Premio Roma

Premio Roma
Group 2 race
LocationCapannelle Racecourse
Rome, Italy
Inaugurated1911
Race typeFlat / Thoroughbred
WebsiteCapannelle
Race information
Distance2,000 metres (1¼ miles)
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
QualificationThree-years-old and up
Weight57 kg (3yo); 58 kg (4yo+)
Allowances
1½ kg for fillies and mares
Purse€242,000 (2016)
1st: €80,750

The Premio Roma is a Group 2 flat horse race in Italy open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Capannelle over a distance 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in November.

History

The event was established in 1911, and it was originally contested over 2,700 metres. The inaugural running had prize money of 50,000 lire.[1]

The race was shortened to 2,100 metres in 1913. It was extended to 2,200 metres in 1919, and increased to 2,800 metres in 1925.

The Premio Roma was given Group 1 status in the 1970s. It was cut to 2,000 metres in 1988. It was downgraded to Group 2 status in 2017.[2]

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

  • Pampino – 1933, 1934
  • Grifone – 1947, 1949
  • Surdi – 1961, 1962
  • Bacuco – 1969, 1970
  • Duke of Marmalade – 1975 (dead-heat), 1976
  • Taipan – 1997, 1998
  • Elle Danzig – 1999, 2000
  • Soldier Hollow – 2004, 2005

Leading jockey (6 wins):

  • Paolo Caprioli – Adelmo (1923), Old Master (1924), Ravioli (1925), Lui (1926), Vimarino (1932), Gaio (1939)

Leading trainer since 1974 (4 wins):

  • John Dunlop – High Hawk (1983), Highland Chieftain (1989), Taipan (1997, 1998)

Leading owner (4 wins): (includes part ownership)

  • Federico Tesio – Salvator Rosa (1912), Brunelleschi (1914), Nicophana (1935), Attalo (1938)
  • Frank Turner – Apulejo (1915), Adelmo (1923), Old Master (1924), Ravioli (1925)
  • Razza del Soldo – Vimarino (1932), Gaio (1939), Falerno (1954), Chitet (1957)
  • Scuderia Mantova – Galea (1940), Piavola (1946), Carolina (1960), Astese (1966)

Winners since 1979

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time
1979 Noble Saint 3 Lester Piggott Robert Armstrong Raymond Guest 3:22.00
1980 Mariella 3 Philippe Paquet François Boutin Gerry Oldham 3:13.10
1981 Dentz [a] 3 Vittorio Panici Federico Regoli Razza di Vedano 3:04.50
1982 Campero 5 Alain Lequeux David Smaga Ignacio Correas 3:11.50
1983 High Hawk 3 Willie Carson John Dunlop Sheikh Mohammed 3:03.90
1984 Yawa 4 Joe Mercer Geoff Lewis Elisha Holding 3:03.00
1985 Old Country 6 Lester Piggott Luca Cumani Mrs O. Abegg 3:05.40
1986 Fire of Life 4 Michel Jerome Luigi Camici Allevamento White Star 2:58.60
1987 Orban 4 Steve Cauthen Henry Cecil Prince A. A. Faisal 2:55.50
1988 Welsh Guide 3 Michael Kinane Michael Jarvis L. Monaldi 2:02.70
1989 Highland Chieftain 6 Willie Carson John Dunlop Derek Hunnisett 2:02.60
1990 Legal Case 4 Frankie Dettori Luca Cumani Sir Gordon White 2:02.30
1991 Sikeston 5 Michael Roberts Clive Brittain Luciano Gaucci 2:06.50
1992 Misil 4 Frankie Dettori Vittorio Caruso Scuderia Laghi 2:07.40
1993 Knifebox 5 Pat Eddery John Gosden Sheikh Mohammed 2:07.60
1994 Big Tobin 5 Maurizio Pasquale Luigi Camici Lady Costanza Stable 2:07.50
1995 Slicious 3 Mario Esposito Vittorio Caruso Scuderia Laghi 2:00.80
1996 Flemensfirth 4 Frankie Dettori John Gosden Sheikh Mohammed 2:00.80
1997 Taipan 5 John Reid John Dunlop 4th Baron Swaythling 2:06.40
1998 Taipan 6 Pat Eddery John Dunlop Exors of Lord Swaythling 2:03.30
1999 Elle Danzig 4 Andrasch Starke Andreas Schütz Gestüt Wittekindshof 2:07.10
2000 Elle Danzig 5 Andrasch Starke Andreas Schütz Gestüt Wittekindshof 2:09.30
2001 Shibuni's Falcon 4 Mario Esposito Maurizio Guarnieri Scuderia Athena 2:05.90
2002 Sunstrach 4 Frankie Dettori Emilio Borromeo Scuderia Rencati 2:02.70
2003 Imperial Dancer 5 Ted Durcan Mick Channon Imperial Racing 2:01.60
2004 Soldier Hollow 4 William Mongil Peter Schiergen Gestüt Park Wiedingen 2:02.70
2005 Soldier Hollow 5 William Mongil Peter Schiergen Gestüt Park Wiedingen 2:04.20
2006 Cherry Mix 5 Ted Durcan Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 1:59.40
2007 Pressing 4 Neil Callan Michael Jarvis Gary Tanaka 2:02.10
2008 Estejo 4 Daniele Porcu Ralf Rohne Giovanne Martone 2:06.70
2009 Voila Ici 4 Mirco Demuro Vittorio Caruso Scuderia Incolinx 2:10.40
2010 Rio de la Plata 5 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 2:02.70
2011 Zazou 4 Mickael Barzalona Waldemar Hickst WH Sport International 2:03.40
2012 Hunter's Light 4 Silvestre de Sousa Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 2:03.38
2013 Feuerblitz 4 Thierry Thulliez Michael Figge Stall Evissa 1:59.14
2014 Priore Philip 3 Dario Vargiu Stefano Botti Scuderia Ste Ma 1:58.40
2015 Dylan Mouth 4 Fabio Branca Stefano Botti Scuderia Effevi 1:59.70
2016 Potemkin 5 Eduardo Pedroza Andreas Wöhler Allofs & Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof 2:06.80
2017 Anda Muchacho 3 Dario Vargiu Nicolo Simondi Scuderia Incolinx & Diego Romeo 2:03.60
2018 Va Bank 6 Eduardo Pedroza Andreas Wöhler Team Valor Int. & J P Zienkiewicz 2:14.60
2019 Skalleti 4 Pierre-Charles Boudot Jerome Reynier Jean-Claude Seroul 2:07.50
2020 Thunderman 4 Salvatore Sulas Alduino Botti Scuderia Del Giglio Sardo Srl 1:58.99
2021 Skalleti 6 Antonio Orani Jerome Reynier Jean-Claude Seroul 2:05.09
2022 Cantocorale 4 Andrea Atzeni Grizzetti Galoppo SRL Scuderia Blueberry SRL 2:00.17
2023 Flag's Up 5 Mario Sanna Stefano Botti Roberto Saggini 2:01.00

