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Premio Roma

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Inaugurated
  
1911

Website
  
Capannelle

Race type
  
Flat / Thoroughbred

Surface
  
Turf

Location
  
Capannelle RacecourseRome, Italy

Distance
  
2,000 metres (1¼ miles)

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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.

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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.

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.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

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), Caorlina (1960), Astese (1966)

    • Winners since 1979

    a The 1981 winner Dentz was later renamed Looking For.

    Earlier winners

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

    References

    Premio Roma Wikipedia
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