The Hessen-Pokal is a Group 3

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 in Germany

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 which is open to thoroughbred

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s aged three years or older. It is run at Frankfurt over a distance of 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in November.

The event was established in 1967, and it was originally called the Concentra-Pokal. In the first part of its history it was held in July. It was initially contested over 2,550 metres, and it was cut by 50 metres in 1971. The race attained Group 3 status in 1973, and it was shortened to 2,000 metres the following year. It was given its present title in 1979.

The Hessen-Pokal was promoted to Group 2 level in 1987, but it reverted to its former status two years later. For a period thereafter it was sometimes known as the Frankfurt-Pokal or the Frankfurt Cup. Its distance was extended to 2,050 metres in 1999, and it was restored to 2,000 metres in 2001. It was switched to November in 2006.

Winners since 1987

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1987	Nuas	3	Terence Kelleher	Theo Grieper	2:05.00
1988	Highland Chieftain	5	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....	2:05.60
1989	Twist King	4	Dragan Ilic	Peter Lautner	2:05.60
1990	Twist King	5	Dragan Ilic	Peter Lautner	2:04.31
1991	Sir Felix	5	Michael Roberts Michael Roberts (jockey) Michael Roberts is a South African jockey currently residing in Suffolk, England, with his wife Verna and two daughters, Melanie and Carolyn. Roberts has had a successful career, winning many English and South African races multiple times. He was British flat racing Champion Jockey in 1992...	Mario Hofer	2:05.14
1992	Sugunas	4	Andreas Boschert	Andreas Wöhler	2:05.40
1993	Iron Fighter	4	Ronald Hillis	Horst Steinmetz	2:05.84
1994	Latmos	4	Terence Hellier	Peter Rau	2:06.36
1995	Solon	3	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....	Heinz Jentzsch	2:06.32
1996	Dankeston	3	Michael Roberts Michael Roberts (jockey) Michael Roberts is a South African jockey currently residing in Suffolk, England, with his wife Verna and two daughters, Melanie and Carolyn. Roberts has had a successful career, winning many English and South African races multiple times. He was British flat racing Champion Jockey in 1992...	Michael Bell	2:04.84
1997	Devil River Peek	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	2:10.53
1998	Aboard	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....	2:05.36
1999	Catella	3	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....	2:05.71
2000	Imperioso	4	Terence Hellier	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....	2:11.06
2001	Zöllner	3	Jimmy Quinn Jimmy Quinn (jockey) James "Jimmy" Quinn is an Irish professional horse racing flat jockey. One of the highlights of Quinn's career came when he won the Nunthorpe Stakes at York Racecourse with Kingsgate Native....	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....	2:09.30
2002	Street Poker	4	Andreas Boschert	Andreas Wöhler	2:04.12
2003	Picotee	6	Jimmy Quinn Jimmy Quinn (jockey) James "Jimmy" Quinn is an Irish professional horse racing flat jockey. One of the highlights of Quinn's career came when he won the Nunthorpe Stakes at York Racecourse with Kingsgate Native....	Dr. Andreas Bolte	2:07.16
2004	Soldier Hollow	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....	2:10.16
2005	Tarlac	4	Terence Hellier	Andreas Schütz Andreas Schütz Andreas Schütz is a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. From a prominent racing family, he is the fourth generation to train professionally....	2:03.69
2006	Wiesenpfad	3	Johan Victoire	Waldemar Hickst	2:22.69
2007	Fair Breeze	4	Andreas Helfenbein	Mario Hofer	2:17.41
2008	Lady Deauville	3	Hayley Turner Hayley Turner Hayley Turner is a professional jockey based in the United Kingdom. She was born on 3 January 1983.Turner is widely considered to be the first woman to achieve a sustained, day-in, day-out, successful career as a professional jockey in the UK...	Paul Blockley	2:12.30
2009	Zafisio	3	Graham Gibbons	Roger Curtis	2:19.65

The 2008 running took place at Hanover

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