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Gran Criterium

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Race type
  
Flat / Thoroughbred

Surface
  
Turf

Distance
  
1,500 m

Website
  
San Siro

Track
  
Right-handed

Location
  
San Siro Racecourse Milan, Italy

Qualification
  
Two-year-olds excluding geldings

Masi s 2016 gran criterium


The Gran Criterium is a Group 2 flat horse race in Italy open to two-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Milan over a distance of 1,500 metres (about 1 mile), and it is scheduled to take place each year in October.

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The event held Group 2 status for a period in the 1970s. It was subsequently promoted, and was Italy's only Group 1 race for juvenile horses. It was downgraded back to Group 2 from 2014.

Estio gran criterium 1999


Records

Leading jockey since 1970 (6 wins):

  • Gianfranco Dettori – Gay Lussac (1971), El Muleta (1977), Stouci (1978), Pareo (1979), Anguillo (1982), Sikeston (1988)

    • Leading trainer since 1980 (4 wins):

  • John Dunlop – Sanam (1986), Sikeston (1988), Alhijaz (1991), Hello (1996)

    • Leading owner since 1980 (3 wins):

  • Prince A. A. Faisal – Sanam (1986), Alhijaz (1991), Nayarra (2011)

    • Winners since 1980

    a The 2008 running was cancelled because of a strike.

    References

    Gran Criterium Wikipedia
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