The Bayerisches Zuchtrennen is a Group 1

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 flat

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 in Germany

Germany

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 open to thoroughbred

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s aged three years or older. It is run at Munich

Munich

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 over a distance of 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late July or early August.

History

The event was established in 1866, and it was originally restricted to three-year-olds.

It was known as the Grosser Dreijährigen-Zuchtpreis from 1940 to 1944, and as the Bayerisches Derby in 1947.

The present system of race grading was introduced in Germany in 1972, and the Bayerisches Zuchtrennen was initially classed at Group 3 level. It was opened to older horses and promoted to Group 2 level in 1985. It was given Group 1 status in 1990.

The race has been sponsored by Dallmayr

Dallmayr

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 since 1996, and it is now run as the Grosser Dallmayr-Preis.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

• Turfkönig – 1989, 1990
• Soldier Hollow – 2005, 2007

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Leading jockey

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 since 1900 (7 wins):

• Fritz Drechsler – Grossmogul (1948), Levantos (1953), Liebeschor (1962), Daimyo (1967), Bacchus (1968), Boris (1972), Mirando (1973)

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Leading trainer

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 since 1940 (8 wins):

• Heinz Jentzsch – Daimyo (1967), Bacchus (1968), Boris (1972), Mirando (1973), Index (1981), Anno (1982), Lirung (1985), Zampano (1987)

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Leading owner since 1900 (9 wins): (includes part ownership)

• August von Schmieder – Beowulf (1903), Herero (1907), Illo (1909), Pilgramsberg (1910), Don Cesar (1911), Flaminio (1912), Nachtschatten (1913), Drosselbart (1914), Persicus (1915)

