Badener Meile

Badener Meile
Group 3 race
LocationIffezheim Racecourse
Baden-Baden, Germany
Inaugurated1979
Race typeFlat / Thoroughbred
WebsiteBaden-Baden
Race information
Distance1,600 metres (1 mile)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old and up
Weight52 kg (3yo); 58 kg (4y+)
Allowances
1½ kg for fillies and mares
1 kg if not won €12,000 (4y+) *
Penalties
3 kg for Group 1 winners *
2 kg for Group 2 winners *
1 kg for Group 3 winners *
* since May 1 last year
Purse€70,000 (2022)
1st: €40,000

The Badener Meile is a Group 3 flat horse race in Germany open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile) at Baden-Baden in May or June.

History

A different event called the Badener Meile was established at Baden-Baden in 1927. It was renamed the Oettingen-Rennen in 1970.

The current Badener Meile was introduced in 1979. It was initially restricted to horses aged four or older. It was opened to three-year-olds in 1985. It was promoted to Group 2 class in 2015.

Records

Most successful horse:

  • no horse has won this race more than once

Leading jockey (3 wins):

  • Andrasch Starke – Chato (1995), Waky Nao (1998), Aspectus (2009)
  • Adrie de Vries – Wiesenpfad (2008), Alianthus (2011), Nica (2020)

Leading trainer (3 wins):

Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time
1979 Bonito 5 Ralf Suerland Heinz Jentzsch 1:40.40
1980 Peloponnes 5 Dave Richardson Horst Degner 1:39.50
1981 Aspros 4 Peter Remmert Theo Grieper 1:39.80
1982 Torgos 6 Peter Alafi Fredy Scheffer 1:38.20
1983 Mir Bal 4 Jacques Heloury Philippe Lallié 1:48.60
1984 Sharp End 6 Georg Bocskai Heinz Jentzsch 1:40.90
1985 Sulaafah 3 Tony Murray Harry Thomson Jones 1:38.30
1986 Sarab 5 Richard Quinn Paul Cole 1:40.70
1987 Krotz 4 Guy Guignard Jonathan Pease 1:41.20
1988 Island Reef 4 Andrzej Tylicki Lennart Jarven 1:39.30
1989 Zampano 5 Andrzej Tylicki Heinz Jentzsch 1:36.51
1990 Mirror Black 4 John Reid Peter Makin 1:36.09
1991 Bin Shaddad 7 Lutz Mäder Erika Mäder 1:39.52
1992 Young Moon 6 John McLaughlin David Smith 1:37.43
1993 Karinga Bay 6 Brian Rouse Gary L. Moore 1:38.30
1994 Port Lucaya 4 Jason Weaver Richard Hannon, Sr. 1:44.30
1995 Chato 3 Andrasch Starke Horst Steinmetz 1:41.52
1996 Sinyar 4 Terence Hellier Bruno Schütz 1:44.82
1997 La Blue 4 Billy Newnes Bruno Schütz 1:38.07
1998 Waky Nao 5 Andrasch Starke Andreas Schütz 1:37.56
1999 Docksider 4 Michael Hills John Hills 1:38.63
2000 Kalatos 8 Alexander Brockhausen Harro Remmert 1:42.67
2001 El Lute 7 Andreas Boschert Dragan Ilic 1:39.45
2002 Touch Down 4 Jimmy Quinn Dave Richardson 1:39.67
2003 Zarewitsch 4 Filip Minařík Peter Schiergen 1:41.08
2004 Bear King 7 Norman Richter Christian Sprengel 1:38.96
2005 Tiganello 4 Davy Bonilla Freddy Head 1:39.96
2006 Idealist 4 Andreas Suborics Peter Schiergen 1:42.33
2007 Banknote 5 Franny Norton Andrew Balding 1:37.09
2008 Wiesenpfad 5 Adrie de Vries Waldemar Hickst 1:37.65
2009 Aspectus 6 Andrasch Starke Torsten Mundry 1:40.71
2010 Abbashiva [a] 5 Eugen Frank Torsten Mundry 1:35.57
2011 Alianthus 6 Adrie de Vries Jens Hirschberger 1:37.51
2012 Worthadd 5 Mirco Demuro Sir Mark Prescott 1:37.74
2013 Felician 5 Lennart Hammer-Hansen Ferdinand Leve 1:40.90
2014 Red Dubawi 6 Eddy Hardouin Frau Erika Mader 1:38.11
2015 Amaron 6 Andrasch Starke Andreas Lowe 1:37.13
2016 Royal Solitaire 4 Daniele Porcu Peter Schiergen 1:38.52
2017 Palace Prince 5 Filip Minařík Jean-Pierre Carvalho 1:35.38
2018 Stormy Antarctic 5 Pat Cosgrave Ed Walker 1:40.17
2019 The Revenant 4 Ronan Thomas Francis-Henri Graffard 1:38.77
2020 Nica 5 Adrie de Vries Dr Andreas Bolte 1:40.65
2021 Jin Jin [a] 5 Bauyrzhan Murzabayev Andreas Suborics 1:35.42
2022 Best Lightning 4 Martin Seidl Andreas Suborics 1:36.94
2023 Calif 4 Adrie de Vries Peter Schiergen 1:38.13
2024 Arcandi 4 Bauyrzhan Murzabayev Peter Schiergen 1:45.59
  1. ^ a b The 2010 and 2021 runnings took place at Düsseldorf

See also

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