Premio Ribot

The Premio Ribot is a Group 3 flat horse race in Italy open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Capannelle over a distance 1,600 metres (about 1 mile), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late October or early November.

Premio Ribot

Class	Group 3
Location	Capannelle Racecourse Rome, Italy
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Website	Capannelle
Race information
Distance	1,600 metres (1 mile)
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	Three-years-old and up
Weight	57½ kg (3yo); 58 kg (4yo+) Allowances 1½ kg for fillies and mares Penalties 2 kg for Group 1 winners * 1 kg for Group 2 winners * * since January 1
Purse	77,000 (2015) 1st: €40,375

The event is named after Ribot, a successful Italian-trained racehorse in the mid-1950s. It was given Group 2 status in the 1970s. It was downgraded to Group 3 from 2015.^[1]

The Premio Ribot was usually held on the first or second Sunday in November and staged on the same day as the Premio Roma. Since 2015 it has been held a week earlier than usual, at the same meeting as the Premio Lydia Tesio.

Records

Most successful horse:

• no horse has won this race more than once since 1976

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Leading jockey since 1982 (3 wins):

• Frankie Dettori – Taxi de Nuit (1996), Oriental Fashion (1999), Altieri (2002)
• Dario Vargiu - Duca d'Atri (2003), Porsenna (2014), Greg Pass (2016)

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Leading trainer since 1982 (3 wins):

• Vittorio Caruso – Misil (1991), Altieri (2002), Worthadd (2010)

Winners since 1982

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1982	Commodore Blake	5	Walter Swinburn	Michael Stoute	1:45.60
1983	Nandino	3	Bruce Raymond	Antonio Aiello	1:37.90
1984	King of Clubs	3	Paul Cook	Ian Balding	1:44.00
1985	Laura Knight	4	Marco Paganini	Mario Vincis	1:44.30
1986	Lucky Ring	4	Willie Carson	Dick Hern	1:35.50
1987	Patriach	5	John Reid	John Dunlop	1:39.40
1988	Miswaki Tern	3	Gérald Mossé	François Boutin	1:38.50
1989	Tibullo [a]	4	Gianfranco Dettori	Luca Cumani	1:41.60
1990	Sikeston	4	Michael Roberts	Clive Brittain	1:44.60
1991	Misil	3	Gianfranco Dettori	Vittorio Caruso	1:42.70
1992	Stubass	3	Santiago Soto	Alduino Botti	1:42.40
1993	Alhijaz	4	Willie Carson	John Dunlop	1:41.70
1994	Pater Noster	5	Paul Eddery	Julie Cecil	1:41.20
1995	Welsh Liberty	6	Armando Corniani	David Ducci	1:36.50
1996	Taxi de Nuit	4	Frankie Dettori	Alberto Verdesi	1:35.30
1997	Crimson Tide	3	Richard Hills	John Hills	1:40.60
1998	Midyan Call	4	Otello Fancera	Ovidio Pessi	1:37.00
1999	Oriental Fashion	3	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	1:42.70
2000	Dane Friendly	4	Mirco Demuro	Ovidio Pessi	1:44.00
2001	Giovane Imperatore	3	Maurizio Pasquale	Lorenzo Brogi	1:39.70
2002	Altieri	4	Frankie Dettori	Vittorio Caruso	1:38.90
2003	Duca d'Atri	4	Dario Vargiu	Armando Renzoni	1:37.10
2004	Eagle Rise	4	Andreas Suborics	Andreas Schütz	1:37.30
2005	Distant Way	4	Maurizio Pasquale	Lorenzo Brogi	1:40.00
2006	Ramonti	4	Edmondo Botti	Alduino Botti	1:35.40
2007	Santiago	5	Edmondo Botti	Hans Blume	1:38.00
2008	Pressing	5	Michael Kinane	Michael Jarvis	1:39.80
2009	Silver Arrow	4	Carlo Fiocchi	Riccardo Menichetti	1:43.20
2010	Worthadd	3	Mirco Demuro	Vittorio Caruso	1:35.80
2011	Vanjura	4	Alexander Pietsch	Roland Dzubasz	1:37.80
2012	King Air	5	Stéphane Pasquier	Rupert Pritchard-Gordon	1:39.03
2013	Saint Bernard	4	Gabriele Bietolini	Daniele Camuffo	1:35.17
2014	Porsenna	4	Dario Vargiu	Stefano Botti	1:36.00
2015	Kaspersky	4	Umberto Rispoli	Endo Botti	1:37.90
2016	Greg Pass	4	Dario Vargiu	Il Cavallo In Testa	1:39.00
2017	Time To Choose	4	Fabio Branca	Stefano Botti	1:36.10
2018	Masham Star	4	Joe Fanning	Mark Johnston	1:46.25
2019	Out of Time	3	Dario Vargiu	Alduino Botti	1:38.00
2020	Fulminix	5	Dario Di Tocco	Endo Botti	1:35.33
2021	Cantocorale	3	Fabio Branca	Grizzetti Galoppo SRL	1:39.13

^a Mirror Black finished first in 1989, but he was relegated to third place following a stewards' inquiry.

Earlier winners

• 1976: Ovac
• 1977: Isabella Moretti
• 1978: Capo Bon

• 1979: Costly Wave
• 1980: Peloponnes
• 1981: Vargas Llosa

See also

• List of Italian flat horse races