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2025 Preis der Diana Preview
Officially known as the Preis der Diana, the race is better known to those outside Germany as the German Oaks, their equivalent to the Epsom Oaks, the Irish Oaks or the French Oaks. The race is featured at the Düsseldorf racecourse in August of each year, it's a Group 1 that is contested by three-year-old fillies over a distance of 2,200m or one mile and three furlongs on the turf course.
Established in 1857 it was originally run over just 2,000m and took place at Tempelhof, eleven years later it was moved to Hoppegarten. It has since also been run at Grunewald, back at Hoppegarten, Düsseldorf, Mülheim and Hamburg, it has been staged at Düsseldorf since 2006 and has held G1 status since 2001.
Preis der Diana Information:
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How competitive is the Preis der Diana market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2021 when the race had an over-round of 119%. The race in 2009 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 135%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Preis der Diana, the over-round has been 128%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £128 which is bet.
Preis der Diana Trends:
Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 20 if you had followed the winner of the Preis der Diana next time out then you would have backed a total of 1 winner. Backing all 17 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -10.00. Why not head over to the racing predictions for tips on other races today?
When looking over the past 20 renewals, a time of 2:11.21 was set by Toskana Belle in 2022, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by A Wohler and ridden by Kerrin McEvoy. The slowest winning time was set in 2005 when Iota won in a time of 2:28.04, booked to ride was T Hellier by the trainer P Schiergen.
These are the top three quickest-run Preis der Diana over the last 20 renewals:
- Toskana Belle (2:11.21) in 2022
- Palmas (2:12.15) in 2021
- Well Timed (2:12.63) in 2018
Preis der Diana Past Winners
Here are the Preis der Diana past winners for the last 10 renewals. Each row details the year of the race, the horse which won along with the age & weight of the horse. Also detailed is the stall where the horse came from and the total number of runners in the race. The horse's trainer and the jockey at the time of winning the Preis der Diana are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.
| Year | Horse (Drawn) | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 2:14.00 | Erle (GER) 3yo 9-2 (1 of 15) 58/10 | Martin Seidl Maxim Pecheur (GER) |
| 2023 2:21.92 | Muskoka (GER) 3yo 9-2 (3 of 13) 48/10 | Lukas Delozier Henk Grewe (GER) |
| 2022 2:11.21 | Toskana Belle (FR) 3yo 9-2 (6 of 13) 162/10 | Kerrin McEvoy A Wohler (GER) |
| 2021 2:12.15 | Palmas (GER) 3yo 9-2 (6 of 16) 9/2 | Eduardo Pedroza A Wohler (GER) |
| 2020 2:14.34 | Miss Yoda (GER) 3yo 9-2 (1 of 15) 53/10 | Frankie Dettori John Gosden (GB) |
| 2019 2:15.78 | Diamanta (GER) 3yo 9-2 (1 of 13) 235/10 | Maxim Pecheur Markus Klug (GER) |
| 2018 2:12.63 | Well Timed (GER) 3yo 9-2 (11 of 11) 11/5F | Filip Minarik Jean-Pierre Carvalho (GER) |
| 2017 2:17.45 | Lacazar (GER) 3yo 9-2 (8 of 16) 41/10 | Andrasch Starke P Schiergen (GER) |
| 2016 2:14.49 | Serienholde (GER) 3yo 9-2 (7 of 16) 61/10 | Eduardo Pedroza A Wohler (GER) |
| 2015 2:13.93 | Turfdonna (GER) 3yo 9-2 (10 of 13) 157/10 | Eduardo Pedroza A Wohler (GER) |
Where have the winning runners come from?
Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Preis der Diana have been based:
- GER: 18 winners with an additional 35 placings from 256 runners
- GB: 2 winners with an additional 3 placings from 9 runners
- FR: 0 winners with an additional 2 placings from 14 runners
- IRE: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 3 runners
Preis der Diana Trainer Statistics
The leading trainer in the Preis der Diana over the last 20 renewals is A Wohler who has won the race five times with those five winners coming from Feodora (2014), Turfdonna (2015), Serienholde (2016), Palmas (2021) and Toskana Belle (2022). The only other trainer to have recorded multiple wins in the Preis der Diana is P Schiergen (4 wins). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Preis der Diana, J Hirschberger has sent a total of 15 runners to the race without recording any wins.
