The Badener Sprint-Cup is a Group 3

Conditions races

Conditions races are horse races where the weights carried by the runners are laid down by the conditions attached to the race. Weights are allocated according to; the sex of the runners, with female runners carrying less weight than males; the age of the runners, with younger horses receiving...

 flat

Flat racing

Flat racing is a form of Thoroughbred horse racing which is run over a level track at a predetermined distance. It differs from steeplechase racing which is run over hurdles...

 horse race

Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...

 in Germany

Germany

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 which is open to thoroughbred

Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...

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

Baden-Baden

Baden-Baden is a spa town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos River, in the region of Karlsruhe...

 over a distance of 1,400 metres (about 7 furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in October.

The event was established in 1985, and it was originally called the Grosser Sprint-Preis. In its early years it was contested at Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

 over 1,300 metres. For a period it was classed at Listed level, and it was promoted to Group 3 status in 1998. It was transferred to Baden-Baden in 2004, and at the same time it was given its present title and extended to 1,400 metres.

Winners since 1998

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1998	Tomba	4	Pat Eddery Pat Eddery Patrick James John "Pat" Eddery is a former flat racing jockey. Pat's father Jimmy Eddery was a jockey, as is his brother Paul Eddery.-Career:...	Brian Meehan	1:20.90
1999	Tomba	5	Michael Tebbutt	Brian Meehan	1:21.80
2000	Tertullian	5		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....	1:23.00
2001	Miss Gazon	3	Frédéric Sanchez	John Hammond John E. Hammond John E. Hammond is a Thoroughbred horse trainer in France.Based in Chantilly, Oise, Hammond has trained numerous Group One winners including Montjeu and Suave Dancer both of whom won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, France's most prestigious horse race...	1:19.60
2002	Soave	3	Gary Hind	Andreas Trybuhl	1:24.18
2003	König Shuffle	7	Darren Moffatt	Martin Rölke	1:23.39
2004	Areias	6	Terence Hellier	Andreas Schütz Andreas Schütz Andreas Schütz is a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. From a prominent racing family, he is the fourth generation to train professionally....	1:26.80
2005	Soave	6	Andreas Boschert	Andreas Trybuhl	1:27.64
2006	Garnica	3	Ioritz Mendizabal	Jean-Claude Rouget Jean-Claude Rouget Jean-Claude Rouget is a French Thoroughbred horse trainer and former jockey.-References:...	1:24.50
2007	Ricine	5	François-Xavier Bertras	François Rohaut	1:24.82
2008	Chantilly Tiffany	4	Terence Hellier	Ed Dunlop	1:27.12
2009	Walero	3	Pascal Werning	Uwe Ostmann	1:28.14