Mehl-Mülhens-Rennen

Mehl-Mülhens-Rennen
(German 2,000 Guineas)
Race information
Group 2 race
Location	Weidenpesch Racecourse Cologne, Germany
Inaugurated	1871
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Website	Köln-Weidenpesch
Distance	1,600 metres (1 mile)
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds excluding geldings
Weight	58 kg Allowances 1½ kg for fillies
Purse	€153,000 (2011) 1st: €100,000

The Mehl-Mülhens-Rennen is a Group 2 flat horse race in Germany open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Cologne over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May.

It is Germany's equivalent of the 2,000 Guineas Stakes, a famous race in England.

History

The event was established in 1871, and it was originally held at Hoppegarten as the Henckel-Rennen. It was named after the Henckel von Donnersmarck family. It was initially contested over 2,000 metres, and it was shortened to 1,600 metres in 1904. It was staged at Grunewald from 1918 to 1922, and it returned to Hoppegarten in 1923.

The race was abandoned in 1945 and 1946, and in the period thereafter it took place at Düsseldorf (1947), Cologne (1948) and Dortmund (1949). It was transferred to Gelsenkirchen in 1950.

The present system of race grading was introduced in Germany in 1972, and the Henckel-Rennen was classed at Group 2 level.

The event was moved to Cologne and renamed the Mehl-Mülhens-Rennen in 1986. It was named in memory of Maria Mehl-Mülhens (died 1985), a long-time owner of Gestüt Röttgen, a successful stud farm near Cologne.^[1]

Records

Leading jockey (6 wins):

Otto Schmidt – Lentulus (1922), Augias (1923), Favor (1925), Aurelius (1926), Effendi (1942), Neckar (1951)

Leading trainer (10 wins):

George Arnull – Monfalcone (1924), Alba (1930), Widerhall (1932), Sturmvogel (1935), Walzerkönig (1936), Orgelton (1938), Wehr Dich (1939), Magnat (1941), Aubergine (1949), Asterios (1950)

Leading owner (18+ wins):

Gestüt Schlenderhan – Dorn (1892), Real Scotch (1904), Prunus (1918), Monfalcone (1924), Alba (1930), Widerhall (1932), Sturmvogel (1935), Walzerkönig (1936), Orgelton (1938), Wehr Dich (1939), Magnat (1941), Aubergine (1949), Asterios (1950), Allasch (1953), Lombard (1970), Swazi (1976), Aviso (2007), Irian (2009)

Winners since 1968

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1968	Literat	Oskar Langner	Sven von Mitzlaff	Gestüt Fährhof	1:46.60
1969	Hitchcock	Fritz Drechsler	Heinz Jentzsch	Karl-Heinz Münchow	1:44.90
1970	Lombard	Fritz Drechsler	Heinz Jentzsch	Gestüt Schlenderhan	1:42.30
1971	Widschi	Ron Hutchinson	Theo Grieper	Gestüt Röttgen	1:44.10
1972	Caracol	Oskar Langner	Sven von Mitzlaff	Gestüt Fährhof	1:36.70
1973	Flotow	A. J. Reid	Arthur-Paul Schlaefke	Mrs W. Richter	1:36.50
1974	Lord Udo	Edward Hide	Theo Grieper	Gestüt Röttgen	1:37.50
1975	Kronenkranich	Harro Remmert	Sven von Mitzlaff	Stall Moritzberg	1:38.10
1976	Swazi	Joan Pall	Heinz Jentzsch	Gestüt Schlenderhan	1:38.50
1977	Ziethen	Dave Richardson	Theo Grieper	Stall Moritzberg	1:43.10
1978	Limbo	Georg Bocskai	Oskar Langner	Stall Ittlingen	1:40.80
1979	Königsstuhl	Peter Alafi	Sven von Mitzlaff	Gestüt Zoppenbroich	1:41.70
1980	Wauthi	Heinz-Peter Ludewig	Theo Grieper	Gestüt Röttgen	1:37.70
1981	Orofino	Peter Alafi	Sven von Mitzlaff	Gestüt Zoppenbroich	1:41.10
1982	Tombos	Georg Bocskai	Heinz Jentzsch	Gestüt Fährhof	1:42.10
1983	Nandino	Bruce Raymond	Heinz Hesse	Gestüt Etzean	1:46.50
1984	Soto Grande	Peter Remmert	Adolf Wöhler	Stall Margarethe	1:40.60
1985	Lirung	Georg Bocskai	Heinz Jentzsch	Gestüt Fährhof	1:39.50
1986	Philipo	Dave Richardson	Hartmut Steguweit	Stall Surinam	1:36.30
1987	Kondor	José Orihuel	Hein Bollow	Ilse Ramm	1:37.20
1988	Alkalde	Manfred Hofer	Peter Lautner	Gerda Poorten	1:35.80
1989	Turfkönig	Olaf Schick	Uwe Ostmann	Günter Merkel	1:36.18
1990	Mandelbaum	Alan Freeman	Uwe Ostmann	Stall Steigenberger	1:37.10
1991	Flying Brave	John Reid	John Dunlop	Aubrey Ison	1:37.88
1992	Platini ^[a]	Mark Rimmer	Bruno Schütz	Stall Steigenberger	1:36.31
1993	Kornado	Andre Best	Bruno Schütz	Stall Granum	1:36.39
1994	Royal Abjar	Willie Ryan	Andreas Wöhler	Jaber Abdullah	1:33.17
1995	Manzoni	Torsten Mundry	Andreas Wöhler	Gestüt Hof Heidendom	1:33.71
1996	Lavirco	Torsten Mundry	Peter Rau	Gestüt Fährhof	1:39.85
1997	Air Express	Brett Doyle	Clive Brittain	Mohamed Obaida	1:36.75
1998	Tiger Hill	Billy Newnes	Peter Schiergen	Georg von Ullmann	1:33.85
1999	Sumitas	Andreas Suborics	Peter Schiergen	Georg von Ullmann	1:36.25
2000	Pacino	Paul Eddery	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	1:36.12
2001	Royal Dragon	Andrasch Starke	Andreas Schütz	Gestüt Park Wiedingen	1:34.89
2002	Dupont	Darryll Holland	William Haggas	Wentworth Racing Ltd	1:34.32
2003	Martillo	William Mongil	Ralf Suerland	Gestüt Höny-Hof	1:39.62
2004	Brunel	Darryll Holland	William Haggas	Highclere X	1:36.30
2005	Santiago	Andreas Boschert	Uwe Ostmann	Gestüt Hof Vesterberg	1:41.31
2006	Royal Power	Chris Catlin	Mick Channon	Jaber Abdullah	1:38.04
2007	Aviso	Terence Hellier	Jens Hirschberger	Gestüt Schlenderhan	1:36.68
2008	Precious Boy	Adrie de Vries	Waldemar Hickst	Gestüt Park Wiedingen	1:37.13
2009	Irian	Filip Minarik	Jens Hirschberger	Gestüt Schlenderhan	1:35.87
2010	Frozen Power	Frankie Dettori	Mahmood Al Zarooni	Godolphin	1:36.69
2011	Excelebration	Adam Kirby	Marco Botti	Giuliano Manfredini	1:36.20
2012	Caspar Netscher	Shane Kelly	Alan McCabe	Charles Wentworth	1:34.40
2013	Peace at Last	Fabrice Veron	Henri-Alex Pantall	Guy Heald	1:36.08
2014	Lucky Lion	Ioritz Mendizabal	Andreas Lowe	Gestut Winterhauch	1:35.17
2015	Karpino	Oisin Murphy	Andreas Wohler	Pearl Bloodstock Ltd	1:34.01