Here are some of the top Preis der Diana trainer statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Wohler | 36-5-10 | +37.50 | +19.33 |
| P Schiergen | 45-4-16 | -20.30 | -18.19 |
| Markus Klug | 32-1-4 | -7.50 | -13.33 |
| Waldemar Hickst | 17-1-1 | -12.60 | -13.96 |
| Andreas Lowe | 11-1-5 | -5.00 | -3.09 |
| Henk Grewe | 10-1-4 | -4.20 | -4.19 |
| Jean-Pierre Carvalho | 6-1-1 | -2.80 | -3.68 |
| T Mundry | 4-1-1 | +17.00 | +7.00 |
| W Figge | 3-1-1 | +4.00 | +1.60 |
| M G Mintchev | 2-1-1 | +15.00 | +7.00 |
Preis der Diana Jockey Statistics
The leading jockey in the Preis der Diana over the last 20 renewals is Eduardo Pedroza who has won the race four times with those four winners coming from Penelopa (2013), Turfdonna (2015), Serienholde (2016) and Palmas (2021). Other jockeys who have recorded multiple wins in the Preis der Diana are Andrasch Starke (2 wins), Filip Minarik (2 wins) and T Hellier (2 wins). Two jockeys have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Preis der Diana, Adrie de Vries has ridden 15 runners to the race without recording any wins whilst Alexander Pietsch has ridden 10 without a winner.
Here are some of the top Preis der Diana jockey statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eduardo Pedroza | 17-4-4 | +29.30 | +9.72 |
| Andrasch Starke | 17-2-10 | +0.50 | -0.93 |
| Filip Minarik | 14-2-2 | -7.40 | -9.24 |
| T Hellier | 6-2-3 | +18.80 | +10.78 |
| Martin Seidl | 8-1-1 | -1.20 | -3.52 |
| Andreas Helfenbein | 8-1-2 | -2.00 | -3.50 |
| Maxim Pecheur | 7-1-2 | +17.50 | +9.03 |
| Lukas Delozier | 6-1-3 | -0.20 | -0.05 |
| Mirco Demuro | 4-1-3 | +23.00 | +16.40 |
| K Kerekes | 4-1-1 | +3.00 | +0.60 |
2025 Preis der Diana Trends
Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 5, 3, 4, 5, 13, 7, 1, 1, 2, 5, 9, 3, 3, 1, 3, 4, 9, 7, 11, 5
The percentage shown is the percentage of the total number of runners who fell under that factor. High percentages are less appealing than lower ones as you would expect them to do well. The trend information is based on the available information on the racing post in terms of previous runs etc.
- 20 / 20 (68%) - No bigger than 26/1
- 20 / 20 (73%) - Break of 20 - 112 days (Last Place)
- 20 / 20 (75%) - Had 1 - 3 placings (Season)
- 20 / 20 (76%) - Beaten no more -4¾l (Debut)
- 20 / 20 (79%) - Within the first 11 of the market
- 20 / 20 (80%) - Highest Placed is not Cl2-3
- 20 / 20 (80%) - No bigger than 22/1 (Career Place)
- 20 / 20 (80%) - Had 1 - 4 placings (Career)
- 20 / 20 (81%) - Furthest Placed 1m - 1m4f
- 20 / 20 (88%) - In a field of 6 - 15 (Debut)
- 20 / 20 (89%) - Not on HY/GF/STD (Debut)
- 20 / 20 (89%) - Not in AUT/ITA (LTO)
- 20 / 20 (89%) - In a field of 6 - 14 (LTO)
- 19 / 20 (82%) - Won within last 2 starts
- 16 / 20 (62%) - Achieved an RPR of 96+ (Last 5)
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Preis der Diana Trend Analysis
The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +36.50 is when runners had 1 career place at the track. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 0 season places, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-69.
Here are the most recent winning draws along with the further placings in brackets:
- 2024: Winner in 1 (9,4) [15 Runners]
- 2023: Winner in 3 (1,11) [13 Runners]
- 2022: Winner in 6 (13,4) [13 Runners]
- 2021: Winner in 6 (13,7) [16 Runners]
- 2020: Winner in 1 (2,6) [15 Runners]
The courses that have produced the most winners of the Preis der Diana are Hamburg and Dusseldorf, there has been a total number of 5 winners from each of those courses.
Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Preis der Diana, that stallion Lord Of England has produced 2 winners (2021,2014).
These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Preis der Diana despite multiple attempts:
- Monsun (0 Wins from 16 runners)
- Dubawi (0 Wins from 6 runners)
- Areion (0 Wins from 5 runners)
- Lando (0 Wins from 5 runners)
- Peintre Celebre (0 Wins from 5 runners)
Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Feodora in 2014, winning for A Wohler at odds of 26/1 under the guidance of Mirco Demuro. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 3 winning favourites in the race. All figures and trends above, such as the horse's previous runs are based on the information that is available on the racing post.
Article Contributor Information
We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Preis der Diana Preview are at hand, Andy and Darren. They both work on the Horse racing tips team team looking after the tipsters and managing the tips settlement, whilst also creating and managing all of the horse racing event previews for International racing.
Darren Brett
Tipster Competition Manager
Andy Powell
Content Editor
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