Premio Federico Tesio
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The Premio Federico Tesio is a Group 3
flat
horse race
in Italy
which is open to thoroughbred
s aged three years or older. It is run at San Siro, Milan
, over a distance of 2,200 metres (about 1 mile and 3 furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late September or early October.
The event is named in honour of Federico Tesio
(1869–1954), one of the most successful horse breeders
in the sport's history.
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
Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...
in Italy
Italy
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which is 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 San Siro, 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 2,200 metres (about 1 mile and 3 furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late September or early October.
The event is named in honour of Federico Tesio
Federico Tesio
Federico Tesio was an Italian statesman and one of the most important breeders of Thoroughbreds in the history of horse racing.Born in Turin, Federico Tesio obtained a degree in science and architecture...
(1869–1954), one of the most successful horse breeders
Horse breeding
Horse breeding is reproduction in horses, and particularly the human-directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of a given breed. Planned matings can be used to produce specifically desired characteristics in domesticated horses...
in the sport's history.
Winners since 1988
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
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 | 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... |
Luigi Camici | 2:16.8 |
1989 | Knight Line Dancer | 4 | Fernando Jovine | Luigi Camici | 2:24.7 |
1990 | Heart of Groom | 4 | Santiago Soto | Ovidio Pessi | 2:18.0 |
1991 | Bateau Rouge | 4 | Michel Jerome | 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... |
2:17.1 |
1992 | Erdelistan | 5 | Santiago Soto | Luciano d'Auria | 2:18.6 |
1993 | Misil | 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... |
Vittorio Caruso | 2:19.5 |
1994 | Royal Ballerina | 4 | Warren O'Connor | Michael Kauntze | 2:17.3 |
1995 | Sternkönig | 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... |
Theo Grieper | 2:17.0 |
1996 | Slicious | 4 | Mario Esposito Mario Esposito Mario Esposito was an Irish-born scholar who specialised in Hiberno-Latin studies.He was born in Dublin, the third of four children of Michele Esposito, an Italian, and Natalia Klebnikoff who hailed from St Petersburg. Michele was an influential music professor at the Royal Irish Academy of Music... |
Vittorio Caruso | 2:15.3 |
1997 | Papering | 4 | Fernando Jovine | 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... |
2:12.5 |
1998 | War Declaration | 4 | Massimiliano Tellini | Bruno Grizzetti | 2:21.1 |
1999 | Noel | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Hans Blume | 2:20.5 |
2000 | Poseidon | 6 | Sergio Dettori | Lorenzo Brogi | 2:24.4 |
2001 | Well Made | 4 | Massimiliano Tellini | Hans Blume | 2:20.9 |
2002 | Tareno | 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.... |
2:16.4 |
2003 | Maktub | 4 | Dario Vargiu | Bruno Grizzetti | 2:17.4 |
2004 | Without Connexion | 5 | Dario Vargiu | Pascal Bary Pascal Bary Pascal Bary is a French racehorse trainer.He has been training since 1981, having previously worked as an assistant to François Boutin... |
2:14.8 |
no race 2005 | |||||
2006 | Fair Nashwan | 4 | Dario Vargiu | Bruno Grizzetti | 2:22.3 |
2007 | Pressing | 4 | Edmondo Botti | 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... |
2:20.7 |
2008 | Voila Ici | 3 | Mirco Demuro | Vittorio Caruso | 2:15.4 |
2009 | Voila Ici | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Vittorio Caruso | 2:17.9 |