The Deutsches St. Leger is a Group 3 flat horse race in Germany open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Dortmund over a distance of 2,800 metres (about 1¾ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September or October.

It is Germany's equivalent of the St. Leger Stakes, a famous race in England.

History The event was established in 1881, and it was originally restricted to three-year-olds. It was staged at Hanover until 1908, and for a period it was called the Norddeutsches Saint Leger. It was transferred to Grunewald in 1909, and to Hoppegarten in 1934.

The race became known as the Lehndorff-Rennen in 1940. It was cancelled in 1945 and 1946, and held at Dortmund in 1947. It took place at Düsseldorf in 1948 and 1949, and on the latter occasion it was renamed the Deutsches St. Leger. It began its current spell at Dortmund in 1950.

The present system of race grading was introduced in Germany in 1972, and the Deutsches St. Leger was initially given Group 2 status. The first winner to complete a Triple Crown (having previously won the Henckel-Rennen and the Deutsches Derby) was Königsstuhl in 1979.

The Deutsches St. Leger was relegated to Group 3 level in 2005, and opened to older horses in 2007.

Records Most successful horse (2 wins): El Tango – 2005, 2007 Lordano - 2023, 2026

Leading jockey (6 wins): Charles Ballantine – Pumpernickel (1887), Glöcknerin (1890), Wahlstatt (1893), Waschfrau (1895), Vollmond (1898), Rachenputzer (1900) Otto Schmidt – Ossian (1921), Ganelon (1923), Lampos (1926), Eisenkanzler (1927), Gregor (1930), Octavianus (1939) Gerhard Streit – Marschall Vorwärts (1938), Samurai (1940), Yngola (1944), Masetto (1955), Baalim (1961), Marinus (1964)

Leading trainer (11 wins): George Arnull – Abgott (1922), Weissdorn (1925), Wolkenflug (1931), Blinzen (1934), Marschall Vorwärts (1938), Octavianus (1939), Samurai (1940), Yngola (1944), Aubergine (1949), Asterios (1950), Jonkheer (1951)

Winners since 1970 Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time 1970 Lombard 3 Fritz Drechsler Heinz Jentzsch 3:01.60 1971 Madruzzo 3 John Gorton Arthur-Paul Schlaefke 3:07.00 1972 Arratos 3 Horst Horwart Heinz Jentzsch 3:19.50 1973 Tannenberg 3 Geoff Lewis Heinz Gummelt 3:05.30 1974 Marduk 3 Peter Remmert Hein Bollow 3:08.20 1975 Windwurf 3 Jerzy Jednaszewski Heinz Gummelt 3:00.30 1976 Stuyvesant 3 Joan Pall Heinz Jentzsch 3:00.40 1977 La Tour 3 Peter Alafi Sven von Mitzlaff 2:57.00 1978 Donat 3 Georg Bocskai Bruno Schütz 3:02.80 1979 Königsstuhl 3 Peter Alafi Sven von Mitzlaff 3:01.20 1980 Wauthi 3 Peter Remmert Theo Grieper 3:03.40 1981 Index 3 Ralf Suerland Heinz Jentzsch 3:05.10 1982 Anno 3 Georg Bocskai Heinz Jentzsch 2:59.10 1983 Ordos 3 Peter Alafi Sven von Mitzlaff 2:58.20 1984 Las Vegas 3 Peter Alafi Sven von Mitzlaff 3:13.10 1985 Kamiros 3 Peter Alafi Sven von Mitzlaff 3:02.20 1986 Prairie Neba 3 Billy Newnes Uwe Ostmann 2:55.90 1987 Gondola 3 Peter Remmert Hein Bollow 3:02.40 1988 Britannia 3 Lutz Mäder Bruno Schütz 3:02.40 1989 Klassiker 3 Manfred Hofer Bruno Schütz 3:07.80 1990 Elsurimo 3 Andrzej Tylicki Bruno Schütz 3:10.50 1991 All Top 3 Mark Rimmer Bruno Schütz 3:01.70 1992 Non Partisan 3 Paul Eddery André Fabre 2:55.60 1993 Pinot 3 Andre Best Bruno Schütz 3:12.90 1994 Caballo 3 Andrzej Tylicki Heinz Jentzsch 3:02.40 1995 First Hello 3 Torsten Mundry Peter Rau 3:05.50 1996 Wurftaube 3 Kevin Woodburn Harro Remmert 3:02.30 1997 Ungaro 3 Terence Hellier Hans Blume 2:53.00 1998 Laveron 3 Torsten Mundry Peter Rau 3:07.11 1999 Win for Us 3 Piotr Piatkowski Peter Schiergen 3:14.11 2000 Moonlady 3 Kevin Woodburn Harro Remmert 3:19.29 2001 Fair Question 3 Davy Bonilla John Dunlop 3:07.40 2002 Liquido 3 Andreas Helfenbein Horst Steinmetz 3:03.54 2003 Royal Fantasy 3 L. Hammer-Hansen Horst Steinmetz 3:08.61 2004 Darsalam 3 Filip Minarik Arslangirej Savujev 3:04.01 2005 El Tango 3 William Mongil Peter Schiergen 3:02.72 2006 Schiaparelli 3 Andrasch Starke Peter Schiergen 3:03.43 2007 El Tango 5 Andrasch Starke Peter Schiergen 3:10.14 2008 Valdino 3 Terence Hellier Uwe Ostmann 3:09.06 2009 Sassoaloro 5 Terence Hellier Hans Blume 3:02.73 2010 Val Mondo 3 Andreas Helfenbein Uwe Ostmann 3:04.53 2011 Fox Hunt 4 Silvestre de Sousa Mark Johnston 3:10.26 2012 Altano 6 Eduardo Pedroza Andreas Wöhler 3:01.14 2013 Hey Little Gorl 3 Andreas Helfenbein Markus Klug 3:02.88 2014 Kaldera 3 Eddy Hardouin Paul Harley 3:11.88 2015 Virginia Sun 4 Adrie de Vries Jens Hirschberger 3:13,8 2016 Near England 3 Andreas Helfenbein Markus Klug 2:56,9 2017 Oriental Eagle 3 Jack Mitchell Jens Hirschberger 3:07,5 2018 Sweet Thomas 6 Stephen Hellyn Andreas Suborics 2:56.62 2019 Ispolini 4 James Doyle Charlie Appleby 2:57.08 2020 Quian 4 Lukas Delozier Peter Schiergen 2:55.95 2021 Aff Un Zo 3 Adrie de Vries Markus Klug 2:58.39 2022 Tunnes 3 Bauyrzhan Murzabayev Peter Schiergen 3:06.21 2023 Lordano 4 Rene Piechulek Marcel Weiss 2:59.92 2024 Prydwen 6 Callum Shepherd George Scott 3:02.45 2025 Caballo De Mar 4 Adrie de Vries George Scott 3:06.012026Lordano7Sibylle VogtMarcel Weiss3:01.62 Cassis finished first in 1985, but he was relegated to second place following a stewards' inquiry.

