The Badener Meile is a Group 3

Conditions races

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 flat

Flat racing

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 horse race

Horse racing

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 in Germany

Germany

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 open to thoroughbred

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s aged three years or older. It is run at Baden-Baden

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 over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May or June.

The event was established in 1979, and it was originally restricted to horses aged four or older. Its title had been used previously for a race now called the Oettingen-Rennen. The minimum age of participating horses was lowered to three in 1985.

The race was titled the UVEX-Trophy in 2011.

Records

Most successful horse:

• no horse has won this race more than once

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Leading jockey

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 (3 wins):

• Andrasch Starke
  Andrasch Starke
  Andrasch Starke is a jockey in international Thoroughbred horse racing.Starke began racing at age fifteen as an amateur and since turning professional has won the German riding championship five times. He has competed in Canada and the United States and has won races in Dubai, France, Italy, and...
  
   – Chato (1995), Waky Nao (1998), Aspectus (2009)

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Leading trainer

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 (3 wins):

• Heinz Jentzsch – Bonito (1979), Sharp End (1984), Zampano (1989)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1979	Bonito	5	Ralf Suerland	Heinz Jentzsch	1:40.40
1980	Peloponnes	5	Dave Richardson	Horst Degner	1:39.50
1981	Aspros	4	Peter Remmert	Theo Grieper	1:39.80
1982	Torgos	6	Peter Alafi	Fredy Scheffer	1:38.20
1983	Mir Bal	4	Jacques Heloury	Philippe Lallié	1:48.60
1984	Sharp End	6	Georg Bocskai	Heinz Jentzsch	1:40.90
1985	Sulaafah	3	Tony Murray	Harry Thomson Jones Harry Thomson Jones Harry Thomson Jones , often known as Tom Jones, was a British racehorse trainer whose career lasted from 1951 to 1996...	1:38.30
1986	Sarab	5	Richard Quinn	Paul Cole Paul Cole Paul F. I. Cole is a British racehorse trainer. Since 1987 he has been based at Whatcombe Estate in Oxfordshire, the former stables of Dick Dawson and Arthur Budgett....	1:40.70
1987	Krotz	4	Guy Guignard	Jonathan Pease Jonathan E. Pease Jonathan Edward Pease is a member of the area's prominent Pease family and a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer....	1:41.20
1988	Island Reef	4	Andrzej Tylicki	Lennart Jarven	1:39.30
1989	Zampano	5	Andrzej Tylicki	Heinz Jentzsch	1:36.51
1990	Mirror Black	4	John Reid John A. Reid John Andrew Reid John Andrew Reid John Andrew Reid (born August 6, 1955 in Banbridge County Down, Northern Ireland is a retired flat race jockey.Reid served as an apprentice in his native Ireland to Leslie Crawford, before moving to England and joining Verley Bewicke. His first Classic victory came...	Peter Makin	1:36.09
1991	Bin Shaddad	7	Lutz Mäder	Erika Mäder	1:39.52
1992	Young Moon	6	John McLaughlin	David Smith	1:37.43
1993	Karinga Bay	6	Brian Rouse	Gary L. Moore	1:38.30
1994	Port Lucaya	4	Jason Weaver Jason Weaver (jockey) Jason Weaver is a former British flat racing jockey who had much of his major success in the mid 1990s. In total, Weaver rode more than 1,000 winners in a career which spanned fourteen years.-Biography:...	Richard Hannon Richard Hannon Richard Hannon is a British horse trainer based in East Everleigh Stables, Marlborough, Wiltshire.Hannon's family has a tradition of horse training—his father was also a horse trainer, his son Richard is currently the assistant trainer, and his son-in-law Richard Hughes is the stable jockey. ...	1:44.30
1995	Chato	3	Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke is a jockey in international Thoroughbred horse racing.Starke began racing at age fifteen as an amateur and since turning professional has won the German riding championship five times. He has competed in Canada and the United States and has won races in Dubai, France, Italy, and...	Horst Steinmetz	1:41.52
1996	Sinyar	4	Terence Hellier	Bruno Schütz	1:44.82
1997	La Blue	4	Billy Newnes	Bruno Schütz	1:38.07
1998	Waky Nao	5	Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke is a jockey in international Thoroughbred horse racing.Starke began racing at age fifteen as an amateur and since turning professional has won the German riding championship five times. He has competed in Canada and the United States and has won races in Dubai, France, Italy, and...	Andreas Schütz Andreas Schütz Andreas Schütz is a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. From a prominent racing family, he is the fourth generation to train professionally....	1:37.56
1999	Docksider	4	Michael Hills	John Hills	1:38.63
2000	Kalatos	8	Alexander Brockhausen	Harro Remmert	1:42.67
2001	El Lute	7	Andreas Boschert	Dragan Ilic	1:39.45
2002	Touch Down	4	Jimmy Quinn Jimmy Quinn (jockey) James "Jimmy" Quinn is an Irish professional horse racing flat jockey. One of the highlights of Quinn's career came when he won the Nunthorpe Stakes at York Racecourse with Kingsgate Native....	Dave Richardson	1:39.67
2003	Zarewitsch	4	Filip Minarik	Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen is a former German champion jockey and a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.- Horse trainer :Schiergen trained Boreal, winner of the 2001 Coronation Cup....	1:41.08
2004	Bear King	7	Norman Richter	Christian Sprengel	1:38.96
2005	Tiganello	4	Davy Bonilla Davy Bonilla -Major wins: France* Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp - - Marchand d'Or * Prix du Cadran - - San Sebastian * Prix d'Ispahan - - Laverock * Prix Jacques Le Marois - - Tamayuz ...	Freddy Head Freddy Head Freddy Head is a retired champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing and currently a horse trainer. Known also as "Freddie", his grandfather was a jockey as was his father Alec Head who also became a successful trainer and owner of Haras du Quesnay near Deauville...	1:39.96
2006	Idealist	4	Andreas Suborics Andreas Suborics Andreas Suborics Andreas Suborics Andreas Suborics (born August 11, 1971 in Vienna, Austria is an Austrian Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who is based in Germany and races worldwide.A three-time champion jockey in Germany, Suborics is best known as the jockey who rode Shirocco in 2004....	Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen is a former German champion jockey and a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.- Horse trainer :Schiergen trained Boreal, winner of the 2001 Coronation Cup....	1:42.33
2007	Banknote	5	Francis Norton	Andrew Balding	1:37.09
2008	Wiesenpfad	5	Adrie de Vries	Waldemar Hickst	1:37.65
2009	Aspectus	6	Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke is a jockey in international Thoroughbred horse racing.Starke began racing at age fifteen as an amateur and since turning professional has won the German riding championship five times. He has competed in Canada and the United States and has won races in Dubai, France, Italy, and...	Torsten Mundry	1:40.71
2010	Abbashiva	5	Eugen Frank	Torsten Mundry	1:35.57
2011	Alianthus	6	Adrie de Vries	Jens Hirschberger	1:37.51

The 2010 running took place at Düsseldorf

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