Premio Lydia Tesio

The Premio Lydia Tesio is a Group 2 flat horse race in Italy open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Capannelle over a distance of 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late October.

Premio Lydia Tesio

Class	Group 2
Location	Capannelle Racecourse Rome, Italy
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Website	Capannelle
Race information
Distance	2,000 metres (1¼ miles)
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	Three-years-old and up fillies and mares
Weight	55 kg (3yo); 57 kg (4yo+)
Purse	€275,000 (2016) 1st: €80,750

History

The event is named in memory of Lydia Tesio, the wife of Federico Tesio. For a period it was restricted to fillies aged three or four. It was given Group 2 status in 1975.

The race was first promoted to Group 1 level in 1977, but it was relegated back to Group 2 in 1988. It was opened to five-year-old mares in 1990, and its upper age limit became unrestricted in 1992.

The Premio Lydia Tesio regained Group 1 status in 2004. Its recent sponsors have included Darley, Shadwell and Longines.

From 2017 to 2018 the Premio Lydia Tesio is Italy's only remaining Group 1 race. It downgraded to Group 2 at 2019.

Records

Most successful horse:

• no horse has won this race more than once since 1968

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Leading jockey since 1968 (4 wins):

• Fabio Branca - Quiza Quiza Quiza (2011), Charity Line (2013), Final Score (2014), Sound Of Freedom (2016)

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Leading trainer since 1968 (4 wins):

• Sergio Cumani – Dobrowa (1969), Dudinka (1973), Grande Nube (1975), Time and Life (1976)

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Leading owner since 1968 (3 wins):

• Scuderia Cieffedi – Dudinka (1973), Grande Nube (1975), Time and Life (1976)
• Scuderia Effevi - Charity Line (2013), Final Score (2014), Sound Of Freedom (2016)

Winners since 1980

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1980	Marmolada	3	C. Forte	Enrico Camici	Scuderia Gabriella	2:02.80
1981	Oraston	3	John Reid	Fulke Johnson Houghton	P. Kerr
1982	Friendswood	3	Ovidio Pessi	Luigi Turner	Nelson Bunker Hunt	2:00.40
1983	Right Bank	3	Marcel Depalmas	John Cunnington, Jr.	Paul de Moussac	2:06.10
1984	Stufida	3	Sandro Atzori	Alduino Botti	Scuderia Rencati
1985	Jemifa	3	Jacques Heloury	Patrick Biancone	Ecurie Jules Ouaki	2:05.00
1986	Dubian	4	Michael Roberts	Alec Stewart	Mohamed Obaida	2:05.80
1987	Khariyda	3	Olivier Poirier	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:05.80
1988	Medi Flash	4	A. Luongo	Ovidio Pessi	Allevamento White Star	2:05.30
1989	Miss Secreto	3	Michael Roberts	John Dunlop	Allevamento White Star	2:02.90
1990	Ruby Tiger	3	Richard Quinn	Paul Cole	Mrs Philip Blacker	2:00.60
1991	Lara's Idea	3	Gianfranco Dettori	Luigi Camici	Scuderia Ri-Ma	2:02.60
1992	Oumaldaaya	3	Willie Carson	John Dunlop	Hamdan Al Maktoum	2:01.30
1993	Pracer	3	Olivier Poirier	Alain de Royer-Dupré	Razza Montalbano	2:04.20
1994	Alpride	3	Peo Perlanti	Mario Ciciarelli	Scuderia Briantea	2:03.70
1995	Pourquoi Pas	3	A. Herrera	Marco Gasparini	Francesca Turri	2:00.90
1996	Grey Way	3	Edmondo Botti	Giuseppe Botti	Carlo Vittadini	2:02.10
1997	Papering	4	Fernando Jovine	Luca Cumani	Sheikh Mohammed	2:00.50
1998	Lomita	4	Edmondo Botti	Andreas Schütz	Gestüt Wittekindshof	2:05.70
1999	Zomaradah	4	Fernando Jovine	Luca Cumani	M. Obaid Al Maktoum	2:02.30
2000	Claxon	4	Richard Quinn	John Dunlop	Hesmonds Stud	2:07.20
2001	Najah	3	Willie Supple	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	2:02.10
2002	Marotta	3	Thierry Jarnet	Richard Gibson	Antoinette Oppenheimer	2:05.10
2003	Whortleberry	3	Franck Blondel	François Rohaut	Jacques Berès	2:09.90
2004	Lune d'Or	3	Thierry Jarnet	Richard Gibson	Mrs Paul de Moussac	2:02.40
2005	Dubai Surprise	3	Ted Durcan	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	2:06.30
2006	Floriot	4	Karoly Kerekes	Werner Glanz	Clarissa Hiddemann	2:06.40
2007	Turfrose	3	Mario Sanna	Pierluigi Giannotti	Pierluigi Giannotti	2:02.60
2008	no race [a]
2009	Eva's Request	4	Alan Munro	Mick Channon	Liam Mulryan	2:04.30
2010	Aoife Alainn	3	Umberto Rispoli	Maurizio Guarnieri	Maurizio Guarnieri	2:04.30
2011	Quiza Quiza Quiza	5	Fabio Branca	Luigi Riccardi	Riccardo Cantoni	2:03:50
2012	Sortilege	4	Andrea Atzeni	Andreas Wöhler	Gestüt Karlshof	2:07:70
2013	Charity Line	3	Fabio Branca	Stefano Botti	Scuderia Effevi	2:03.06
2014	Final Score	3	Fabio Branca	Stefano Botti	Scuderia Effevi	2:02.00
2015	Odeliz	5	Adrie de Vries	Karl Burke	Barbara M Keller	2:00.60
2016	Sound Of Freedom	4	Fabio Branca	Stefano Botti	Scuderia Effevi	2:03.70
2017	Laganore	5	Colin Keane	Tony Martin	Newtown Anner Stud	1:58.80
2018	God Given	4	Jason Watson	Luca Cumani	St Albans Bloodstock Limited	2:16.40
2019	Call Me Love	3	Fabio Branca	Alduino Botti	Scuderia Effevi	2:06.00
2020	Angel Power	3	Gérald Mossé	Roger Varian	King Power Racing Co Ltd	2:03.20
2021	Sopran Basilea	3	Carlo Fiocchi	Grizzetti Galoppo SRL	Leonardo Ciampoli	2:06.05
2022	Romagna Mia	3	Alberto Sanna	Luigi Di Dio	Scuderia Dell'Avvocato	1:59.83
2023	La Gite	3	Carlo Fiocchi	Paolo Aragoni	Luigi Ginobbi	2:03.70
2024	Sioux Life	3	Dario Di Tocco	Endo Botti	La Tesa Spa	2:04.70

^a The 2008 running was cancelled because of a strike.

Earlier winners

• 1968: Atala
• 1969: Dobrowa
• 1970: Croda Rossa
• 1971: Black Dragoness

• 1972: Ciacoleta
• 1973: Dudinka
• 1974: Orsa Maggiore
• 1975: Grande Nube

• 1976: Time and Life
• 1977: Zabarella
• 1978: Giustizia
• 1979: Azzurrina

See also

• List of Italian flat horse races

References

• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• capannelleippodromo.it – Albo d'Oro – Premio Lydia Tesio.
• galopp-sieger.de – Premio Lydia Tesio.
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Premio Lydia Tesio (2017).
• pedigreequery.com – Premio Lydia Tesio – Roma Capannelle.