Gran Premio Jockey Club (Argentina) Explained

The Gran Premio Jockey Club (previously Premio Jockey Club, Gran Premio Productos Argentinos) is a Group 1 flat horse race in Argentina open to three-year-olds run over a distance of 2000m (7,000feet) at Hipódromo de San Isidro. It is the second race in the Argentinian Triple Crown and is the oldest stakes race on the Argentinian calendar.^[1]

History

The Gran Premio Jockey Club was first run in 1883 as the principal race organized by the Jockey Club de Buenos Aires. That first year it was restricted to fillies only, being opened to all horses the following year.^[2] It was originally run at the Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo.^[3] The race was moved to Hipódromo de San Isidro in 1955.^[4] From 1883 to 1921, the race was known as the Premio Jockey Club. It was first run as the Gran Premio Jockey Club in 1922, and has been run under that name since then, except for 1953–1955, when it was run as the Gran Premio Productos Argentinos.

The Gran Premio Jockey Club has been run over a variety of distances:

• 1750 meters: 1883–1895
• 1800 meters: 1896–1897
• 2000 meters: 1898–1906, 1908–1973, 1979–
• 2200 meters: 1907, 1974–1978

In 1982, Fort de France set a world record for 2000 meters that lasted for over twenty years in winning the Gran Premio Jockey Club in a time of 1:57.1.

The 2022 disqualification of El Musical for interference with Natán resulted in violence and vandalism from patrons displeased with the result. The connections of El Musical were suspended.^{[5] [6]}

Records

Speed record:

• 2000 meters (current distance): 1:57.1 – Fort de France (1982) & L'Express (1991)
• 1750 meters: 1:50 – Ontario (1895)
• 1800 meters: 1:53 – Orange (1897)
• 2200 meters: 2:14 – Crest Pan (1976)

Largest margin of victory since 1988:

• 11 lengths – Ice Point (2001)

Longest odds winner since 1988:

• 47.10 – Zodiacal (2021)

Shortest odds winner since 1988:

• 1.65 – Ultrasonido (1988)
• 1.65 – Chullo (1997)

Most wins by a jockey since 1988:

• 4 – Pablo Gustavo Falero (2001, 2003, 2004, 2018)

Most wins by a trainer since 1988:

• 7 – Carlos D. Etchechoury (2006, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2023)
• 3 – Alfredo F. Gaitán Dassié (1995, 2009, 2011)
• 3 – Juan Carlos Etchechoury (1999, 2002, 2010)
• 3 – Juan Carlos Maldotti (2001, 2003, 2004)

Most wins by an owner:

• 4 – Haras El Turf (1908, 1969, 1974, 1977)
• 3 – Haras Indecis (1894, 1915, 1942)
• 3 – Haras Don Gonzalo (1900, 1903, 1909)
• 3 – Haras Los Patrios (1939, 1947, 1954)
• 3 – Las Monjitas (2020, 2022, 2023)

Most wins by a breeder since 1988:

• 4 – Haras Santa Maria de Araras (2003, 2008, 2016, 2017)
• 3 – Haras Futuro (2009, 2011, 2013)

