since 1989 3 Earlier winners 4 See also 5 References

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

• Dschingis Khan – 1965, 1966
• Revlon Boy – 1982, 1983
• Friedland – 1992, 1993

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Leading jockey (5 wins):

• Fritz Drechsler – Prinz Aga (1959), Naretha (1963), Bacchus (1969), Basalt (1971), Lombard (1972)
• Terence Hellier – Germany (1995), Turbo Drive (1998), Pyromaniac (1999), Damiano (2000), Oriental Tiger (2008)

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Leading trainer (14 wins):

• Heinz Jentzsch – Dschingis Khan (1965, 1966), Priamos (1968), Bacchus (1969), Basalt (1971), Lombard (1972), Schiwago (1973), Mirando (1974), Whip It Quick (1976, dead-heat), Aschanti (1979), Shepard (1981), El Arco (1984), Los Rinos (1990), Concepcion (1996)

Winners since 1989

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1989	New Moon	8	Dragan Ilic	Peter Lautner	2:06.40
1990	Los Rinos	4	Andrzej Tylicki	Heinz Jentzsch	2:26.60
1991	Taishan	5	Dragan Ilic	Raimund Prinzinger	2:27.90
1992	Friedland	4	Lester Piggott	Trond Hansen	2:34.70
1993	Friedland	5	John Reid	Georg Ording	2:23.80
1994	Fergano	6	Kevin Woodburn	Jürg Studer	2:31.30
1995	Germany	4	Terence Hellier	Bruno Schütz	2:30.40
1996	Concepcion	6	Peter Schiergen	Heinz Jentzsch	2:23.20
1997	Leconte	6	Torsten Mundry	Manfred Weber	2:25.70
1998	Turbo Drive	4	Terence Hellier	Andreas Schütz	2:31.30
1999	Pyromaniac	5	Terence Hellier	Peter Lautner	2:35.40
2000	Damiano	4	Terence Hellier	Peter Schiergen	2:35.60
2001	Tempelwächter	7	Andrasch Starke	Heinz Hesse	2:41.20
2002	Simoun	4	Filip Minarik	Peter Schiergen	2:30.70
2003	Fleurie Domaine	4	Jean-Pierre Carvalho	Mario Hofer	2:32.25
2004	Grantley	7	Norman Richter	Heinz Hesse	2:27.80
2005	no race 2005
2006	Gandolfino [a]	4	Andreas Boschert	Werner Baltromei	2:47.30
2007	Egerton	6	Torsten Mundry	Peter Rau	2:21.72
2008	Oriental Tiger	5	Terence Hellier	Uwe Ostmann	2:33.39
2009	Ostland	4	Andrasch Starke	Peter Schiergen	2:22.87
2010	Appel au Maitre	6	Jan-Erik Neuroth	Wido Neuroth	2:22.86
2011	Illo	5	Adrie de Vries	Jens Hirschberger	2:16.68

^a The 2006 edition was run over 2,400 metres.

Earlier winners

¹ The 1956 running was a 1,000-metre race for two-year-olds.
² The 1976 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.

See also

• List of German flat horse races

References

• Racing Post:
  • 1997, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

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• galopp-sieger.de – Grand Prix Aufgalopp (ex Moormann-Rennen).
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Grand Prix Premiere (2011).
• pedigreequery.com – Grand Prix Aufgalopp – Köln.