^a Alhijaz finished first in 1992, but he was relegated to fourth place following a stewards' inquiry.

Earlier winners

1871: Bauernfänger
1872: Seemann
1873: Zwietracht
1874: Herzog
1875: Waisenknabe
1876: Templer
1877: Zützen
1878: Lateran
1879: Goldfisch
1880: Tschungatai
1881: Blue Monkey
1882: Trachenberg
1883: Ghibelline
1884: Souvenir
1885: Andernach
1886: Potrimpos
1887: Tausendkünstler
1888: Padischah
1889: Anarch
1890: Nickel
1891: Peter
1892: Dorn
1893: Königswinter
1894: Herold
1895: Nixnutz
1896: Dahlmann
1897: Argwohn
1898: Altgold
1899: Missouri
1900: Griffin
1901: Regenwolke
1902: Frodi

1903: Bengali
1904: Real Scotch
1905: Inverno
1906: Fels
1907: Fabula
1908: Horizont
1909: Fervor
1910: Micado
1911: Moenus
1912: Flagge
1913: Csardas
1914: Terminus
1915: Antinous
1916: Taucher
1917: Landgraf
1918: Prunus
1919: Eckstein
1920: Pallenberg
1921: König Midas
1922: Lentulus
1923: Augias
1924: Monfalcone
1925: Favor
1926: Aurelius
1927: Torero
1928: Contessa Maddalena
1929: Wilfried
1930: Alba
1931: Sichel
1932: Widerhall
1933: Cassius
1934: Pelopidas

1935: Sturmvogel
1936: Walzerkönig
1937: Iniga Isolani
1938: Orgelton
1939: Wehr Dich
1940: Newa
1941: Magnat
1942: Effendi
1943: Granatwerfer
1944: Poet
1945–46: no race
1947: Nebelwerfer
1948: Ostermorgen
1949: Aubergine
1950: Asterios
1951: Neckar
1952: Mangon
1953: Allasch
1954: Atatürk
1955: König Ottokar
1956: Kilometer
1957: Orsini
1958: Pfalzteufel
1959: Waidmann
1960: Wiener Walzer
1961: Orlog
1962: Herero
1963: Mercurius
1964: Dschingis Khan
1965: Fioravanti
1966: Krawall
1967: Presto

References

↑ "Maria Mehl-Mülhens". Der Spiegel (in German). 29 April 1985. Retrieved 23 October 2011.

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- 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

galopp-sieger.de – Mehl-Mülhens-Rennen.
horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Mehl-Mülhens-Rennen (2011).
pedigreequery.com – Mehl-Mülhens-Rennen – Köln.

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