The EuropaChampionat was a Group 2 flat horse race in Germany open to three-year-old thoroughbreds. It was run at Hoppegarten over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and it was scheduled to take place each year in August.
The event was established in 1992, and it was initially classed at Group 3 level. It was promoted to Group 2 status in 1995.
The EuropaChampionat remained at Hoppegarten until 2000. It was contested at Frankfurt over 2,450 metres in 2001, and discontinued in 2002.
Records Leading jockey (2 wins): Mark Rimmer – Platini (1992), Kornado (1993) Andreas Boschert – Baroon (1997), Belenus (1999)
Leading trainer (3 wins): Bruno Schütz – Platini (1992), Kornado (1993), Flying Dream (1994)
Winners Year Winner Jockey Trainer Time 1992 Platini Mark Rimmer Bruno Schütz 2:28.70 1993 Kornado Mark Rimmer Bruno Schütz 2:29.30 1994 Flying Dream Terence Hellier Bruno Schütz 2:34.80 1995 All My Dreams Kevin Woodburn Harro Remmert 2:26.20 1996 Bad Bertrich Again Georg Bocskai Andreas Löwe 2:28.60 1997 Baroon Andreas Boschert Andreas Wöhler 2:33.00 1998 Central Park Daragh O'Donohoe Saeed bin Suroor 2:28.90 1999 Belenus Andreas Boschert Andreas Wöhler 2:31.00 2000 Wild Side Torsten Mundry Peter Rau 2:32.10 2001 Noroit Christian Czachary Wolfgang Figge 2:38.57
See also List of German flat horse races
References
Racing Post: , , , , , , , , ,
galopp-sieger.de – EuropaChampionat.