Cologne-Weidenpesch Racecourse

Weidenpesch Racecourse

Weidenpesch Racecourse in 2010
Location	Weidenpescher Park, Cologne, Germany
Coordinates	50°59′0″N 6°57′07″E / 50.98333°N 6.95194°E / 50.98333; 6.95194
Owned by	Kölner Rennverein 1897 e.V.
Date opened	1898
Course type	Flat
Official website

Panoramic view as seen from the old grandstand

The Cologne-Weidenpesch Racecourse (Galopprennbahn Köln-Weidenpesch) is a horse racing track at Weidenpescher Park in Nippes, Cologne. As the only race course in Germany hosting more than one European pattern Group 1 race, Weidenpesch is one of the most prominent tracks in the country.^[1]

Cologne-Weidenpesch is also one of Germany's oldest horse-racing tracks, having been established as a race course in 1897. The larger of the two grandstands was designed as a cast iron and timber framing structure in 1898 and substantially renovated in 2004. Until recently, the sportsgrounds were also home to Cologne's oldest football club, the VfL Köln 99.

Races[]

The Weidenpesch Racecourse hosts several annual conditions races:

• Group 1:
  • Preis von Europa and
  • Rheinland-Pokal
• Group 2:
  • Gerling-Preis,
  • Grosse Europa-Meile,
  • Mehl-Mülhens-Rennen and
  • Oppenheim-Union-Rennen
• Group 3:
  • Schwarzgold-Rennen,
  • Silberne Peitsche and
  • Preis des Winterfavoriten

The Gerling-Preis, originally established as "Preis von Birlinghoven" in 1921, and from 1934 onwards, named and sponsored by , is the oldest sponsored race prize in the country. Other major races include the Preis von Europa and the Mehl-Mülhens-Rennen. The Cologne racing association (Kölner Rennverein) organizes horse races throughout the entire year.

See also[]

• List of German flat horse races

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Galopprennbahn Weidenpesch.

• official site: Kölner Rennverein 1897 e.V.

Coordinates: 50°59′0″N 6°57′07″E / 50.98333°N 6.95194°E / 50.98333; 6.95194

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