Frühjahrs Dreijährigen-Preis
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The Frühjahrs Dreijährigen-Preis is a Group 3 flat horse race in Germany for three-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 1¼ miles) at Frankfurt Racecourse, Frankfurt in late April or early May.
It was first run in 1965 as the Adolf Schindling-Rennen, named in memory of Adolf Schindling (1887-1963), a Frankfurt born businessman who founded the company VDO, and owned the successful stud farm Gestüt Asta.
The race was given Group 3 status in 1982, from which time it was run as the Preis der Steigenberger Hotels, changing to the BMW Händler-Trophy in 1994. It is presently run under the sponsored title Frühjahrspreis des Bankhaus Metzler.
[edit] Winners since 1982
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
| 1982 | Ditano | Greville Starkey | Theo Grieper | 2:09.40 |
| 1983 | Abary | Andrzej Tylicki | Heinz Jentzsch | 2:10.60 |
| 1984 | Der Wind | Pat Gilson | Theo Grieper | 2:06.50 |
| 1985 | Lontano | Andrzej Tylicki | Heinz Jentzsch | 2:06.60 |
| 1986 | Vif-Argent | Ralf Suerland | Peter Lautner | 2:11.50 |
| 1987 | Le Glorieux | Alain Lequeux | Robert Collet | 2:06.90 |
| 1988 | Exactly Sharp | Dominique Regnard | Robert Collet | 2:02.60 |
| 1989 | Riamo | Georg Bocskai | Hartmut Steguweit | 2:10.50 |
| 1990 | Diable au Corps | Dominique Regnard | John Hammond | 2:08.40 |
| 1991 | Tao | Ole Larsen | Andreas Wöhler | 2:07.83 |
| 1992 | Iron Fighter | Andrew Riding | Horst Steinmetz | 2:07.65 |
| 1993 | Monsun | Peter Schiergen | Heinz Jentzsch | 2:06.44 |
| 1994 | Savinelli | Peter Schiergen | Heinz Jentzsch | 2:07.72 |
| 1995 | Speedster | Alessandro Schikora | Bruno Schütz | 2:08.25 |
| 1996 | Ardilan | Torsten Mundry | Horst Horwart | 2:08.57 |
| 1997 | Ungaro | Terence Hellier | Hans Blume | 2:12.70 |
| 1998 | Nadour Al Bahr | Andreas Suborics | Mario Hofer | 2:07.48 |
| 1999 | Imperioso | Andreas Suborics | Peter Schiergen | 2:07.63 |
| 2000 | Kallisto | Andreas Boschert | Hans Blume | 2:07.72 |
| 2001 | Blue Baloo | Billy Newnes | Andreas Schütz | 2:15.74 |
| 2002 | Maranilla | John Egan | Eoghan O'Neill | 2:09.64 |
| 2003 | Flambo | Filip Minarik | Peter Schiergen | 2:12.00 |
| 2004 | Apeiron | Jean-Pierre Carvalho | Mario Hofer | 2:08.74 |
| 2005 | Königstiger | Filip Minarik | Peter Schiergen | 2:12.80 |
| 2006 | Prince Flori | Henk Grewe | Sascha Smrczek | 2:07.81 |
| 2007 | Shrek | Eduardo Pedroza | Andreas Wöhler | 2:07.03 |
| 2008 | Kamsin | Andrasch Starke | Peter Schiergen | 2:10.18 |
