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The Premio Roma is a Group 2 flat horse race in Italy open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Capannelle over a distance 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in November.
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History
The event was established in 1911, and it was originally contested over 2,700 metres. The inaugural running had prize money of 50,000 lire.[1]
The race was shortened to 2,100 metres in 1913. It was extended to 2,200 metres in 1919, and increased to 2,800 metres in 1925.
The Premio Roma was given Group 1 status in the 1970s. It was cut to 2,000 metres in 1988. It was downgraded to Group 2 status in 2017.[2]
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Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
- Pampino – 1933, 1934
- Grifone – 1947, 1949
- Surdi – 1961, 1962
- Bacuco – 1969, 1970
- Duke of Marmalade – 1975 (dead-heat), 1976
- Taipan – 1997, 1998
- Elle Danzig – 1999, 2000
- Soldier Hollow – 2004, 2005
Leading jockey (6 wins):
- Paolo Caprioli – Adelmo (1923), Old Master (1924), Ravioli (1925), Lui (1926), Vimarino (1932), Gaio (1939)
Leading trainer since 1974 (4 wins):
- John Dunlop – High Hawk (1983), Highland Chieftain (1989), Taipan (1997, 1998)
Leading owner (4 wins): (includes part ownership)
- Federico Tesio – Salvator Rosa (1912), Brunelleschi (1914), Nicophana (1935), Attalo (1938)
- Frank Turner – Apulejo (1915), Adelmo (1923), Old Master (1924), Ravioli (1925)
- Razza del Soldo – Vimarino (1932), Gaio (1939), Falerno (1954), Chitet (1957)
- Scuderia Mantova – Galea (1940), Piavola (1946), Carolina (1960), Astese (1966)
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Winners since 1979
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a The 1981 winner Dentz was later renamed Looking For.
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Earlier winners
- 1911: Dedalo
- 1912: Salvator Rosa
- 1913: Sigma
- 1914: Brunelleschi
- 1915: Apulejo
- 1916: Aristippo
- 1917: no race
- 1918: Hollebeck
- 1919: Alcione
- 1920: Talaat Basa
- 1921: Marcus
- 1922: Pompea
- 1923: Adelmo
- 1924: Old Master
- 1925: Ravioli
- 1926: Lui
- 1927: Paulo
- 1928: Moltrasio
- 1929: Tigliano
- 1930: Emanuele Filiberto
- 1931: Eucaliptolo
- 1932: Vimarino
- 1933: Pampino
- 1934: Pampino
- 1935: Nicophana
- 1936: Ahmed
- 1937: Sinni
- 1938: Attalo
- 1939: Gaio
- 1940: Galea
- 1941: Zuccarello
- 1942–44: no race
- 1945: Buonarrota
- 1946: Piavola
- 1947: Grifone
- 1948: Eldorado
- 1949: Grifone
- 1950: Saccaroa
- 1951: Bandinella
- 1952: Worden
- 1953: Neebisch
- 1954: Falerno
- 1955: Bewitched
- 1956: Tissot
- 1957: Chitet
- 1958: Terma
- 1959: Feria
- 1960: Caorlina
- 1961: Surdi
- 1962: Surdi
- 1963: Veronese
- 1964: Haseltine
- 1965: Demi Deuil
- 1966: Astese
- 1967: Carlos Primero
- 1968: Chicago
- 1969: Bacuco
- 1970: Bacuco
- 1971: Fidyi
- 1972: Irvine
- 1973: Sang Bleu
- 1974: Orsa Maggiore
- 1975: Duke of Marmalade / Henri le Balafre *
- 1976: Duke of Marmalade
- 1977: Montorselli
- 1978: Nizon
* The 1975 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.
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