a The 1981 winner Dentz was later renamed Looking For.

Earlier winners

  • 1911: Dedalo
  • 1912: Salvator Rosa
  • 1913: Sigma
  • 1914: Brunelleschi
  • 1915: Apulejo
  • 1916: Aristippo
  • 1917: no race
  • 1918: Hollebeck
  • 1919: Alcione
  • 1920: Talaat Basa
  • 1921: Marcus
  • 1922: Pompea
  • 1923: Adelmo
  • 1924: Old Master
  • 1925: Ravioli
  • 1926: Lui
  • 1927: Paulo
  • 1928: Moltrasio
  • 1929: Tigliano
  • 1930: Emanuele Filiberto
  • 1931: Eucaliptolo
  • 1932: Vimarino
  • 1933: Pampino
  • 1934: Pampino
  • 1935: Nicophana
  • 1936: Ahmed
  • 1937: Sinni
  • 1938: Attalo
  • 1939: Gaio
  • 1940: Galea
  • 1941: Zuccarello
  • 1942–44: no race
  • 1945: Buonarrota
  • 1946: Piavola
  • 1947: Grifone
  • 1948: Eldorado
  • 1949: Grifone
  • 1950: Saccaroa
  • 1951: Bandinella
  • 1952: Worden
  • 1953: Neebisch
  • 1954: Falerno
  • 1955: Bewitched
  • 1956: Tissot
  • 1957: Chitet
  • 1958: Terma
  • 1959: Feria
  • 1960: Caorlina
  • 1961: Surdi
  • 1962: Surdi
  • 1963: Veronese
  • 1964: Haseltine
  • 1965: Demi Deuil
  • 1966: Astese
  • 1967: Carlos Primero
  • 1968: Chicago
  • 1969: Bacuco
  • 1970: Bacuco
  • 1971: Fidyi
  • 1972: Irvine
  • 1973: Sang Bleu
  • 1974: Orsa Maggiore
  • 1975: Duke of Marmalade / Henri le Balafre *
  • 1976: Duke of Marmalade
  • 1977: Montorselli
  • 1978: Nizon

* The 1975 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.

See also

References

  1. ^ Tonali, Enrico (3 November 2007). "Capannelle cala il tris". Il Tempo (in Italian). Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  2. ^ "European Pattern Committee announces changes to the 2017 European Programme / 01 Feb 17". British Horseracing Authority. Retrieved 1 February 2017.