Winners since 1970

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1970	Segnes	3	Harald Ziese	W. Hessler	J. A. Eichmann	2:32.00
1971	Wanderu	3	Peter Alafi	Bruno Schütz	Gestüt Waldfried	2:39.30
1972	Boris	3	Fritz Drechsler	Heinz Jentzsch	Gestüt Schlenderhan	2:32.00
1973	Mirando	3	Fritz Drechsler	Heinz Jentzsch	Gestüt Fährhof	2:34.70
1974	Benedikt	3	Peter Alafi	Bruno Schütz	Stall Konstantin	2:41.30
1975	Gernegross	3	Dave Richardson	Arthur-Paul Schlaefke	Barbara von Stengel	2:37.50
1976	Oliver	3	Dave Richardson	Arthur-Paul Schlaefke	Koelble / Roemmers	2:33.10
1977	San Vicente	3	George Cadwaladr	Adolf Wöhler	Gestüt Fährhof	2:38.60
1978	Justus	3	Otto Gervai	Fritz Drechsler	Stall Burg Windeck	2:32.50
1979	Imperial Fling	3	Steve Cauthen Steve Cauthen Steve Cauthen is a retired American jockey.Cauthen, the son of a trainer and a farrier, grew up in Walton, Kentucky around horses, which made race-riding a logical career choice. He rode his first race on May 12, 1976 at Churchill Downs; he finished last, riding King of Swat...	Harry Thomson Jones Harry Thomson Jones Harry Thomson Jones , often known as Tom Jones, was a British racehorse trainer whose career lasted from 1951 to 1996...	Carlo Vittadini	2:37.40
1980	Senator	3	Detlef Gronendahl	Hein Bollow	H. Schulz-Botenwerfer	2:39.50
1981	Index	3	Manfred Hofer	Heinz Jentzsch	Gestüt Schlenderhan	2:50.80
1982	Anno	3	Siegmar Klein	Heinz Jentzsch	Gestüt Schlenderhan	2:38.50
1983	Tarsus	3	Heinz-Peter Ludewig	Peter Lautner	Stall Berbuk	2:29.30
1984	Daun	3	Pat Gilson	Theo Grieper	Gestüt Röttgen	2:41.60
1985	Lirung	3	Andrzej Tylicki	Heinz Jentzsch	Gestüt Fährhof	2:04.30
1986	Highland Chieftain	3	Willie Carson Willie Carson William Fisher Hunter Carson, OBE is a retired jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.-Life and career:Best known as "Miserable Willie", Carson was born in Stirling, Scotland. In 1957 he was apprenticed to Captain Gerald Armstrong at his stables at Tupgill, North Yorkshire...	John Dunlop John L. Dunlop John L. Dunlop is a successful race horse trainer based in Arundel, Sussex, with over 3000 winners between 1966 and 2002.He was the British flat racing Champion Trainer in 1995....	Derek Hunnisett	2:05.30
1987	Zampano	3	Andrzej Tylicki	Heinz Jentzsch	Gestüt Bona	2:11.20
1988	Shady Heights	4	Willie Carson Willie Carson William Fisher Hunter Carson, OBE is a retired jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.-Life and career:Best known as "Miserable Willie", Carson was born in Stirling, Scotland. In 1957 he was apprenticed to Captain Gerald Armstrong at his stables at Tupgill, North Yorkshire...	Robert Armstrong	George Tong	2:02.89
1989	Turfkönig	3	Billy Newnes	Uwe Ostmann	Gestüt Auenquelle	2:05.39
1990	Turfkönig	4	Georg Bocskai	Uwe Ostmann	Gestüt Auenquelle	2:01.15
1991	Kartajana	4	William Mongil	Alain de Royer-Dupré Alain de Royer-Dupré Alain de Royer-Dupré is a leading French thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He grew up at the Haras de Saint Lô, a national stud farm in Normandy of which his father was Assistant Director and later Director, responsible for government-owned stallions based at farms in the local...	HH Aga Khan IV Aga Khan IV Prince Karim, Aga Khan IV, NPk, NI, KBE, CC, GCC, GCIH, GCM is the 49th and current Imam of the Shia Imami Nizari Ismaili Muslims. He has held this position under the title of Aga Khan since July 11, 1957, when, at the age of 20, he succeeded his grandfather, Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan...	2:07.57
1992	Kooyonga Kooyonga Kooyonga was an Irish champion Thoroughbred racehorse who raced from 1990 to 1992. After showing good form as a juvenile, she had a highly successful three-year-old campaign, winning the Group One Irish 1000 Guineas and the Coronation Stakes and being named European Champion Three-Year-Old Filly ...	4	Warren O'Connor	Michael Kauntze	Mitsuo Haga	2:05.80
1993	Market Booster	4	Michael Kinane Michael Kinane Michael J. Kinane is a former flat racing jockey. He had a 34-year career, retiring on 8 December 2009....	Dermot Weld Dermot Weld Dermot K. Weld is one of Ireland's most successful racehorse trainers. He holds the record for the most winners trained in Ireland ....	Moyglare Stud Farm Walter Haefner Walter Haefner is a businessman and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder in Ireland. He was born in Switzerland.As a young man, Walter Haefner went to work in the auto industry as an employee of the Swiss division of General Motors Corporation...	2:08.97
1994	Vincenzo	5	Rikki Morse	Georg Ording	Stall Nordpol	2:04.43
1995	Germany	4	Frankie Dettori Frankie Dettori Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE is an Italian horse racing jockey and celebrity. Dettori has been Champion Jockey on three occasions and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races.. He has had many successes in his role of stable jockey to Godolphin Racing...	Bruno Schütz	Jaber Abdullah	2:05.20
1996	Timarida	4	Johnny Murtagh Johnny Murtagh Johnny Murtagh is a Irish flat racing jockey from Bohermeen, Navan, County Meath.He excels on the big stage, having won many Group 1 races around the world...	John Oxx John Oxx John M. Oxx is a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. His stables are located on "The Curragh" of Kildare, the stables are named Currabeg Stables. His father, John Oxx Sr., was also a very successful trainer who won eight Irish classics and it was the younger Oxx's ambition to follow in his...	HH Aga Khan IV Aga Khan IV Prince Karim, Aga Khan IV, NPk, NI, KBE, CC, GCC, GCIH, GCM is the 49th and current Imam of the Shia Imami Nizari Ismaili Muslims. He has held this position under the title of Aga Khan since July 11, 1957, when, at the age of 20, he succeeded his grandfather, Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan...	2:06.60
