EuropaChampionat

EuropaChampionat

Group 2 race (discontinued)
Location	Hoppegarten Racecourse Hoppegarten, Germany
Inaugurated	1992
Last run	19 August 2001
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Website	Hoppegarten
Race information
Distance	2,400 metres (1½ miles)
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds
Weight	58 kg Allowances 2 kg for fillies
Purse	200,000 DM (2001) 1st: 120,000 DM

The EuropaChampionat was a Group 2 flat horse race in Germany open to three-year-old thoroughbreds. It was run at Hoppegarten over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and it was scheduled to take place each year in August.

The event was established in 1992, and it was initially classed at Group 3 level. It was promoted to Group 2 status in 1995.

The EuropaChampionat remained at Hoppegarten until 2000. It was contested at Frankfurt over 2,450 metres in 2001, and discontinued in 2002.

Records

Leading jockey (2 wins):

• Mark Rimmer – Platini (1992), Kornado (1993)
• Andreas Boschert – Baroon (1997), Belenus (1999)

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Leading trainer (3 wins):

• Bruno Schütz – Platini (1992), Kornado (1993), Flying Dream (1994)

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1992	Platini	Mark Rimmer	Bruno Schütz	2:28.70
1993	Kornado	Mark Rimmer	Bruno Schütz	2:29.30
1994	Flying Dream	Terence Hellier	Bruno Schütz	2:34.80
1995	All My Dreams	Kevin Woodburn	Harro Remmert	2:26.20
1996	Bad Bertrich Again	Georg Bocskai	Andreas Löwe	2:28.60
1997	Baroon	Andreas Boschert	Andreas Wöhler	2:33.00
1998	Central Park	Daragh O'Donohoe	Saeed bin Suroor	2:28.90
1999	Belenus	Andreas Boschert	Andreas Wöhler	2:31.00
2000	Wild Side	Torsten Mundry	Peter Rau	2:32.10
2001	Noroit	Christian Czachary	Wolfgang Figge	2:38.57

See also

• List of German flat horse races

References

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• Racing Post:
  • 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

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• galopp-sieger.de – EuropaChampionat.