Derby Italiano

Derby Italiano
Race information
Group 2 race
Location	Capannelle Racecourse Rome, Italy
Inaugurated	1884
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Website	Capannelle
Distance	2,200 metres (1m 3f)
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds excluding geldings
Weight	58 kg Allowances 1½ kg for fillies
Purse	€814,000 (2011) 1st: €314,500

The Derby Italiano is a Group 2 flat horse race in Italy open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Capannelle over a distance of 2,200 metres (about 1 mile and 3 furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May.

It is Italy's equivalent of the Epsom Derby, a famous race in England.

History

The event was established in 1884, and it was originally run in the district of Capannelle over 2,400 metres. It was initially called the Derby Reale, and most of the prize money for the inaugural running was donated by King Umberto I.^[1]

The race was transferred to its current venue in 1926. It was known as the Gran Premio del Re in the 1930s, and for a brief period it was titled the Gran Premio del Re Imperatore. It was renamed the Derby Italiano in 1946.^[2]

The present system of race grading was introduced in the early 1970s, and the Derby Italiano was initially classed at Group 1 level. It was opened to horses born and bred outside Italy in 1981.

The Derby Italiano was cut to 2,200 metres in 2008, and it was downgraded to Group 2 status in 2009. With a current prize fund of €814,000, it is the most valuable horse race in Italy.^[3]

Records

Leading jockey (8 wins):

Federico Regoli – Gianpietrina (1917), Meissonier (1919), Ghiberti (1920), Michelangelo (1921), Melozzo da Forlì (1922), Cima da Conegliano (1923), Lui (1925), Apelle (1926)

Leading trainer (21 wins):

Federico Tesio – Guido Reni (1911), Rembrandt (1912), Fausta (1914), Van Dyck (1915), Gianpietrina (1917), Meissonier (1919), Ghiberti (1920), Michelangelo (1921), Melozzo da Forlì (1922), Cima da Conegliano (1923), Apelle (1926), Jacopa del Sellaio (1932), Ugolino da Siena (1935), Donatello II (1937), Nearco (1938), Bellini (1940), Niccolo dell'Arca (1941), Torbido (1944), Tenerani (1947), Daumier (1951), Botticelli (1954)

Leading owner (20 wins): (includes part ownership)

Federico Tesio – Guido Reni (1911), Rembrandt (1912), Fausta (1914), Van Dyck (1915), Gianpietrina (1917), Meissonier (1919), Ghiberti (1920), Michelangelo (1921), Melozzo da Forlì (1922), Cima da Conegliano (1923), Apelle (1926), Jacopa del Sellaio (1932), Ugolino da Siena (1935), Donatello II (1937), Nearco (1938), Bellini (1940), Niccolo dell'Arca (1941), Tenerani (1947), Daumier (1951), Botticelli (1954)

The only winner trained but not owned by Federico Tesio was Torbido, owned by his wife Lydia.
The twenty winners he owned include eleven owned outright, four owned by Tesio-Incisa and five by Razza Dormello-Olgiata.
Razza Dormello-Olgiata, founded by Tesio, owned seven more winners after his death in 1954.
Tesio bred twenty-two winners of the race – all of those he trained plus Braque, the winner in 1957.

