Premio Carlo Vittadini
Encyclopedia
The Premio Carlo Vittadini is a Group 2
flat
horse race
in Italy
open to thoroughbred
s 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 late May or early June.
The event was formerly known as the Premio Emilio Turati. It was renamed in memory of Carlo Vittadini (1915–2007), a successful racehorse owner, in 2008.
The Premio Carlo Vittadini is currently held at the same meeting as the Oaks d'Italia
.
Most successful horse since 1960 (2 wins):
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Leading jockey
since 1986 (4 wins):
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Leading trainer
since 1986 (3 wins):
Conditions races
Conditions races are horse races where the weights carried by the runners are laid down by the conditions attached to the race. Weights are allocated according to; the sex of the runners, with female runners carrying less weight than males; the age of the runners, with younger horses receiving...
flat
Flat racing
Flat racing is a form of Thoroughbred horse racing which is run over a level track at a predetermined distance. It differs from steeplechase racing which is run over hurdles...
horse race
Horse racing
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in Italy
Italy
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open to thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
s aged three years or older. It is run at Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late May or early June.
The event was formerly known as the Premio Emilio Turati. It was renamed in memory of Carlo Vittadini (1915–2007), a successful racehorse owner, in 2008.
The Premio Carlo Vittadini is currently held at the same meeting as the Oaks d'Italia
Oaks d'Italia
The Oaks d'Italia is a Group 2 flat horse race in Italy open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Milan over a distance of 2,200 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in May or June....
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Records
Most successful horse since 1960 (2 wins):
- Chiese – 1965, 1966
- Misil – 1991, 1992
- Pressing – 2009, 2010
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Leading jockey
Jockey
A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...
since 1986 (4 wins):
- Gianfranco DettoriGianfranco DettoriGianfranco Dettori is an Italian retired Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Dettori was born in Serramanna, in what is now the Medio Campidano, Sardinia. During his career, he won an Italian riding championship thirteen times...
– Svelt (1987), Jurado (1988), Misil (1991, 1992) - Mirco Demuro – Stanott (1999), Marbye (2004), Nordhal (2005), Worthadd (2011)
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Leading trainer
Horse trainer
In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...
since 1986 (3 wins):
- Alduino Botti – Svelt (1987), Jurado (1988), Ramonti (2006)
- Vittorio Caruso – Misil (1991, 1992), Worthadd (2011)
Winners since 1986
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
1986 | Efisio | 4 | 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:... |
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.... |
1:39.7 |
1987 | Svelt | 4 | Gianfranco Dettori Gianfranco Dettori Gianfranco Dettori is an Italian retired Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Dettori was born in Serramanna, in what is now the Medio Campidano, Sardinia. During his career, he won an Italian riding championship thirteen times... |
Alduino Botti | 1:37.4 |
1988 | Jurado | 5 | Gianfranco Dettori Gianfranco Dettori Gianfranco Dettori is an Italian retired Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Dettori was born in Serramanna, in what is now the Medio Campidano, Sardinia. During his career, he won an Italian riding championship thirteen times... |
Alduino Botti | 1:42.7 |
1989 | Squill | 4 | Guy Guignard | Criquette Head Criquette Head-Maarek Christiane "Criquette" Head is considered to be the leading female racehorse trainer in the world.Known as Criquette, she was born into the Thoroughbred horse racing business... |
1:38.1 |
1990 | Dordone | 5 | Vincenzo Mezzatesta | Mario Vincis | 1:38.3 |
1991 | Misil | 3 | Gianfranco Dettori Gianfranco Dettori Gianfranco Dettori is an Italian retired Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Dettori was born in Serramanna, in what is now the Medio Campidano, Sardinia. During his career, he won an Italian riding championship thirteen times... |
