The Hamburger Meile is a Group 3

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 in Germany

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 open to thoroughbred

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

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

History

The event was established in 1986, and it was initially called the Cognac Hennessy-Rennen. It was originally classed at Listed level, and the inaugural running was contested over 1,600 metres. It was extended to 1,800 metres in 1987, and it returned to 1,600 metres in 1989.

The race was known as the Hamburg Dresden-Pokal in the early 1990s. It lost Listed status in 1992, and it was run under various sponsored titles thereafter.

The Hamburger Meile regained Listed status in 2000, and it was promoted to Group 3 level in 2002. From this point it was called the Deutscher Herold-Preis, and it was subsequently known as the JAXX-Pokal.

It is now run in memory of Franz-Günther von Gaertner, a former president of the Hamburger Renn-Club.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

• Power Flame – 1997, 1998
• Up and Away – 2001, 2003
• Earl of Fire – 2009, 2010

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Leading jockey

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 (2 wins):

• Georg Bocskai – Babylonier (1986), Caracobi (1987)
• 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....
  
   – Sinyar (1995), El Divino (2000)
• 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...
  
   – La Blue (1996), Sambaprinz (2004)
• Andreas Boschert – Power Flame (1997, 1998)
• Lennart Hammer-Hansen – Up and Away (2001, 2003)
• Dominique Boeuf
  Dominique Boeuf
  Dominique Boeuf is a jockey in Thoroughbred flat racing. He began his career while still a teen and won his first race on 15 September 1984. Three years later, he got his first Group One win aboard Groom Dancer in the 1987 Prix Lupin...
  
   – Earl of Fire (2009, 2010)

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Leading trainer

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 (4 wins):

• Bruno Schütz – Saphir (1988), Amarant (1993), Sinyar (1995), La Blue (1996)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1986	Babylonier	3	Georg Bocskai	Heinz Jentzsch	1:39.60
1987	Caracobi	3	Georg Bocskai	Heinz Jentzsch	1:53.20
1988	Saphir	3	Lutz Mäder	Bruno Schütz	1:54.40
1989	Reason to Rock	3	Peter Alafi	Harro Remmert	1:38.40
1990	Glayva	3	Lester McGarrity	Bruce Hellier	1:41.90
1991	Waky Na	3	Olaf Schick	Hans Blume	1:42.10
1992	Fleet for Europe	3	Alan Bond	Peter Lautner	1:38.90
1993	Amarant	3	Andre Best	Bruno Schütz	1:37.40
1994	Erminius	3	Kevin Woodburn	Peter Rau	1:38.40
1995	Sinyar	3	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....	Bruno Schütz	1:37.70
1996	La Blue	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...	Bruno Schütz	1:40.30
1997	Power Flame	4	Andreas Boschert	Andreas Wöhler	1:39.20
1998	Power Flame	5	Andreas Boschert	Andreas Wöhler	1:44.70
1999	Kalatos	7	Alexander Brockhausen	Heinz Jentzsch	1:40.20
2000	El Divino	5	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....	Mario Hofer	1:42.20
2001	Up and Away	7	L. Hammer-Hansen	Erika Mäder	1:40.70
2002	Zarewitsch	3	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....	1:43.42
2003	Up and Away	9	L. Hammer-Hansen	Erika Mäder	1:32.09
2004	Sambaprinz	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...	Horst Horwart	1:41.44
2005	Areias	7	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....	1:40.15
2006	Lateral	3	William Mongil	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....	1:35.75
2007	König Turf	5	Torsten Mundry	Christian Sprengel	1:45.30
2008	Sehrezad	3	Jiri Palik	Andreas Löwe	1:38.24
2009	Earl of Fire	4	Dominique Boeuf Dominique Boeuf Dominique Boeuf is a jockey in Thoroughbred flat racing. He began his career while still a teen and won his first race on 15 September 1984. Three years later, he got his first Group One win aboard Groom Dancer in the 1987 Prix Lupin...	Werner Baltromei	1:34.55
2010	Earl of Fire	5	Dominique Boeuf Dominique Boeuf Dominique Boeuf is a jockey in Thoroughbred flat racing. He began his career while still a teen and won his first race on 15 September 1984. Three years later, he got his first Group One win aboard Groom Dancer in the 1987 Prix Lupin...	Werner Baltromei	1:35.60
2011	Alianthus	6	Adrie de Vries	Jens Hirschberger	1:34.88