Galopprennbahn Niederrad, Horse racing track in Frankfurt/Main

Galopprennbahn Frankfurt was a horse racing track in the Frankfurt Stadtwald, oriented north-south and run left-handed, counter-clockwise. Its main buildings stood on the eastern side along Rennbahnstraße. The course had a broad green infield and a light brown racing surface separated by a low white rail fence, with a taller white fence along the far edge.

The racecourse was built in 1864/65 on the initiative of the Rheinischer Rennverein, modelled on the Hippodrome de Vincennes in Paris, and German princes assembled for the 1863 Frankfurter Fürstentag helped finance it. The first race day had already been held on 23 August 1863, and the course was ceremonially opened on 20 August 1865 with the Prince of Wales among the guests. Damaged in the 1943 and 1944 air raids, it reopened on 18 August 1946; it closed in November 2015.

The course was long known as Galopprennbahn Niederrad, yet it lay entirely on Sachsenhausen-Süd ground, with its main entrance and business address in Niederrad. Its layout ran north to south and races were run left-handed, counter-clockwise. The 1863 Frankfurt Fürstentag princes helped finance the project, modelled on the Hippodrome de Vincennes in Paris.

The racecourse closed in November 2015, so there are no race days to plan around. Since 2018 the grounds have held the DFB-Akademie and the Rennbahnpark, a public green space of over 9 hectares. The main entrance was reached from Niederrad, though the site itself lay on Sachsenhausen-Süd territory.

The Hungarian mare Kincsem won the Wäldchens-Rennen here in 1877, not 1871, and retired unbeaten. In 1911 the stallion Baro won as a huge outsider at odds of 2924:10, a record payout for win bets in Germany. The site closed in November 2015; from 2018 the DFB-Akademie and the Rennbahnpark were built on the grounds.