Premio del Piazzale

Premio del Piazzale

Group 3 race
Location	San Siro Racecourse Milan, Italy
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Website	San Siro
Race information
Distance	1,600 metres (1 mile)
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	Three-years-old and up
Weight	55 kg (3yo); 56 kg (4yo+) Allowances 1½ kg for fillies and mares Penalties 3½ kg for Group 1 winners * 2 kg for Group 2 winners * 1 kg for Group 3 winners * * since January 1
Purse	€64,900 (2016) 1st: €23,800

The Premio del Piazzale is a Group 3 flat horse race in Italy open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Milan over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile), and it is scheduled to take place each year in October.

The event was formerly classed at Listed level, and it used to be held in September. For a period it was contested over 1,800 metres.

The race was given Group 3 status and switched to October in 2011.

Records

Most successful horse since 1997 (2 wins):

• Embody – 1998, 1999

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Leading jockey:

• Cristiano Demuro - Nabucco (2013), Voice Of Love (2016)

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Leading trainer (2 wins):

• Ralf Rhone - Estejo (2010), Nabucco (2013)
• Stefano Botti - Douce Vie (2012), Voice Of Love (2016)

Winners since 2002

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2002	Altieri	4	Gabriele Bietolini	Vittorio Caruso
2003	Lindholm	4	Arnaud Bouleau	Werner Glanz	1:42.70
2004	Scabiun	6	Edmondo Botti	Alduino Botti
2005	Lazio	4	Yann Lerner	Andreas Trybuhl	1:43.50
2006	Icelandic	4	Pierantonio Convertino	Frank Sheridan	1:42.60
2007	Miles Gloriosus	4	Luca Maniezzi	Maria Rita Salvioni	1:38.90
2008	Zenone	4	Sergio Urru	Laura Grizzetti	1:41.70
2009	Win for Sure	4	Umberto Rispoli	Andreas Wöhler	1:37.70
2010	Estejo	6	Mario Esposito	Ralf Rohne	1:36.60
2011	Le Vie Infinite	4	Dario Vargiu	Roberto Brogi	1:53.60
2012	Douce Vie	6	Fabio Branca	Stefano Botti	1:39.30
2013	Nabucco	3	Cristian Demuro	Ralf Rhone	1:42.50
2014	Spoil The Fun	5	Julien Auge	Christophe Ferland	1:40.80
2015	Felician	7	Andrasch Starke	Ferdinand Leve	1:58.70
2016	Voice of Love	3	Cristian Demuro	Stefano Botti	1:51.60
2017	Anda Muchacho	3	Dario Vargiu	Nicolo Simondi	1:50.10
2018	Dirk	4	Cristian Demuro	Alessandro Botti	1:49.30
2019	Anda Muchacho	5	Antonio Fresu	Nicolo Simondi	1:39.90
2020	Potemkin	9	Dennis Schiergen	Simon James Stokes	1:43.20
2021	Attimo Fuggente^[a]	4	Fabio Branca	Alduino Botti	1:36.70
2022	Bahja Del Sol	3	Sergio Urru	Alduino Botti	1:46.60
2023	Aggenstein	4	Fabio Branca	Ralf Rohne	1:42.20

^a The 2021 races took place at Capannelle.

Earlier winners

• 1956: Ribot
• 1975: Carnauba
• 1976: Strasburgo
• 1977: Eran
• 1985: Capo Nord
• 1987: Jurado

• 1988: Lord Americo
• 1989: Lord Americo
• 1990: Wild Grouse
• 1991: Sure Sharp
• 1992: Inner City
• 1994: Visto Si Stampi

• 1995: Thomire
• 1997: Kierkegaard
• 1998: Embody
• 1999: Embody
• 2000: Montestefano
• 2001: As You Like

See also

• List of Italian flat horse races

References

• Racing Post / www.labronica.it:
  • 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
  • 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
  • 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Premio del Piazzale (2016).
• pedigreequery.com – Premio del Piazzale – Milan San Siro.