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Derby Nacional

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Inaugurated
  
1903

Surface
  
Dirt

Website
  
www.jcp.org.pe

Location
  
Hipódromo de Monterrico Lima, Peru

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Distance
  
2,400 meters (11.93 furlongs)

The Derby Nacional is a Peruvian Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Hipódromo de Monterrico in Lima, Peru. Open to three-year-olds, the Peruvian Derby is raced on dirt over a distance of 2400 metres (approximately  1 1⁄2 miles). Held in late November/early December, it is the third leg of the Peruvian Quadruple Crown.

The race was inaugurated in 1903 at Hipódromo de Santa Beatriz, the race 1940 it was moved to the Hipódromo de San Felipe which hosted it untuil 1961 when it was shifted to its present location at Hipódromo de Monterrico.

Records

Most wins by a jockey:

  • 7 - Antonio Vásquez (1951, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 9 - Ambrossio Malnatti (1920, 1935, 1949, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 6 - Barlovento Stud (1963, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976)

    • References

    Derby Nacional Wikipedia
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