Vittorio Caruso | 1:38.5 |
1992 | Misil | 4 | Gianfranco Dettori Gianfranco Dettori Gianfranco Dettori is an Italian retired Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Dettori was born in Serramanna, in what is now the Medio Campidano, Sardinia. During his career, he won an Italian riding championship thirteen times... |
Vittorio Caruso | 1:40.8 |
1993 | Culture Vulture Culture Vulture Culture Vulture was an American-bred, British-trained champion Thoroughbred racehorse. At the inaugural Cartier Racing Awards in 1991, she was named European Champion Two-Year-Old Filly. In her championship season she won four of her six races including two at Group One level: the Fillies' Mile in... |
4 | Richard Quinn | 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.... |
1:39.2 |
1994 | Alflora | 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... |
1:37.9 |
1995 | Les Boyer | 4 | Edmondo Botti | Giuseppe Botti | 1:42.1 |
1996 | Morigi | 5 | Massimiliano Tellini | Ildo Tellini | 1:38.8 |
1997 | Gothenberg | 4 | Jason Weaver Jason Weaver (jockey) Jason Weaver is a former British flat racing jockey who had much of his major success in the mid 1990s. In total, Weaver rode more than 1,000 winners in a career which spanned fourteen years.-Biography:... |
Mark Johnston | 1:41.8 |
1998 | Waky Nao | 5 | Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke is a jockey in international Thoroughbred horse racing.Starke began racing at age fifteen as an amateur and since turning professional has won the German riding championship five times. He has competed in Canada and the United States and has won races in Dubai, France, Italy, and... |
Andreas Schütz Andreas Schütz Andreas Schütz is a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. From a prominent racing family, he is the fourth generation to train professionally.... |
1:38.7 |
1999 | Stanott | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Luca Cumani Luca Cumani Luca M. Cumani is an Italian thoroughbred horse trainer. He has trained at Bedford House Stables in Newmarket, England since 1976... |
1:36.9 |
2000 | Muhtathir | 5 | Frankie Dettori Frankie Dettori Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE is an Italian horse racing jockey and celebrity. Dettori has been Champion Jockey on three occasions and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races.. He has had many successes in his role of stable jockey to Godolphin Racing... |
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.... |
1:35.4 |
2001 | Nicobar | 4 | Kevin Darley Kevin Darley Kevin Darley is a retired jockey, and a co-president of the Jockeys' Association of Great Britain... |
Ian Balding Ian Balding Ian Balding emigrated with his family to England in 1945. He is the son of the polo player and racehorse trainer Gerald Barnard Balding, Sr. and the younger brother of trainer Toby Balding. Kingsclere became his home at the age of 26 and it is here that earned his reputation as an internationally... |
1:39.4 |
2002 | Cornelius | 5 | Jimmy Fortune Jimmy Fortune (jockey) Jimmy Fortune is an Irish thoroughbred jockey who, through 2008, has 76 wins from 528 rides. He apprenticed with Jim Bolger in Ireland. He was first licensed in 1987 and his first win came in 1988 at Thirsk riding Hitchinstown... |
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.... |
1:37.9 |
2003 | Walzerkoenigin | 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.... |
Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen is a former German champion jockey and a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.- Horse trainer :Schiergen trained Boreal, winner of the 2001 Coronation Cup.... |
1:38.3 |
2004 | Marbye | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Bruno Grizzetti | 1:40.1 |
2005 | Nordhal | 6 | Mirco Demuro | Bruno Grizzetti | 1:39.0 |
2006 | Ramonti | 4 | Edmondo Botti | Alduino Botti | 1:38.7 |
2007 | Apollo Star | 5 | 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.... |
Mario Hofer | 1:41.7 |
2008 | King Jock | 7 | Robert Burke | Robbie Osborne | 1:40.9 |
2009 | Pressing | 6 | Neil Callan | 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... |
1:36.6 |
2010 | Pressing | 7 | Neil Callan | 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... |
1:36.5 |
2011 | Worthadd | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Vittorio Caruso | 1:36.8 |