Premio Chiusura

The Premio Chiusura is a Listed flat horse race in Italy open to thoroughbreds aged two years or older. It is run at Milan over a distance of 1,400 metres (about 7 furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late October or early November.

Premio Chiusura
Listed race
LocationSan Siro Racecourse
Milan, Italy
Race typeFlat / Thoroughbred
WebsiteSan Siro
Race information
Distance1,400 metres (7f)
SurfaceTurf
TrackStraight
QualificationTwo-years-old and up
Weight50 kg (2yo); 59 kg (3yo+)
Allowances
1½ kg for fillies and mares
Penalties
4½ kg for Group 1 winners *
3 kg for Group 2 winners *
2 kg for Group 3 winners *
2 kg if three Listed wins *
1 kg if two Listed wins *
* since January 1
Purse€70,400 (2016)
1st: €23,800

The event is traditionally held during Milan's last flat racing fixture of the year. The English translation of its title is Closing Prize.

The Premio Chiusura was given Group 2 status in the 1970s. It was relegated to Group 3 level in 1988 and downgraded to Listed status in 2017.[1]

Records

Most successful horse since 1971 (3 wins):

  • Salselon – 2001, 2002, 2003

Leading jockey since 1986 (3 wins):

  • Giovanni Forte – Lavinia Fontana (1994, 1995), Salselon (2001)

Leading trainer since 1986 (4 wins):

  • John Dunlop – Efisio (1987), Alquoz (1989), Lavinia Fontana (1994, 1995)

Winners since 1986
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time
1986 Assisi del Santo 3 Antonio di Nardo Gaetano Benetti
1987 Efisio 5 John Reid John Dunlop
1988 Aim for the Top 3 Walter Swinburn Michael Stoute 1:24.90
1989 Alquoz 4 Pat Eddery John Dunlop 1:24.80
1990 Glen Jordan 4 Sergio Dettori Alduino Botti 1:26.10
1991 Silicon Bavaria 4 Olivier Poirier Robert Collet 1:25.50
1992 Inner City 3 Frankie Dettori Luca Cumani 1:27.80
1993 no race
1994 Lavinia Fontana 5 Giovanni Forte John Dunlop 1:27.40
1995 Lavinia Fontana 6 Giovanni Forte John Dunlop 1:24.80
1996 Macanal 4 Peter Schiergen Heinz Jentzsch 1:25.50
1997 Robins 5 Otello Fancera Alberto Calchetti 1:23.30
1998 Tertullian 3 Andreas Suborics Peter Schiergen 1:26.40
1999 Tertullian 4 Andreas Suborics Peter Schiergen 1:28.40
2000 Low Pivot 2 Mario Esposito Giuseppe Colleo 1:28.20
2001 Salselon 2 Giovanni Forte Mario Ciciarelli 1:25.00
2002 Salselon 3 Alessandro Parravani Mario Ciciarelli 1:24.50
2003 Salselon 4 Alessandro Parravani Mario Ciciarelli 1:25.70
2004 Horeion Directa 5 Gabriele Bietolini Andreas Löwe 1:27.40
2005 Horeion Directa 6 Gabriele Bietolini Andreas Löwe 1:25.10
2006 Breath of Love 4 Ioritz Mendizabal Jean-Claude Rouget 1:25.50
2007 Icelandic 5 Mirco Demuro Frank Sheridan 1:24.10
2008 White Snow 4 Mario Esposito Gabriele Miliani 1:24.00
2009 Le Big 5 Andrasch Starke Uwe Stoltefuss 1:25.60
2010 König Concorde 5 Filip Minarik Christian Sprengel 1:27.00
2011 König Concorde 6 Filip Minarik Christian Sprengel 1:35.40
2012 Malagenia 4 Fabio Branca Luigi Riccardi 1:26.70
2013 Regarde Moi 5 Fabio Branca Stefano Botti 1:29.50
2014 Gothic Dance 5 Ivan Rossi Bruno Grizzetti 1:23.80
2015 Pensierieparole 3 Dario Vargiu Il Cavallo In Testa 1:26.80
2016 Princess Asta 3 Carlo Fiocchi Mario Hofer 1:24.90
2017 Poeta Diletto 4 Carlo Fiocchi A Botti 1:25.30
2018 Belle Meade 4 Rob Hornby Andrew Balding 1:27.20
2019 Dersu Uzala 6 Dario de Tocco Marco Casparini 1:28.40

Earlier winners
  • 1971: Alcamo
  • 1972: Calahorra
  • 1973: Brook
  • 1974: Carnauba
  • 1975: Raga Navarro
  • 1976: Ovac
  • 1977: Capo Sunion
  • 1978: Croda Alta
  • 1979: Absalom
  • 1980: Esclavo
  • 1981: Emkar
  • 1982: no race
  • 1983: Nandino
  • 1984: Capricorn Belle
  • 1985: Life on Mars

See also

References
  1. "European Pattern Committee announces changes to the 2017 European Programme / 01 Feb 17". British Horseracing Authority. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
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