Winners since 1980

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1980	Garrido	Marcel Depalmas	François Boutin	Razza Dormello-Olgiata	2:30.0
1981	Glint of Gold	John Matthias	Ian Balding	Paul Mellon	2:30.9
1982	Old Country	Pat Eddery	Luca Cumani	Mrs O. Abegg	2:35.8
1983	My Top	Peo Perlanti	Alduino Botti	Scuderia Siba	2:28.6
1984	Welnor	Lester Piggott	Gaetano Benetti	Scuderia Concarena	2:33.9
1985	Don Orazio	Michel Jerome	F. Jovine	Lady M Stable	2:27.9
1986	Tommy Way	Willie Carson	John Dunlop	Scuderia Erasec	2:27.9
1987	Zaizoom	Richard Quinn	Paul Cole	Prince Fahd bin Salman	2:29.1
1988	Tisserand	Vincenzo Mezzatesta	Mario Vincis	Agricola All. La Madia	2:30.6
1989	Prorutori	Michael Roberts	Michael Jarvis	Antonio Balzarini	2:27.5
1990	Houmayoun	Santiago Soto	Alain de Royer-Dupré	Lady M Stable	2:27.0
1991	Hailsham	Steve Cauthen	Clive Brittain	Sheikh Mohammed	2:28.1
1992	In a Tiff	Michael Kinane	Dermot Weld	Michael Smurfit	2:27.5
1993	White Muzzle	John Reid	Peter Chapple-Hyam	Luciano Gaucci	2:24.5
1994	Time Star	Richard Quinn	Paul Cole	Prince Fahd bin Salman	2:28.1
1995	Luso	Michael Kinane	Clive Brittain	Saeed Manana	2:25.7
1996	Bahamian Knight	Richard Hughes	David Loder	Lucayan Stud	2:26.6
1997	Single Empire	David Harrison	Peter Chapple-Hyam	Tony Collins	2:26.2
1998	Central Park	Daragh O'Donohoe	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	2:26.3
1999	Mukhalif	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	2:25.7
2000	Kallisto	Andreas Boschert	Hans Blume	Gestüt Röttgen	2:27.1
2001	Morshdi	Philip Robinson	Michael Jarvis	Ahmed Al Maktoum	2:26.6
2002	Rakti	Mirco Demuro	Bruno Grizzetti	Scuderia Il Poggio	2:27.9
2003	Osorio	Mario Esposito	Urs Suter	Newsells Park Stud	2:27.2
2004	Groom Tesse	Dario Vargiu	Luigi Camici	Scuderia L3C	2:27.6
2005	De Sica	Marco Monteriso	Emilio Borromeo	Emilio Borromeo	2:28.6
2006	Gentlewave	Marco Monteriso	André Fabre	Gary A. Tanaka	2:27.4
2007	Awelmarduk	Edmondo Botti	A. Botti / G. Botti	Scuderia Effevi	2:28.9
2008	Cima de Triomphe	Silvano Mulas	Bruno Grizzetti	Scuderia Cocktail	2:14.6
2009	Mastery	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	2:16.5
2010	Worthadd	Mirco Demuro	Vittorio Caruso	Scuderia Incolinx	2:22.1
2011	Crackerjack King	Fabio Branca	Stefano Botti	Scuderia Effevi	2:15.8
2012	Feuerblitz	Robert Havlin	Michael Figge	Stall Eivissa	2:19.0
2013	Biz the Nurse	Andrea Atzeni	Stefano Botti	Scuderia Aleali	2:17.04
2014	Dylan Mouth	Fabio Branca	Stefano Botti	Scuderia Effevi	2:17.63
2015	Goldstream	Cristian Demuro	Stefano Botti	Scuderia Effevi	2:16.20
2016	Saent	Dario Vargiu	Il Cavallo In Testa	Incolinx	2:14.90

Earlier winners

1884: Andreina
1885: Rosenberg
1886: Enio
1887: Carl Andrea
1888: Filiberto
1889: Rabicano
1890: Doralice
1891: Barone
1892: Arcadia
1893: Festuca
1894: Sansonetto
1895: Oranzeb
1896: Goldoni
1897: Hira
1898: Simba
1899: Elena
1900: Cloridano
1901: Karibo
1902: Tocsin
1903: Esquilino
1904: The Oak
1905: Onorio
1906: Creso
1907: Belbuc
1908: Demetrio
1909: Dedalo
1910: Saturno
1911: Guido Reni
1912: Rembrandt
1913: Nettuno
1914: Fausta
1915: Van Dyck

1916: Kosheni
1917: Gianpietrina
1918: Carlone
1919: Meissonier
1920: Ghiberti
1921: Michelangelo
1922: Melozzo da Forli
1923: Cima da Conegliano
1924: Manistee
1925: Lui
1926: Apelle
1927: Senecio
1928: Dervio
1929: Ortello
1930: Emanuele Filiberto
1931: Oberon
1932: Jacopa del Sellaio
1933: Pilade
1934: Amur
1935: Ugolino da Siena
1936: Archidamia
1937: Donatello II
1938: Nearco
1939: Vezzano
1940: Bellini
1941: Niccolo dell'Arca
1942: Arco
1943: Orsenigo
1944: Torbido
1945: Traghetto
1946: Gladiolo
1947: Tenerani

1948: Leon de San Marco
1949: Golfo
1950: Stigliano
1951: Daumier
1952: Zamoretto
1953: Rivisondoli
1954: Botticelli
1955: Altrek
1956: Barba Toni
1957: Braque
1958: Sedan
1959: Rio Marin
1960: Fils d'Eve
1961: Lauso
1962: Antelami
1963: Braccio da Montone
1964: Diacono
1965: Varano
1966: Appiani
1967: Ruysdael
1968: Hogarth
1969: Bonconte di Montefeltro
1970: Ortis
1971: Ardale
1972: Gay Lussac
1973: Cerreto
1974: Suffolk
1975: Orange Bay
1976: Red Arrow
1977: Sirlad
1978: Elgay
1979: Marracci

The 1916, 1917 and 1925 runnings took place at Parioli, and the 1918, 1944 and 1945 editions were held at Milan.

References

↑ "Big Race Focus: The Derby Italiano". Godolphin. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
↑ "Il Derby" (in Italian). Ippodromo Capannelle. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
↑ Crispe, James (5 February 2009). "Italian Derby Downgraded". racingandsports.com.au. Retrieved 9 May 2009.

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