Deutsches Derby

The German Derby is a horse race of group I. It is traditionally held in parallel with the Irish Derby at the racecourse Hamburg-Horn on the first Sunday of the month of July. It carries over a length of 2400 meters.

The Derby is a performance comparison for three year-old thoroughbred horses. Besides the German gallop derby similar events are held abroad.

History of the German Gallop Derby

After the North German Confederation had in 1867 obtained a constitution and in Berlin the racecourse Hoppe Garden directed by the Union Club (named after the Union race one held since 1834 performance test under classical conditions ) was created and in Vienna since 1868, the price of the Jockey Club ( Austrian Derby) took place in 1869 after a Schwichows Foundation in Hamburg - played the North German Derby for the first time - almost as a social counterweight. The first winner was the horse Investment from the estate of Ulrich von Oertzen.

Only a few times was the German Derby ( so named since 1889) did not run in Hamburg. This was 1919 at the racetrack in Berlin Grunewald, 1943 and 1944 in Hoppe Garden (near Berlin ), 1946 Munich and Cologne in 1947. Only in 1945, the Derby was not used.

The derby was held from 1940 to 1944 as the "Great Germany price of three year olds " and ran the Vienna Derby from 1940 to 1944 as the Grand Prix of Vienna. The derby returned in 1948 to Hamburg and the Grand Prize of Germany three year olds remained in the Soviet occupation zone program. This was run later than Derby the German Democratic Republic.

Successful in Gallop Derby

The most successful coach in the German Derby was with nine victories George Arnull ( Newmarket * 1880 † Cologne 1960), a nephew of the two Hamburg club coach William King Arnull and Ernest Nevill Arnull whose grandfather Bill Arnull three times as a jockey won the English Derby.

George Arnull won all Derby victories as a private trainer in the service of Schlenderhan stud, which could book his 18th success with the Viennese Waltz 2009 - 101 years after the first winner (1908 "Winner "). In second place with twelve successes until 1944, the main government Graditz stud.

The most successful jockey is Gerhard Streit ( eight victories), who won 28 classic races such as Otto Schmidt ( seven wins). In third place Tom Busby, who won the German Derby and 1896 five times, and three times the Derby in Vienna and twice in Copenhagen.

Only two active have won the German Derby both as a rider and as a coach. Hein Bollow who was successful as a rider in 1953, 1954, 1956 and 1962, won the Derby in 1974 with Marduk once again as a coach. 1937 won Ernst Florian grave robbers as a trainer - jockey for the stud Graditz with evening peace. A constellation that is not possible today. Either is an active coach or rider, but not both in one.

Many large and successful riders simply lacked the necessary luck to ride a winner in the Derby. These include Peter Remmert, Fritz Drechsler and the European record holder Peter Schiergen. As a coach, Peter Schiergen has it been three Derby winners saddled: 2001 Boreal, 2006 Schiaparelli and 2008 Kamsin. In 2008, he was also coach of the second-placed Ostland.

The Derby is a classic race and thus open exclusively for three -year old stallions and mares. Geldings are excluded. Furthermore, the starter must be registered in a recognized stud book of the thoroughbred breed. That's why horses have won the Derby only once, which does not prevent them to win several different derbies. Thus, the following horses had before her victory in the German Derby won the Derby in Vienna: 1883 Tartar, 1887 Zsupan, 1905 Patience, Ticino 1942, 1943 Allgaeu, 1944 Northern Lights, 1954 and 1964 caliber strife. Black grouse won in 1948 in Hamburg in the German Derby and Hoppe Garden and the Grand Prix three years old - the Derby of the GDR.

There are currently five mares, the mother of two Derby winners are:

• Cherry fruit fly with Calibre (1954) and km (1956 )
• Ordinal with Orofino (1981) and Ordos (1983 )
• Laurea with Lando (1993) and Laroche (1994 )
• Britannia with Borgia (1997) and Boreal (2001)
• Sacarina with simoom (2000) and Schiaparelli (2006)

Simoom and Schiaparelli (of monsoon from the sacarina ) are the only previous full brothers, who both won the German Derby.

So far succeeded three trainers who saddled three top places in the same German Derby:

Andreas Schütz is the youngest coach who achieved this rare success, and the only trainer who saddled three winners twice in a derby.

Successful stallions:

Fastest times

In 1999, Belenus in Derby on the current in Germany over 2400 m valid record time of 2:25,1 minutes. The 10 fastest times in the Derby were (Derby winners in bold)

• 2:25,1 ( 59.55 km / h ) 1999 Belenus v. Lomitas - Beaute (Lord Udo )
• 2:26,8 ( 58.86 km / h ) 1993 Lando v. Acatenango - Laurea ( Sharpman )
• 2:27,9 ( 58.46 km / h ) 2013 Lucky speed v. Silvano - Lysuna ( monsoon )
• 2:28,4 ( 58.22 km / h ) 1994 Laroche v. Nebo - Laurea ( Sharpman )
• 2:28,8 ( 58.06 km / h ) 1936 Nereid v. Laland - Nella Da Gubbio ( Grand Parade )
• 2:28,8 ( 58.06 km / h ) 1973 Athenagoras v. Nasram - Avenida (Neckar )
• 2:29,1 ( 57.95 km / h ) 1976 Stuyvesant v. Priam - Sabeera (Fast Fox)
• 2:29,4 ( 57.95 km / h ) 1961 Baalim v. Mangon - Blaue Adria ( Ladro )
• 2:29,4 ( 57.83 km / h ) 1985 Acatenango v. Surumu - Aggravate ( aggressor )
• 2:29,5 ( 57.79 km / h ) 2009 Viennese Waltz v. Dynaformer - Walzerkoenigin ( Mambo King )
• 2:29,5 ( 57.79 km / h ) 2010 Buzzword v. Pivotal - Bustling ( Danehill )

The so-called swamp Derby of 1927 was a time of 3:03,2 by far the slowest Derby history.

News

On 7 July 2013, the German 144th Derby was held in Hamburg Horn. The winner was the stallion Lucky Speed ​​( Silvano - Lysuna ) with the third fastest time of all time. His jockey Andrasch Strong thus achieves his sixth Derby victory in Horn. Training was Lucky speed of Peter Schiergen, for it was the fourth Derby victory as a coach.

List of winners

1882 ran Trachenberg and the Austrian Derby winner Taurus, who had beaten his rival in the Union before race in a dead heat. The owners of the two horses subsequently agreed to a runoff was held over 2600m, which is 90 minutes after the actual race over 2400m. Trachenberg won the runoff with superior three lengths ahead. Trachenberg became a good sire and is about his son Hannibal and his daughter Cannae today represented in the pedigree of many German thoroughbreds.