The Oleander-Rennen is a Group 2 flat horse race in Germany open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 3,200 metres (about 2 miles) at Hoppegarten in May.
History The event is named after Oleander, a successful German racehorse in the 1920s. It was established in 1972, and the first two runnings were won by Sarto. For a period it held Listed status.
The Oleander-Rennen was promoted to Group 3 level in 1989. It was sponsored by the fashion company Betty Barclay from 1998 to 2009, and during this time it was known as the Betty Barclay-Rennen. It was raised to Group 2 level in 2017.
The race took place at Baden-Baden prior to 2012.
Records Most successful horse (3 wins): Altano – 2012, 2013, 2014
Leading jockey (5 wins): Andrasch Starke - Flamingo Paradise (1995), Subiaco (2001), Darsalam (2005), Sound Check (2018), Aff Un Zo (2023)
Leading trainer (7 wins): Andreas Wöhler – Camp David (1996, 1997), Altano (2012, 2013, 2014), Wasir (2016), Red Cardinal (2017)
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time 1972 Sarto 4 Horst Horwart Heinz Jentzsch 3:40.30 1973 Sarto 5 Fritz Drechsler Heinz Jentzsch 3:24.80 1974 Sebastiano 4 Fritz Drechsler Heinz Jentzsch 3:22.50 1975 Abendgöttin 4 Peter Alafi H. Hinze 3:23.70 1976 Logos 4 Joan Pall Heinz Jentzsch 3:31.90 1977 Lemon 6 José Orihuel Hein Bollow 3:24.80 1978 Prairie Snoopy 4 Georg Bocskai Bruno Schütz 3:53.60 1979 Donat 4 Georg Bocskai Bruno Schütz 3:27.80 1980 Donat 5 Georg Bocskai Bruno Schütz 3:38.30 1981 Narcissus 5 Lutz Mäder Hein Bollow 3:24.70 1982 Seigneur 5 Peter Schade Sven von Mitzlaff 3:23.60 1983 Kaiserstern 5 Karl Winkler Oskar Langner 4:01.80 1984 Cynthia 5 Dragan Ilic Urs Feller 3:34.30 1985 El Arco 5 Georg Bocskai Heinz Jentzsch 3:25.20 1986 Ganymed 4 Peter Alafi Sven von Mitzlaff 3:45.80 1987 Wildvogel 4 Trond Jörgensen Wido Neuroth 3:28.50 1988 Vif-Argent 5 Peter Remmert Jonathan Pease 3:35.30 1989 Britannia 4 Lutz Mäder Bruno Schütz 3:23.51 1990 Ashal 4 Richard Hills Harry Thomson Jones 3:20.20 1991 Elsurimo 4 Mark Rimmer Bruno Schütz 3:23.78 1992 Sought Out 4 Mathieu Boutin John Hammond 3:20.05 1993 Embarcadero 5 Mark Rimmer Bruno Schütz 3:32.57 1994 Goracij 4 Lutz Mäder Miroslav Weiss 3:39.40 1995 Flamingo Paradise 4 Andrasch Starke Hans Blume 3:37.48 1996 Camp David 6 Peter Schiergen Andreas Wöhler 3:22.31 1997 Camp David 7 Andreas Boschert Andreas Wöhler 3:23.00 1998 Solo Mio 4 Cash Asmussen John Hammond 3:23.12 1999 Solo Mio 5 Cash Asmussen John Hammond 3:20.00 2000 Wins Fiction 5 Neil Grant Peter Remmert 3:32.77 2001 Subiaco 4 Andrasch Starke Andreas Schütz 3:30.15 2002 Adlerflieger 5 Andreas Boschert Andreas Schütz 3:29.92 2003 Olaso 4 Eduardo Pedroza Pavel Vovcenko 3:22.91 2004 Darasim 6 Joe Fanning Mark Johnston 3:21.59 2005 Darsalam 4 Andrasch Starke Arslangirej Savujev 3:31.69 2006 Bussoni 5 Adrie de Vries Hans Blume 3:28.57 2007 Bussoni 6 Adrie de Vries Hans Blume 3:23.52 2008 Caudillo 5 Jean-Pierre Carvalho Dr Andreas Bolte 3:20.44 2009 Flamingo Fantasy 4 Andreas Suborics Waldemar Hickst 3:29.25 2010 Tres Rock Danon 4 Jiri Palik Waldemar Hickst 3:25.51 2011 Tres Rock Danon 5 Andreas Suborics Waldemar Hickst 3:27.25 2012 Altano 6 Rastislav Juracek Andreas Wöhler 3:36.80 2013 Altano 7 Jozef Bojko Andreas Wöhler 3:21.30 2014 Altano 8 Eduardo Pedroza Andreas Wöhler 3:30.60 2015 Ephraim 4 Eugen Frank Markus Klug 3:44.80 2016 Wasir 4 Rafael Schistl Andreas Wöhler 3:26.10 2017 Red Cardinal 5 Eduardo Pedroza Andreas Wöhler 3:33.90 2018 Sound Check 5 Andrasch Starke Peter Schiergen 3:23.59 2019 Raa Atoll 4 Jozef Bojko Luke Comer 3:23.10 2020 Quian 4 Bauyrzhan Murzabayev Peter Schiergen 3:46.52 2021 Rip Van Lips 5 Gérald Mossé Andreas Suborics 3:27.69 2022 Loft 4 Rene Piechulek Marcel Weiss 3:25.83 2023 Aff Un Zo 5 Andrasch Starke Markus Klug 3:22.56 2024 Alessio 5 Rene Piechulek Peter Schiergen 3:30.70 2025 Flatten The Curve 6 Thore Hammer Hansen Henk Grewe 3:25.932026Lordano7Sibylle VogtMarcel Weiss3:26.58
See also List of German flat horse races
References
Racing Post / siegerlisten.com: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
galopp-sieger.de – Oleander-Rennen (ex Betty Barclay-Rennen). horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Oleander-Rennen (2017). pedigreequery.com – Betty Barclay-Rennen (Oleander-Rennen) – Baden-Baden.