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The Duhner mudflat race is the only horse racing event in Cuxland, the breeding area of famous "Hanoverians".
Even more: nowhere else in the world is there a comparable turf spectacle where, against the imposing backdrop of the world's shipping lane, nervy trotters and racy gallopers fight for place and victory in alternation on wet turf.
The world-famous "horse race at the bottom of the sea", which has been held in the Mudflat Sea off Duhnen since 1902, is one of the most bizarre traditional events internationally.
Press, radio and television from home and abroad report on the Wattrennen every year.
| 13.00 | Reception of the race participants and invited guests by the Watt Race Presidium and the patron, Cuxhaven's Lord Mayor Uwe Santjer |
| 14.00 | Traditional iron drink in front of the Strandhotel Duhnen Neptune accompanied by "Jan Cux and Cuxi" do the honors Haflinger friends circle Cuxhaven present the show Parforce horn blowers of the hunting associations "Wesermünde-Bremerhaven" and "Land Hadeln/Cuxhaven |
| 14.45 | Official opening of the Duhner Wattrennen by the president Jos van der Meer and the patron, Cuxhaven's mayor Uwe Santjer. |
| 15.00 | 1st race - Galopper-Amazons, Prize of Cuxhaven-Niederelbe Verlagsgesellschaft and Havenhostel Cuxhaven (Henry-Böhack-Memorial-Race/Prize of Land Hadeln) |
| 3.10 pm | Musical serenade of the Cuxland Parforcehornbläser in the Siegerehrenfeld |
| 15.30 | 2nd race - trotter, prize of the North Sea spa Cuxhaven (endowed by the city of Cuxhaven and EWE AG business region Cuxhaven/Delmenhorst) and challenge cup of PNE AG |
| 15.40 | Haflinger Quadrille with the show "The Wellerman of the Haflinger Freunde Kreis Cuxhaven" in the mudflats in front of the award ceremony field |
| 16.00 | 3rd race - Trotting widths, Prize of MIBAU Deutschland GmbH and Rhenus Midgard (Franz Mützelfeldt Memorial Race/Prize of the Municipality of Wurster North Sea Coast) |
| 16.00 till 18.00 | The Fun Team awaits the little visitors for the creative offer "painting cloth bags" under the roof of the Kurhaus. Alternatively, there will also be face painting and glitter tattoos. |
| 4.10 pm | Cold-blooded horses presentation "Woodback" - Thomas Glander and Ludger Wigger |
| 16.30 | 4th race - trotter, prize of "DOIZ - Wind Energy": BREB, DanGard, Blue Water BREB, Titan Wind Energie and Nordmark (prize of Grimmershörn) |
| 4.40 pm | Demonstration of the Mini Trotters Hamburg, equipped by the Volksbank Stade-Cuxhaven e.G. |
| 17.00 | 5th race - Trotter, Prize of Kaesler Nutrition GmbH and Holzbau | Dach | Solar SOWADE (Hans Heinrich Isenbart Memorial Race - Prize of the North Sea Resort Otterndorf) |
| 5.10 pm | flyby & presentation of the aircraft of the navy stationed at the Naval Aviation Command Nordholz flying low over the racecourse |
| 17.30 | 6th race - Trotter, Prize of Stadtsparkasse Cuxhaven and VGH Versicherungen (Klaus Kamp Memorial Race/ Prize of Duhnen) |
| 17.40 | Welcome address by Lower Saxony's Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport, Building and Digitalization, Olaf Lies, MdL |
| 18.00 | 7th race - gallopers, challenge cup of the "Lower Saxony Prime Minister and Idea Coffee Prize 2023, presented by the Lower Saxony Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport, Building and Digitalization, Olaf Lies, MdL (Prize of VGH Insurance). |
| 18.10 | Cold-blooded horses presentation "Woodback" - Thomas Glander and Ludger Wigger |
| 18.30 | 8th race - Trotter, Prize of the Stadtsparkasse Cuxhaven for the "Blue Ribbon of the Wadden Sea |
| 18.40 | Greeting speech of the district administrator Thorsten Krüger |
| 19.00 | 9th race - gallopers, prize of the district of Cuxhaven with the kind support of the Weser-Elbe Sparkasse (Konsul-Diedrich-Hahn-Gedächtnisrennen/Preis von Sahlenburg) |
| 19.10 | flyby & presentation of the aircraft of the navy stationed at the Naval Aviation Command Nordholz flying low over the racecourse |
| 19.30 | 10th race - trotter, prize of bakery Itjen and vein practice Dr. Jan P. Siegers (prize of Steinmarne) |
| 20.00 | 11th race - Trotter, Prize of Kutterfisch-Zentrale Cuxhaven GmbH and Beer Harlos (Prize of Döse). |
| 20.00 | After-Turf-Party on the colorful mile behind the dike with music (until 22.00) |