Earlier winners

1881: Blue Monkey 1882: Marie 1883: Maria 1884: Vinea 1885: Picollos 1886: Antagonist 1887: Pumpernickel 1888: Padischah 1889: Battenberg 1890: Glöcknerin 1891: Martigny 1892: Dorn 1893: Wahlstatt 1894: Hannibal 1895: Waschfrau 1896: Dahlmann 1897: Geranium 1898: Vollmond 1899: Namouna 1900: Rachenputzer 1901: Tuki 1902: Hamilkar 1903: Laurin 1904: Real Scotch 1905: Zenith 1906: Hammurabi 1907: Hildegard 1908: Horizont 1909: Fervor / Glockenspiel * 1910: Cola Rienzi 1911: Royal Flower 1912: Royal Blue 1913: Orchidee 1914–15: no race 1916: Adresse 1917: Aversion 1918: Prunus 1919: Abschluss 1920: Herold 1921: Ossian 1922: Abgott 1923: Ganelon 1924: Hornbori 1925: Weissdorn 1926: Lampos 1927: Eisenkanzler 1928: Lupus 1929: Graf Isolani 1930: Gregor 1931: Wolkenflug 1932: Mio d'Arezzo 1933: Arjaman 1934: Blinzen 1935: Ricardo 1936: Wahnfried 1937: Abendfrieden 1938: Marschall Vorwärts 1939: Octavianus 1940: Samurai 1941: Alejana 1942: Gradivo 1943: Aufbruch 1944: Yngola 1945–46: no race 1947: Aikern 1948: Angeber 1949: Aubergine 1950: Asterios 1951: Jonkheer 1952: Tasman 1953: Naras 1954: Nardus 1955: Masetto 1956: Bernardus 1957: Adios 1958: Agio 1959: Ordinate 1960: Wicht 1961: Baalim 1962: Sudan 1963: Nobel 1964: Marinus 1965: Waidwerk 1966: Bandit 1967: Luciano 1968: Ballyboy 1969: Basalt

* The 1909 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.

See also List of German flat horse races

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