Euro-Cup
Group 3 race (discontinued)
LocationFrankfurt Racecourse
Frankfurt, Germany
Last run20 September 2009
Race typeFlat / Thoroughbred
WebsiteFrankfurt
Race information
Distance2,000 metres (1¼ miles)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old and up
Weight55½ kg (3yo); 58 kg (4yo+)
Allowances
1½ kg for fillies and mares
Penalties
3 kg for Group 1 winners *
2 kg for Group 2 winners *
1 kg for Group 3 winners *
* since January 1
Purse€50,000 (2009)
1st: €32,000

The Euro-Cup was a Group 3 flat horse race in Germany open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It was run at Frankfurt over a distance of 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles), and it was scheduled to take place each year in September.

History

The event was contested over 2,000 metres in 1986 and 1987. It was extended to 2,200 metres and given Group 3 status in 1988. From this point it was called the Team Trophy and sponsored by the German Cooperative Financial Group.

The race was promoted to Group 2 level in 1989. It was cut to 2,100 metres in 1990, and to 2,000 metres in 1991.

The event became known as the Made in Europe-Trophy in 1995, and the Flughafen Frankfurt-Trophy in 1997. It was renamed the Henninger-Trophy and increased to 2,050 metres in 1999. It was titled the Arthur Andersen Euro-Cup in 2000.

The race was run at Cologne over 1,850 metres in 2001. That year's edition was called the Preis des Bankhaus Sal. Oppenheim.

The Euro-Cup returned to Frankfurt with a distance of 2,000 metres in 2002. Subsequent sponsors included Ernst & Young and Merrill Lynch.

The race was downgraded to Group 3 level in 2007. It was last run in 2009.

Records

Most successful horse:

  • no horse won this race more than once in the period shown

Leading jockey since 1986 (4 wins):

  • Andrasch Starke – Bad Bertrich (1994), Oxalagu (1998), Elle Danzig (2000), Fight Club (2005)

Leading trainer since 1986 (4 wins):

  • Peter Schiergen – Catella (1999), Walzerkoenigin (2002), Soldier Hollow (2004), Nordtänzerin (2006)

Winners since 1986

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time
1986 Kyros 4 Manfred Hofer Harro Remmert 2:05.70
1987 Katmai 4 Peter Alafi Harro Remmert 1:59.80
1988 Highland Chieftain 5 John Reid John Dunlop 2:16.02
1989 Medicus 5 Manfred Hofer Bruno Schütz 2:18.50
1990 Starlet 4 John Reid Lord Huntingdon 2:08.92
1991 Goofalik 4 Bruce Raymond John Hammond 2:05.45
1992 George Augustus 4 John Reid John Oxx 2:08.35
1993 Komtur 3 Kevin Woodburn Harro Remmert 2:06.22
1994 Bad Bertrich 3 Andrasch Starke Bruno Schütz 2:13.86
1995 Hushang 5 Johnny Murtagh John Oxx 2:09.74
1996 Artan 4 Ray Cochrane Martin Rölke 2:10.48
1997 Crystal Hearted 3 Tony McGlone Henry Candy 2:07.02
1998 Oxalagu 6 Andrasch Starke Andreas Schütz 2:14.72
1999 Catella 3 Andreas Suborics Peter Schiergen 2:07.12
2000 Elle Danzig 5 Andrasch Starke Andreas Schütz 2:12.29
2001 Denaro [a] 3 Andreas Suborics Christian von der Recke 2:01.38
2002 Walzerkoenigin 3 Filip Minařík Peter Schiergen 2:05.78
2003 Frühlingssturm 3 Torsten Mundry Peter Rau 2:05.36
2004 Soldier Hollow 4 William Mongil Peter Schiergen 2:13.91
2005 Fight Club 4 Andrasch Starke Andreas Schütz 2:06.64
2006 Nordtänzerin 3 Filip Minařík Peter Schiergen 2:10.55
2007 Shrek 3 Eduardo Pedroza Andreas Wöhler 2:03.26
2008 Zaungast 4 Eugen Frank Waldemar Hickst 2:07.40
2009 Querari 3 Johan Victoire Andreas Wöhler 2:14.07

a The 2001 running took place at Cologne.

See also

References

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