Winners since 1988

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Breeder	Time	Margin	Ref
2024	Acento Final	Kevin Banegas	Nicolas Martín Ferro	Stud Macul	Haras Pozo de Luna	1:58.01	1 lengths	[7]
2023	Happy Happy Day	Brian Rodrigo Enrique	Carlos D. Etchechoury	Las Monjitas	Haras Firmamento	1:57.69	length	[8]
2022	Natán	Adrián M. Giannetti	Carlos D. Etchechoury	Las Monjitas	Haras Carampangue	2:01.30	Disqualification	[9]
2021	Zodiacal	Luciano Emanuel Cabrera	Osvaldo Daniel Davila	Los Dago (LP)	Haras Phalaris S.R.L.	1:59.22	1 lengths	[10]
2020	Marignac	Adrián M. Giannetti	Carlos D. Etchechoury	Las Monjitas	Haras Santa Ines	2:00.42	1 lengths	[11]
2019	Roman Joy	Eduardo Ortega Pavón	Juan Manuel Etchechoury	Haras El Angel de Venecia (SFE)	Haras La Biznaga	2:08.19	neck	[12]
2018	Imagen de Roma	Pablo Gustavo Falero	Lucas Francisco Gaitan	Sta. Elena (LP)	Haras Vacacion	2:00.82	head	[13]
2017	Village King	Gonzalo E. Bellocq	Carlos D. Etchechoury	Haras El Angel de Venecia (SFE)	Haras Santa Maria de Araras	1:58.91	head	[14]
2016	He Runs Away	Rodrigo Gonzalo Blanco	Gustavo Ernesto Romero	The Guante (LP)	Haras Santa Maria de Araras	1:59.75	2 lengths	[15]
2015	Hi Happy	Altair Domingos	Pedro Nickel	Haras La Providencia	Haras La Providencia	1:59.15	1 lengths	[16]
2014	Blues Traveler	Juan Carlos Noriega	Miguel Ángel Suárez	Alegria	Haras Abolengo	2:02.37	3 lengths	[17]
2013	Ecologo	Francisco Raúl Corrales	Nicolas Alfredo Gaitán	Haras Futuro	Haras Futuro	2:00.23	Neck	[18]
2012	Indy Point	Gonzalo Hahn	Raul Alberto Ramallo	Gus-May-Fer (LP)	Felipe Lovisi	1:58.25	2 lengths	[19]
2011	Suggestive Boy	Eduardo Ortega Pavón	Alfredo F. Gaitán Dassié	Haras Pozo de Luna	Haras Futuro	1:58.14	2 lengths	[20]
2010	Anaerobio	Julio César Méndez	Juan Carlos Etchechoury	La Frontera (MZA)	Haras La Madrugada	1:59.62	2 lengths	[21]
2009	Interaction	Cardenas E. Talaverano	Alfredo F. Gaitán Dassié	Haras Futuro	Haras Futuro	1:58.47	head	[22]
2008	City Banker	Facundo Yamil Jarcovsky	Carlos D. Etchechoury	El Gusy	Haras Santa Maria de Araras	1:57.27	6 lengths	[23]
2007	Indio Glorioso	Julio César Méndez	Carlos D. Etchechoury	S. de B.	Haras de la Pomme	2:01.88	3 lengths	[24]
2006	Gran Estreno	Rodrigo Gonzalo Blanco	Carlos D. Etchechoury	Chelsea	Eduardo Carlos Luther	2:00.73	Neck	[25]
2005	Forty Licks	Horacio Julian Betansos	Roberto Pellegatta	El Wing (SI)	Haras Arroyo de Luna	1:58.75	1 lengths	[26]
2004	Latency	Pablo Gustavo Falero	Juan Carlos Maldotti	Haras Las Dos Manos	Haras Las Dos Manos	1:59.80	2 lengths	[27]
2003	Lancettier	Pablo Gustavo Falero	Juan Carlos Maldotti	Haras Santa Maria de Araras	Haras Santa Maria de Araras	1:59.63	3 lengths	[28]
2002	Peasant	Pedro Roberto Robles	Juan Carlos Etchechoury	La Frontera (MZA)	Julio Eduardo y Perkins	1:58.47	neck	[29]
2001	Ice Point	Pablo Gustavo Falero	Juan Carlos Maldotti	Haras Vacacion	Haras Vacacion	2:02.21	11 lengths	[30]
2000	City West	Juan Carlos Noriega	Roberto Pellegatta	Mariano A.	Haras Abolengo	1:58.81	1 lengths	[31]
1999	Asidero	Cardenas E. Talaverano	Juan Carlos Etchechoury	Haras de la Pomme	Haras de la Pomme	1:58.64	4 lengths	[32]
1998	Have a Champ	Jacinto Rafael Herrera	Edmundo G. Fonseca	El Establo (LP)	Haras Firmamento	1:57.92	2 lengths	[33]
1997	Chullo	Oscar Fabián Conti	Eduardo M. Martínez De Hoz	Haras San Pablo	Haras San Pablo	1:59.19	2 lengths	[34]
1996	Refinado Tom	Jorge Valdivieso	Roberto M. Bullrich	Haras La Biznaga	Haras La Biznaga	2:00.47	1 lengths	[35]
1995	Espirro	Juan José Paule	Alfredo F. Gaitán Dassié	Haras El Manzanar	Haras El Manzanar	1:58.61	1 lengths	[36]
1994	El Sembrador	Guillermo Enrique Sena	José Luis Palacios	Andrea E.	Haras El Paraiso	1:58.2	2 lengths	[37]
1993	Huido	Luis Alberto Triviño	Enrique Clerc	San Gilberto (LP)	Cornelio y Solveyra Eduar Donovan	2:00.2		[38]
1992	Mr. Light Tres	Juan Alberto Maciel	Antonio Derli Gómez	La Buena Estrella	Ruben Oscar Prieto	1:58.1	2 lengths	[39]
1991	L'Express	José Luis Batruni	Ángel Adami	La Borinqueña	Haras La Borinqueña	1:57.1	1 lengths	[40]
1990	Algenib	Miguel Ángel Sarati	Ernesto Eusebio Romero	El Galo	El Galo S.A.	2:00.4		[41]
1989	Autentico	Fabian Antonio Rivero	Luis A. Quinteros	El Globito (LP)		1:58.1	1 lengths	[42]
1988	Ultrasonido	Vilmar Sanguinetti	Luis A. Riviello	Don Henry	Haras El Turf	2:02.3		[43]

