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The Premio Presidente della Repubblica is a Group 1

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in Italy

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open to thoroughbred

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s aged four years or older. It is run at Capannelle

Capannelle Racecourse

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over a distance 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May.

History

The event was established in 1879, and it was originally called the Premio Omnium. The inaugural running was won by Macedonie. It was open to horses aged three or older, and it was initially contested over 3,500 metres. It was cut to 2,400 metres in 1882.

The race was renamed the Premio Presidente della Repubblica in 1956, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Italy becoming a republic.

The Premio Presidente della Repubblica was run over 2,200 metres in 1966, and 2,300 metres in 1967. Its present distance of 2,000 metres was introduced in 1968. The minimum age of participating horses was raised to four in 1988.

Records

Most successful horse (3 wins):

Sansonetto – 1895, 1896 (dead-heat), 1898

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Leading jockey
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(5 wins):

Silvio Parravani – Murghab (1949), Alberigo (1953, 1955), Falerno (1954), Sedan (1959)

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Leading trainer
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since 1985 (3 wins):

Michael Jarvis
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– Bob Back (1985), Polar Prince (1998), Rakti (2003)
Lorenzo Brogi – Malevic (1986), Distant Way (2006, 2007)
Vittorio Caruso – Altieri (2004, 2005), Selmis (2009)

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Leading owner (12 wins):

Razza Dormello-Olgiata – Bellini (1941), Tenerani (1948), Adam (1950), Tissot (1957), Antelami (1963), Haseltine (1965), Ben Marshall (1966), Appiani (1967), Hogarth (1970), Mannsfeld (1974, 1975), Maffei (1982)

