The Bénazet-Rennen is a Group 3

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 flat

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 in Germany

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 open to thoroughbred

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s aged three years or older. It is run at Baden-Baden

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 over a distance of 1,200 metres (about 6 furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May or June.

The event is named in honour of Edouard Bénazet (1801–1867), the founder of Baden-Baden's Iffezheim Racecourse. It was established in 1972, and it was originally contested over 1,400 metres. It was cut to 1,200 metres in 1983.

For a period the Bénazet-Rennen was classed at Listed level, and it was promoted to Group 3 status in 1995. The race was titled the Belmondo-Pokal in 2011.

Records

Most successful horse (3 wins):

• Lucky Strike – 2004, 2005, 2007

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Leading jockey

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 (3 wins):

• Andrzej Tylicki – Park Romeo (1981), Bismarck (1985), Home Please (1987)
• Terence Hellier – Auenadler (1999), Call Me Big (2002), Smooth Operator (2011)
• Adrie de Vries – Lucky Strike (2004, 2005, 2007)

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Leading trainer

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 (4 wins):

• Andreas Trybuhl – Lucky Strike (2004, 2005, 2007), Soave (2006)

Winners since 1990

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1990	Roman Prose	5	Marc de Smyter	Jonathan Pease Jonathan E. Pease Jonathan Edward Pease is a member of the area's prominent Pease family and a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer....	1:09.30
1991	Irish Shoal	3	Pierre Bouhey	John Hammond John E. Hammond John E. Hammond is a Thoroughbred horse trainer in France.Based in Chantilly, Oise, Hammond has trained numerous Group One winners including Montjeu and Suave Dancer both of whom won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, France's most prestigious horse race...	1:08.00
1992	Mister Slippers	3	Corey Black Corey Black Corey A. Black is a retired Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Born in Westminster, California, Black won his first race as a professional apprentice jockey on October 16, 1985, during the Oak Tree Racing Association meet at Santa Anita Park...	Robert Collet Robert Collet Robert Collet is a French thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Robert Collet was one of the first European trainers to win a Breeders' Cup race when he won the 1986 edition of the Breeders' Cup Mile at Hollywood Park Racetrack with Last Tycoon...	1:12.20
1993	Dolphin Street	3	Cash Asmussen Cash Asmussen Cash Asmussen is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Born Brian Keith Asmussen, in 1977 he legally changed his name to "Cash". From a Texas horse racing family, his parents, Keith and Marilyn "Sis" Asmussen, operate a ranch in Laredo, Texas...	John Hammond John E. Hammond John E. Hammond is a Thoroughbred horse trainer in France.Based in Chantilly, Oise, Hammond has trained numerous Group One winners including Montjeu and Suave Dancer both of whom won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, France's most prestigious horse race...	1:12.38
1994	Nasr Allah	4	Dragan Ilic	Fredy Scheffer	1:11.94
1995	Wessam Prince	4	Walter Swinburn Walter Swinburn Walter R. Swinburn is a retired flat racing jockey who competed in Great Britain and Ireland as well as internationally.Swinburn was born in Oxford...	Carlos Laffon-Parias	1:12.07
1996	Passion for Life	3	Paul Eddery	Geoff Lewis Geoff Lewis Geoff Lewis is a Welsh retired jockey who was born in Talgarth, .He moved to London with his family in 1946. He came from a large family and started his career with Ron Smyth, who was a trainer in Epsom. He will be best remembered as the jockey that won the 1,000 Guineas, 2,000 Guineas, Oaks ,...	1:09.02
1997	Monaassib	6	Daragh O'Donohoe	Ed Dunlop	1:07.91
1998	Dyhim Diamond	4	Dominique Boeuf Dominique Boeuf Dominique Boeuf is a jockey in Thoroughbred flat racing. He began his career while still a teen and won his first race on 15 September 1984. Three years later, he got his first Group One win aboard Groom Dancer in the 1987 Prix Lupin...	Carlos Laffon-Parias	1:09.01
1999	Auenadler	7	Terence Hellier	Uwe Ostmann	1:10.43
2000	Skip	6	Torsten Mundry	Urs Suter	1:12.19
2001	Gorse	6	John Reid John A. Reid John Andrew Reid John Andrew Reid John Andrew Reid (born August 6, 1955 in Banbridge County Down, Northern Ireland is a retired flat race jockey.Reid served as an apprentice in his native Ireland to Leslie Crawford, before moving to England and joining Verley Bewicke. His first Classic victory came...	Henry Candy	1:08.09
2002	Call Me Big	4	Terence Hellier	Eckhart Gröschel	1:08.68
2003	Ingolf	5	Eduardo Pedroza	Andreas Wöhler	1:09.99
2004	Lucky Strike	6	Adrie de Vries	Andreas Trybuhl	1:07.94
2005	Lucky Strike	7	Adrie de Vries	Andreas Trybuhl	1:07.56
2006	Soave	7	Olivier Peslier Olivier Peslier Olivier Peslier is a thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Peslier competes in flat racing mainly in France but travels often around the world for the big international races....	Andreas Trybuhl	1:09.26
2007	Lucky Strike	9	Adrie de Vries	Andreas Trybuhl	1:11.35
2008	Abbadjinn	4	Torsten Mundry	Peter Rau	1:10.03
2009	Contat	6	Rastislav Juracek	Pavel Vovcenko	1:09.97
2010	Amico Fritz	4	Fabrice Veron	Henri-Alex Pantall	1:09.50
2011	Smooth Operator	5	Terence Hellier	Mario Hofer	1:07.72

The 2010 running took place at Hoppegarten

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