Association

In 1895 the time had come: in the east of Munich, between the dreamy and still untouched villages of Riem and Dornach, a 156-acre site was purchased with the approval of the general meeting. The purchase price was 158,000 marks, and a further 200,000 marks were needed to build the track and the necessary structures, which were raised through interest-bearing share certificates. The contract to build the track was given to the Hamburg landscape engineer R. Jürgens, who had already built the tracks in Berlin-Karlshorst, Hamburg-Horn and Cologne-Weidenpesch. The flat track in Iffezheim was used as a model for the route, and the obstacle course was based on the then most modern model in Paris-Auteuil. When the Riem race track was handed over to the owner, Colonel Baron Max von Schacky, it cost 449,349 marks.

The Bayern Prize, for years the only Riemer comparison test for two-year-old and older horses, is being run for the first time.

The year 1936 was unforgettable for many, when Nereide, the Derby winner who had been unbeaten in 10 races, left France's best older mare Corrida behind after a flawless race. While Nereide subsequently ended her racing career, Corrida won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe twice.

The racing club celebrates its anniversary

Olympic race day in Riem causes a great stir

Planned long in advance and held for the first time in Munich on October 11, 1987, was an electronics race day initiated by Werner Wolf and his brother Günther, which, under the title Silicon Bavaria, immediately set a new record for visitors and sales (over 30,000 spectators / 1,112,000 marks in sales). What's more: 50 minutes of live TV from Riem, the Trainer and Jockey Cup attracted athletes to Riem who you don't see every day. The commitment of the "rivals of the electronics industry" lasted three years before purely economic reasons in the computer industry caused the "sponsorship source" to dry up.

Dietrich von Boetticher becomes president. Wolfgang Wille remains honorary president.

With the Grand Prix of Bavaria (Group I) and the Silver Whip (Group III), the Munich Racing Club has two new group races. Together with the Grand Dallmayr Prize (Group I), the Great European Mile (Group III) and the oneXtwo.com Bavarian Classic, there are now five group race days in the season.

After his victory in the Grand Dallmayr Prize in 2017, Stall Mulligans Iquitos, who is trained in Hanover by Hans-Jürgen Gröschel, also won the Grand Prix of Bavaria the following year, thus achieving a double that had never been achieved before.

A major fire in the roof of the club grandstand destroys the two upper floors of the grandstand, which was built in 1972. The cause of the fire is a cable fire. With the help of the insurance compensation, the racing club decides to rebuild the grandstand.

In March of the same year, Dietrich von Boetticher announced his resignation as president of the association. He was succeeded by Michael Motschmann.

In July, the German Derby winner Sammarco will be seen in the colors of the Park Wiedingen stud farm under René Piechulek in the Grand Dallmayr Prize for trainer Peter Schiergen.

With the Isfahan Munich Autumn Prize, Munich once again gets a listed race, which is won by Wiesentau from the stable of Andreas Wöhler.

This year, the Munich Racing Club is recording a positive annual result for the first time in 55 years.

The World Pool is visiting Munich-Riem for the first time and both Munich Group 1 races are part of the program of the pool organized by the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

In the Grand Dallmayr Prize, local hero Fantastic Moon missed out on his first victory at home and lost to Calif, who took the win to France under Adrie de Vries. The two World Pool races of the day generated revenues of almost EUR 4.5 million.

The WETTSTAR.de Bavarian Classic has been granted Group II status, making it the first race in Germany in nearly 10 years to improve its status. This also confirms its relevance as one of the most important Derby trials.