White Turf St. Moritz 2020 – A Century old horse racing on Snow

There will be pure excitement and palpable enthusiasm in the air again this year, when the starting signal for the first race is given at 11:30 am on 2nd February 2020. White Turf’s power of attraction is undiminished as a particularly strong starting field is in store for the spectators on the first race Sunday: With 70 entrants, this event – the 113th International Horse Race on the frozen lake of St. Moritz – will be even better than the previous year’s excellent cast. 

Horses will be lining up to start in each discipline that have left their mark on the races on the frozen Lake of St. Moritz with outstanding performances in recent years. Horses such as Berrahri and Nimrod, winners of the last two LONGINES Grand Prix of St. Moritz. Berrahri, who has meanwhile competed in record-breaking 14 White Turf races, won this race last year with a crushing five-length lead. Moreover, the skijoring mare Uzbekia, who made Valerie Holinger Queen of the Engadine in 2017 and 2018, is back in the line-up. The trotting field is also well filled: The winners of last year’s main trotting events will be in the field of starters in the form of Apollo San and Vladimir de Ginai.

It is not just the star line-ups in the individual disciplines that are offering the best prerequisites for great races, the ice quality also provides for a great atmosphere: “Thanks to the persistently low temperatures, the ice is excellent and already over 30 cm thick,” says Thomas C. Walther, Chairman of the Board of the Rennverein St. Moritz. “The construction of the tent city is already in full swing and the snow-making facilities are running at full speed” – so it’s a green light for exciting sport and a cheery festival atmosphere on the frozen Lake of St. Moritz.

Tickets:

Tickets for White Turf St. Moritz 2020 are available online at https://www.whiteturf.ch/en/tickets/, as well as the extensive VIP package at https://www.whiteturf.ch/en/vip/

Transport:

By Car: Whether you arrive from Switzerland, Italy, Austria oder Germany: You can reach the Engadin valley safely from everywhere by car. You will be amazed of the idyllic mountain passes, who connect St. Moritz with its neighbour regions. For example: From Milano it takes you around three hours by car; the 280 kilometres from Munich can be managed in four hours.

By Train : You can reach St. Moritz comfortably by the Rhaetian Railway. The travel experience through the spectacular Alpine landscape is breathtaking. The line running through Albula and Bernina are even part of the UNESCO world heritage. The speed and the comfort of the trains leave nothing to be desired: You can reach St. Moritz from Zurich in only three hours.

 

Information taken from White Turf Website

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