Munich Racing Club: Path of Soldier on the way to the Derby after success in the Wettstar.de Bavarian Classic
MUNICH, MAY 1, 2025 – For more than three decades, Helmut von Finck and his Park Wiedingen Stud have been a fixture in German horse racing. Three years ago, the stallion Sammarco fulfilled his lifelong dream and won the German Derby, the most important race of the year. Sammarco opened his 2022 Derby season with […]
Derby test in Munich – Six candidates in the WETTSTAR.de Bavarian Classic on May 1st
May 1st is a traditional date at the racecourse in Munich-Riem with the first major highlight of the season: the WETTSTAR.de Bavarian Classic is the first important preliminary test on the way to the German Derby and always a real indicator for the most important gallop race in Germany. In the past three years, the […]
Successful start to the season in Riem – premiere for Premium Handicap
The first winner at the racecourse in Munich-Riem this year came from Cologne: The three-year-old mare Querencia easily won the Prize of Gestüt Erftmühle over an official 1600m by two lengths ahead of Dolcevida. “Due to important grass work at the starting gate, the races over this distance were about 40m shorter today in agreement […]
Season opener in Munich on Easter Monday with new premium handicap
The green gallop season is slowly getting into full swing in Germany – the Münchener Rennverein is also opening the 2025 racing year on Easter Monday. “We have returned to our traditional date at Easter,” says the Managing Director of the Münchener Rennverein, Sascha Multerer. The late November date, which fell victim to the weather […]
Racing Team Day 2025
This year, you’ll once again have the opportunity to take a look behind the scenes. Michael Figge, Jutta Mayer, and John David Hillis will open their doors on April 19th and give you an insight into the daily life of a trainer. Following the tour with one of the trainers, all participants can enjoy a […]
Two Munich races among the top 100 in global horse racing in 2024
Press release WETTSTAR : Four German Group I races among the top 100 in global horse racing in 2024 Good news for German horse racing at the Longines World Racing Awards 2024 on January 21, 2025 in London: Four German Group I races have made it into the top 100 Group I/Grade I races in global horse racing in 2024. […]
Assistant plays the leading role in the Grand Allianz Prize of Bavaria with great fighting spirit
With a great fighting performance, the five-year-old assistant won the Grand Allianz Prize of Bavaria – the last Group I race in Europe this year. The internationally strong competition was the absolute highlight of a thrilling day of racing at the racecourse in Munich-Riem with several double winners and a tragic accident. The Bavarian Grand […]
International showdown at the Großer Allianz Preis von Bayern (Gr. I) in Munich
There couldn’t be a better starter field: 11 horses from Germany, England and France don’t only are a great number of starters but also mean a high quality starting field for the 155,000 Euro Group I race (2,400 m). “This will be a great race and a race day as great as, I’m sure of […]
Tarkhan surprises at the Isfahan Münchener Herbst-Preis
The horse in form won the Isfahan Münchener Herbst-Preis at the racecourse in Munich-Riem on Saturday: It was the fourth victory this year for the five-year-old gelding Tarkhan – three of them in a row in the past two months. It was the greatest sporting success for Roland Dzubasz’s charge, who trains Tarkhan for the […]
Top sprintraces and great betting chances on Saturday in Munich
The main race is a listed race over 1,300m with prize money of 25,000 euros. The Isfahan Munich Autumn Prize has attracted an international field of 13 starters from Germany, England and France. It will be exciting to see how the three-year-old sprinters like Shootout, trained by Henk Grewe, fare against the older horses – […]