Winners since 1985

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1985	Bob Back	4	Bruce Raymond	Michael Jarvis Michael Jarvis Michael Jarvis was a Thoroughbred horse trainer in England. Based in Newmarket, Jarvis trained numerous Group One winners including three winners of the British Haydock Sprint Cup. Jarvis's horses also won important races in Ireland, Germany and Italy. He kept approximately 80 horses in...	Antonio Balzarini	2:00.5
1986	Malevic	5	Marco Paganini	Lorenzo Brogi	Scuderia Cieffedi	2:01.4
1987	Tony Bin Tony Bin Tony Bin was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in Europe for his Italian owner from a base in Milan and who became a leading sire in Japan.-Background:...	4	Michel Jerome	Luigi Camici	Allevamento White Star Luciano Gaucci Luciano Gaucci is an Italian entrepreneur and sportsman. He was the owner of various clubs:* Perugia Calcio, a football club based in Perugia, Umbria.* Viterbese Calcio, a football club based in Viterbo, Lazio.* S.S...	2:03.6
1988	Tony Bin Tony Bin Tony Bin was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in Europe for his Italian owner from a base in Milan and who became a leading sire in Japan.-Background:...	5	Pat Eddery Pat Eddery Patrick James John "Pat" Eddery is a former flat racing jockey. Pat's father Jimmy Eddery was a jockey, as is his brother Paul Eddery.-Career:...	Luigi Camici	Allevamento White Star Luciano Gaucci Luciano Gaucci is an Italian entrepreneur and sportsman. He was the owner of various clubs:* Perugia Calcio, a football club based in Perugia, Umbria.* Viterbese Calcio, a football club based in Viterbo, Lazio.* S.S...	2:06.1
1989	Alwuhush	4	Willie Carson Willie Carson William Fisher Hunter Carson, OBE is a retired jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.-Life and career:Best known as "Miserable Willie", Carson was born in Stirling, Scotland. In 1957 he was apprenticed to Captain Gerald Armstrong at his stables at Tupgill, North Yorkshire...	John Dunlop John L. Dunlop John L. Dunlop is a successful race horse trainer based in Arundel, Sussex, with over 3000 winners between 1966 and 2002.He was the British flat racing Champion Trainer in 1995....	Hamdan Al Maktoum Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the Deputy Ruler of Dubai and the Minister of Finance and Industry of the United Arab Emirates . He is the second son of the late ruler, Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum ....	2:02.6
1990	Tisserand	5	Luca Sorrentino	Mario Vincis	Agricola All. La Madia	2:04.5
1991	Sikeston	5	Michael Roberts Michael Roberts (jockey) Michael Roberts is a South African jockey currently residing in Suffolk, England, with his wife Verna and two daughters, Melanie and Carolyn. Roberts has had a successful career, winning many English and South African races multiple times. He was British flat racing Champion Jockey in 1992...	Clive Brittain Clive Brittain Clive Brittain is a British race-horse trainer. He began training as an apprentice in 1949, and on his own as a licensed trainer in the early 1970s. He currently trains at Carlburg Stables in Newmarket, Suffolk...	Luciano Gaucci Luciano Gaucci Luciano Gaucci is an Italian entrepreneur and sportsman. He was the owner of various clubs:* Perugia Calcio, a football club based in Perugia, Umbria.* Viterbese Calcio, a football club based in Viterbo, Lazio.* S.S...	2:10.7
1992	Sikeston	6	Michael Roberts Michael Roberts (jockey) Michael Roberts is a South African jockey currently residing in Suffolk, England, with his wife Verna and two daughters, Melanie and Carolyn. Roberts has had a successful career, winning many English and South African races multiple times. He was British flat racing Champion Jockey in 1992...	Clive Brittain Clive Brittain Clive Brittain is a British race-horse trainer. He began training as an apprentice in 1949, and on his own as a licensed trainer in the early 1970s. He currently trains at Carlburg Stables in Newmarket, Suffolk...	Luciano Gaucci Luciano Gaucci Luciano Gaucci is an Italian entrepreneur and sportsman. He was the owner of various clubs:* Perugia Calcio, a football club based in Perugia, Umbria.* Viterbese Calcio, a football club based in Viterbo, Lazio.* S.S...	2:01.4
1993	Great Palm	4	Alan Munro Alan Munro (jockey) Alan Munro is a top English flat racing jockey and considered one of the most successful English jockeys in the history of the sport.He has won many major races including the Epsom Derby and Irish Derby in 1991...	Paul Cole Paul Cole Paul F. I. Cole is a British racehorse trainer. Since 1987 he has been based at Whatcombe Estate in Oxfordshire, the former stables of Dick Dawson and Arthur Budgett....	Prince Fahd bin Salman Fahd bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Prince Fahd bin Salman bin Abdulaziz was a member of the Saudi Arabia royal family, the son of the Governor of Riyadh Province, Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz....	2:02.4
