Premio Ambrosiano

The Premio Ambrosiano is a Group 3 flat horse race in Italy open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles) at Milan in April.

Premio Ambrosiano
Group 3 race
LocationSan Siro Racecourse
Milan, Italy
Race typeFlat / Thoroughbred
WebsiteSan Siro
Race information
Distance2,000 metres (1¼ miles)
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
QualificationFour-years-old and up
Weight56 kg
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 *
1 kg if two Listed wins *
* since August 1 last year
Purse€61,600 (2013)
1st: €23,800

History

The event was formerly open to horses aged three or older.[1] For a period it held Group 3 status. It was closed to three-year-olds in 1988, and downgraded to Listed level in 1996.

The race was promoted back to Group 3 in 2007.

Records

Most successful horse since 1987 (2 wins):

  • Altieri – 2004, 2005
  • Orpello - 2013, 2014

Leading jockey since 1987 (5 wins):

  • Fabio Branca – Jakkalberry (2010), Saratoga Black (2012), Orpello (2013, 2014), Circus Couture (2016)

Leading trainer since 1987 (4 wins):

  • Stefano Botti - Orpello (2013, 2014), Circus Couture (2016), Voice Of Love (2017)

Winners since 1987
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time
1987 Verardi 4 Gianfranco Dettori Alduino Botti 2:05.20
1988 Cunizza da Romano 4 Sergio Dettori Luciano d'Auria 2:04.60
1989 Knight Line Dancer 4 Michel Jerome Luigi Camici 2:08.20
1990 Tisserand 5 Luca Sorrentino Mario Vincis 2:10.90
1991 Prorutori 5 Eddie Maple Armando Renzoni 2:02.10
1992 Funny Baby 4 Alain Badel Myriam Bollack-Badel 2:05.90
1993 Sugunas 5 Andreas Boschert Andreas Wöhler 2:02.60
1994 Visto Si Stampi 4 Alan Munro John Dunlop 2:04.80
1995 Penny Drops 6 David Harrison Lord Huntingdon 2:07.90
1996 Tarhelm 4 Marco Latorre Giuseppe Colleo 2:06.90
1997 Coral Reef 4 Marco Latorre Giuseppe Colleo 2:09.90
1998 Mandilak 4 Fernando Jovine Luca Cumani 2:06.60
1999 Apollo Wells 4 Massimiliano Tellini Roberto Brogi 2:02.20
2000 Poseidon 6 Maurizio Pasquale Lorenzo Brogi 2:11.50
2001 Fairy Charm 4 Mirco Demuro Gianfranco Verricelli 2:08.40
2002 Shibuni's Falcon 5 Massimiliano Tellini Maurizio Guarnieri 2:14.20
2003 Syrakus 5 Edmondo Botti Hans Blume 2:07.80
2004 Altieri 6 Mario Esposito Vittorio Caruso 2:05.90
2005 Altieri 7 Mario Esposito Vittorio Caruso 2:12.60
2006 Bening 6 Edmondo Botti Ovidio Pessi 2:02.00
2007 Pressing 4 Daniele Porcu Roberto Feligioni 2:01.50
2008 Axxos 4 Terence Hellier Peter Schiergen 2:02.70
2009 Selmis 5 Mirco Demuro Vittorio Caruso 2:12.50
2010 Jakkalberry 4 Fabio Branca Edmondo Botti 2:03.50
2011 Cima de Pluie 4 Dario Vargiu Bruno Grizzetti 2:01.90
2012 Saratoga Black 5 Fabio Branca Bruno Grizzetti 2:09.50
2013 Orpello 4 Fabio Branca Stefano Botti 2:20.50
2014 Orpello 5 Fabio Branca Stefano Botti 2:03.70
2015 Magic Artist 4 Cristian Demuro Wolfgang Figge 2:02.90
2016 Circus Couture 4 Fabio Branca Stefano Botti 2:00.00
2017 Voice Of Love 4 Dario Vargiu Stefano Botti 2:01.00
2018 Together Again 4 Dario Vargiu Alessandro Botti 2:00.30
2019 Dirk 5 Carlo Fiocchi Alessandro Botti 1:59.70
2020 Brasilian Man 4 Gerald Mosse Nicolo Simondi 2:02.08

See also

References
  1. "Oggi il premio Ambrosiano aspettando il derby di domenica" (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). 4 May 1986. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
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