The Gran Premio d'Italia is a
Listed flat horse race
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in
Italy
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open to three-year-old
thoroughbred
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s. It is run at
Milan
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over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.
History
The event was established in 1921, and it was initially contested over 1,800 metres. It was run over 2,000 metres in 1926 and 1927, and extended to 2,400 metres in 1928.
The present system of race grading was introduced in the early 1970s, and for a period the Gran Premio d'Italia was classed at Group 1 level. During the late 1980s and early 1990s it took place in September.
The race was downgraded in 1996, and cut to 2,000 metres in 1997. From this point it held Listed status and was staged in June or July, although the IFHA website wrongly gives it a Group 2 status.
The Gran Premio d'Italia was run over 2,200 metres in 2009. It was increased to 2,400 metres in 2010.
Records
Leading
jockey
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since 1984 (3 wins):
* Fernando Jovine – ''Jaunty Jack (1997), Clapham Common (1998), Endless Hall (1999)''
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Mirco Demuro – ''Sopran Glaumix (2001), Primary (2006), Rastignano (2008)''
* Dario Vargiu - ''Fisich (2002), Bertinoro (2014), Chestnut Honey (2019)''
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Leading
trainer since 1984 (9 wins):
* Stefano Botti – ''Apprimus (2009), Kidnapping (2010), Bacchelli (2011), Wild Wolf (2012), Bertinoro (2014), Time Chant (2015), Full Drago (2016), Aethos (2017), Henry Mouth (2018)''
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Leading owner since 1984 (3 wins):
* Dioscuri SRL - ''Bertinoro (2014), Full Drago (2016), Henry Mouth (2018)''
Winners since 1984
Earlier winners
* 1921: Michelangelo
* 1922: Fiorello
* 1923: Duccia di Buoninsegna
* 1924: Giambologna
* 1925: Lui
* 1926: Cranach
* 1927: Varedo
* 1928: Delleana
* 1929: Ortello
* 1930: Sciacca
* 1931: Salpiglossis
* 1932: Velite
* 1933: Pilade
* 1934: Navarro
* 1935: Jacopo da Pontormo
* 1936: Archidamia / Ettore Tito *
* 1937:
Donatello
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* 1938:
Nearco
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* 1939: Maenio
* 1940: Moroni
* 1941:
Niccolo dell'Arca
* 1942: Scire
* 1943: Orsenigo
* 1944: Torbido
* 1945: Traghetto
* 1946: Gladiolo
* 1947:
Tenerani
Tenerani (foaled April 14, 1944 in Italy) was a Champion Thoroughbred racehorse who raced in Italy and in England. Bred by Lydia & Federico Tesio, he was named for the Italian sculptor, Pietro Tenerani. His dam was Tofanella, a foundation broo ...
* 1948: Trevisana
* 1949: Golfo
* 1950: Fiorillo
* 1951: Nuccio
* 1952: Iroquois
* 1953: Toulouse Lautrec
* 1954: Botticelli
* 1955: Theodorica
* 1956: Tissot
* 1957: Braque
* 1958: Sedan
* 1959: Exar
* 1960: Marguerite Vernaut
* 1961: Nuria
* 1962: Antelami
* 1963: Osmarin
* 1964: Maxim
* 1965: Accrale
* 1966: Serov
* 1967: Ruysdael
* 1968: Teston
* 1969: Bonconte di Montefeltro
* 1970: Ortis
* 1971: Weimar
* 1972: Tierceron
* 1973: Prince Ippi
* 1974: Ribecourt
* 1975: Laomedonte
* 1976: Art Style / Red Arrow *
* 1977: Wale
* 1978: Sortingo
* 1979: Maria Waleska
* 1980: Pareo
* 1981: Kirtling
* 1982: Oui Mon Capitaine
* 1983: Celio Rufo
* The 1936 and 1976 races were dead-heats and have joint winners.
See also
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List of Italian flat horse races
References
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Racing Post
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Flat horse races for three-year-olds
Horse races in Italy
Horse races established in 1921
1921 establishments in Italy
Sport in Milan