1997	Oxalagu	5	Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke is a jockey in international Thoroughbred horse racing.Starke began racing at age fifteen as an amateur and since turning professional has won the German riding championship five times. He has competed in Canada and the United States and has won races in Dubai, France, Italy, and...	Bruno Schütz	Gestüt Rietberg	2:04.60
1998	Elle Danzig	3	Stanley Chin	Andreas Schütz Andreas Schütz Andreas Schütz is a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. From a prominent racing family, he is the fourth generation to train professionally....	Gestüt Wittekindshof	2:10.60
1999	Tiger Hill	4	Andreas Suborics Andreas Suborics Andreas Suborics Andreas Suborics Andreas Suborics (born August 11, 1971 in Vienna, Austria is an Austrian Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who is based in Germany and races worldwide.A three-time champion jockey in Germany, Suborics is best known as the jockey who rode Shirocco in 2004....	Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen is a former German champion jockey and a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.- Horse trainer :Schiergen trained Boreal, winner of the 2001 Coronation Cup....	Georg von Ullmann	2:04.70
2000	Greek Dance	5	Johnny Murtagh Johnny Murtagh Johnny Murtagh is a Irish flat racing jockey from Bohermeen, Navan, County Meath.He excels on the big stage, having won many Group 1 races around the world...	Sir Michael Stoute Michael Stoute Sir Michael Ronald Stoute is a Barbadian British thoroughbred horse trainer in flat racing. Stoute, whose father was the Chief of police for Barbados, left the island in 1964 at the age of 19 to become an assistant to trainer Pat Rohan and began training horses on his own in 1972...	Lord Weinstock Arnold Weinstock Arnold Weinstock, Baron Weinstock was an English businessman whom The Guardian newspaper called "Britain's premier post-second-world-war industrialist."...	2:12.40
2001	Kutub	4	Frankie Dettori Frankie Dettori Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE is an Italian horse racing jockey and celebrity. Dettori has been Champion Jockey on three occasions and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races.. He has had many successes in his role of stable jockey to Godolphin Racing...	Saeed bin Suroor Saeed bin Suroor Saeed bin Suroor , is a horse racing trainer. Formerly a policeman, he took out his training license in 1994 and the following year was appointed as the trainer for Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation....	Godolphin	2:09.00
2002	Kaieteur	3	Pat Eddery Pat Eddery Patrick James John "Pat" Eddery is a former flat racing jockey. Pat's father Jimmy Eddery was a jockey, as is his brother Paul Eddery.-Career:...	Brian Meehan	Susan McCarthy	2:09.85
2003	Ransom O'War	3	Stanley Chin	Erika Mäder	Stall Capricorn	2:04.60
2004	Intendant	3	Jiri Palik	Andrea Bertram	Ferdinand Leve	2:04.27
2005	Soldier Hollow	5	William Mongil	Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen is a former German champion jockey and a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.- Horse trainer :Schiergen trained Boreal, winner of the 2001 Coronation Cup....	Gestüt Park Wiedingen	2:11.09
2006	Lord of England	3	Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke is a jockey in international Thoroughbred horse racing.Starke began racing at age fifteen as an amateur and since turning professional has won the German riding championship five times. He has competed in Canada and the United States and has won races in Dubai, France, Italy, and...	Mario Hofer	Stall Lucky Owner	2:14.46
2007	Soldier Hollow	7	Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke is a jockey in international Thoroughbred horse racing.Starke began racing at age fifteen as an amateur and since turning professional has won the German riding championship five times. He has competed in Canada and the United States and has won races in Dubai, France, Italy, and...	Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen is a former German champion jockey and a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.- Horse trainer :Schiergen trained Boreal, winner of the 2001 Coronation Cup....	Gestüt Park Wiedingen	2:09.26
2008	Linngari	6	Ryan Moore	Sir Michael Stoute Michael Stoute Sir Michael Ronald Stoute is a Barbadian British thoroughbred horse trainer in flat racing. Stoute, whose father was the Chief of police for Barbados, left the island in 1964 at the age of 19 to become an assistant to trainer Pat Rohan and began training horses on his own in 1972...	Plersch / Walichnowski	2:10.05
2009	Pressing	6	Neil Callan	Michael Jarvis Michael Jarvis Michael Jarvis was a Thoroughbred horse trainer in England. Based in Newmarket, Jarvis trained numerous Group One winners including three winners of the British Haydock Sprint Cup. Jarvis's horses also won important races in Ireland, Germany and Italy. He kept approximately 80 horses in...	Gary A. Tanaka	2:11.27
2010	Lady Jane Digby	5	Greg Fairley	Mark Johnston	Kirsten Rausing Kirsten Rausing Kirsten Rausing is the eldest child of Swedish industrialist Gad Rausing and his wife Birgit . She is the grand-daughter of Ruben Rausing who was the founder of the liquid food packaging company Tetra Pak...	2:09.70
2011	Durban Thunder	5	Terence Hellier	Torsten Mundry	Stall Tinsdal	2:06.39

Earlier winners

* The 1900 and 1952 races were dead-heats and have joint winners.