1994	Muhtarram Muhtarram Muhtarram is a thoroughbred race horse. He won the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Ascot twice, in addition to the Irish Champion Stakes and the Premio Presidente della Repubblica in Italy.-External links:* at Racing Post...	5	Willie Carson Willie Carson William Fisher Hunter Carson, OBE is a retired jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.-Life and career:Best known as "Miserable Willie", Carson was born in Stirling, Scotland. In 1957 he was apprenticed to Captain Gerald Armstrong at his stables at Tupgill, North Yorkshire...	John Gosden John Gosden John Gosden is a racehorse trainer. Having trained over 2,000 winners since his return to England in 1989, including winners of the Breeders' Cup Classic, the Derby, the King George, the 1,000 Guineas and the St. Leger, he is generally considered one of the most successful racehorse trainers of...	Hamdan Al Maktoum Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the Deputy Ruler of Dubai and the Minister of Finance and Industry of the United Arab Emirates . He is the second son of the late ruler, Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum ....	2:01.8
1995	Flagbird	4	Kevin Darley Kevin Darley Kevin Darley is a retired jockey, and a co-president of the Jockeys' Association of Great Britain...	Saeed bin Suroor Saeed bin Suroor Saeed bin Suroor , is a horse racing trainer. Formerly a policeman, he took out his training license in 1994 and the following year was appointed as the trainer for Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation....	Godolphin	2:05.6
1996	Hollywood Dream	5	John Reid John A. Reid John Andrew Reid John Andrew Reid John Andrew Reid (born August 6, 1955 in Banbridge County Down, Northern Ireland is a retired flat race jockey.Reid served as an apprentice in his native Ireland to Leslie Crawford, before moving to England and joining Verley Bewicke. His first Classic victory came...	Uwe Ostmann	Gestüt Ittlingen	2:06.4
1997	Artan	5	Ray Cochrane Ray Cochrane Ray Cochrane is a retired horse racing jockey and current sports agent.He was the winning jockey in three of the five British Classic Races: the Oaks Stakes, 1,000 Guineas Stakes and Epsom Derby Stakes...	Martin Rölke	Stall Brandenburg	2:02.7
1998	Polar Prince	5	Philip Robinson Philip P. Robinson Philip Peter Robinson is an English flat racing jockey.The son of Peter Robinson, a jockey and trainer, he rode his first winner in 1978 at Great Yarmouth. He was British flat racing Champion Apprentice in 1979 and 1980. One of his most famous victories was his win on Pebbles, trained by Clive...	Michael Jarvis Michael Jarvis Michael Jarvis was a Thoroughbred horse trainer in England. Based in Newmarket, Jarvis trained numerous Group One winners including three winners of the British Haydock Sprint Cup. Jarvis's horses also won important races in Ireland, Germany and Italy. He kept approximately 80 horses in...	Christine Stevenson	2:01.2
1999	Central Park	4	Daragh O'Donohoe	Saeed bin Suroor Saeed bin Suroor Saeed bin Suroor , is a horse racing trainer. Formerly a policeman, he took out his training license in 1994 and the following year was appointed as the trainer for Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation....	Godolphin	2:02.2
2000	Timboroa	4	Mirco Demuro	Roberto Brogi	Roberto Brogi	2:00.6
2001	Paolini	4	Andreas Suborics Andreas Suborics Andreas Suborics Andreas Suborics Andreas Suborics (born August 11, 1971 in Vienna, Austria is an Austrian Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who is based in Germany and races worldwide.A three-time champion jockey in Germany, Suborics is best known as the jockey who rode Shirocco in 2004....	Andreas Wöhler	Carde Ostermann-Richter	1:59.8
2002	Falbrav Falbrav Falbrav is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire, bred in Ireland but trained in Italy and the United Kingdom during his racing career which ran from 2000 to 2004...	4	Dario Vargiu	Luciano d'Auria	Scuderia Rencati	1:57.8
2003	Rakti Rakti Rakti was a British Thoroughbred racehorse, who won six Group One races in Italy and the United Kingdom in a career which lasted from 2001 to 2005.-Background:...	4	Philip Robinson Philip P. Robinson Philip Peter Robinson is an English flat racing jockey.The son of Peter Robinson, a jockey and trainer, he rode his first winner in 1978 at Great Yarmouth. He was British flat racing Champion Apprentice in 1979 and 1980. One of his most famous victories was his win on Pebbles, trained by Clive...	Michael Jarvis Michael Jarvis Michael Jarvis was a Thoroughbred horse trainer in England. Based in Newmarket, Jarvis trained numerous Group One winners including three winners of the British Haydock Sprint Cup. Jarvis's horses also won important races in Ireland, Germany and Italy. He kept approximately 80 horses in...	Gary A. Tanaka	2:00.1
2004	Altieri	6	Mario Esposito	Vittorio Caruso	Scuderia Incolinx	1:58.7
2005	Altieri	7	Mario Esposito	Vittorio Caruso	Scuderia Incolinx	2:00.5
2006	Distant Way	5	Mirco Demuro	Lorenzo Brogi	All. La Nuova Sbarra	2:00.9
2007	Distant Way	6	Mirco Demuro	Lorenzo Brogi	All. La Nuova Sbarra	2:00.4
2008	Saddex	5	Kerrin McEvoy	Peter Rau	Stall Avena	2:02.6
2009	Selmis	5	Mirco Demuro	Vittorio Caruso	Scuderia Incolinx	2:02.9
2010	Querari	4	Eduardo Pedroza	Andreas Wöhler	Gestüt Fährhof	2:06.0
2011	Estejo	7	Umberto Rispoli	Ralf Rohne	Giovanne Martone	2:00.6

Earlier winners

¹ The 1883 and 1896 races were dead-heats and have joint winners.
² The 1944 running took place at Milan

Milan

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History

Records

Winners since 1985

Earlier winners

See also