Earlier winners

• 1883: Naná ƒ
• 1884: Miss Palmer ƒ
• 1885: Beausoleil
• 1886: Hawk Eye
• 1887: Lenapé ƒ
• 1888: Marinera ƒ
• 1889: Ministro
• 1890: San Martin
• 1891: Amianto
• 1892: Rivadavia
• 1893: Malakoff
• 1894: Langero
• 1895: Ontario
• 1896: Purrán
• 1897: Orange
• 1898: Le Sancy
• 1899: Valero
• 1900: Cordon Rouge
• 1901: Urunday
• 1902: Pippermint
• 1903: Américo
• 1904: Old Man
• 1905: Pelayo
• 1906: Melgarejo
• 1907: Orinoco
• 1908: Chopp
• 1909: Casiopea ƒ
• 1910: Espirita ƒ
• 1911: Volador
• 1912: Balboa
• 1913: Asturiano
• 1914: Avicenia ƒ
• 1915: Ocurrencia ƒ
• 1916: Vadarkblar
• 1917: Botafogo
• 1918: Caricato
• 1919: Buen Ojo*
• 1920: Calderón
• 1921: Agüeros
• 1922: Rico
• 1923: La Patria ƒ
• 1924: Lombardo
• 1925: Pedantón
• 1926: Rubens
• 1927: Bermejo
• 1928: Pibería ƒ
• 1929: Cocles
• 1930: Sierra Balcarce ƒ
• 1931: Mineral
• 1932: Payaso
• 1933: Orégano
• 1934: Silfo
• 1935: Ix
• 1936: Médicis
• 1937: Rolando
• 1938: Sorteado
• 1939: Embrujo
• 1940: La Mission ƒ
• 1941: Bubalcó
• 1942: Tónico & A Volonté (dead heat)
• 1943: Filón
• 1944: Guatán
• 1945: Estuardo
• 1946: Seductor
• 1947: Nigromante
• 1948: Cruz Montiel
• 1949: Kentucky
• 1950: Albarracin
• 1951: Yatasto
• 1952: Branding
• 1953: Pontino
• 1954: Basajuan
• 1955: Tatán
• 1956: Pipote
• 1957: Carapálida
• 1958: Manantial
• 1959: Mamboretá
• 1960: Pechazo
• 1961: Marista
• 1962: Huxley
• 1963: Snow Bluff
• 1964: Gobernado
• 1965: Tai
• 1966: Forli
• 1967: El Califa
• 1968: Mondragón
• 1969: Practicante
• 1970: Cipol
• 1971: Indian Good
• 1972: Dimbokro
• 1973: Moraes Tinto
• 1974: El Gran Capitán
• 1975: Full of Wine
• 1976: Crest Pan
• 1977: Farnesio
• 1978: Telescópico
• 1979: Duero
• 1980: Mountdrago
• 1981: Tello
• 1982: Fort de France
• 1983: Ball Fighter
• 1984: Reverente
• 1985: Bonsoir
• 1986: El Serrano
• 1987: Monte Simón

*Won by disqualification of Tiny

ƒ Indicates a filly

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21. Web site: 2010 Results . 2024-08-01 . www.studbook.org.ar.
22. Web site: 2009 Results . 2024-08-01 . www.studbook.org.ar.
23. Web site: 2008 Results . 2024-08-01 . www.studbook.org.ar.
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32. Web site: 1999 Results . 2024-08-01 . www.studbook.org.ar.
33. Web site: Results 1998 . 2024-08-01 . www.studbook.org.ar.
34. Web site: Results 1997 . 2024-08-01 . www.studbook.org.ar.
35. Web site: Results 1996 . 2024-08-01 . www.studbook.org.ar.
36. Web site: Results 1995 . 2024-08-01 . www.studbook.org.ar.
37. Web site: Results 1994 . 2024-08-01 . www.studbook.org.ar.
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39. Web site: Results 1992 . 2024-08-01 . www.studbook.org.ar.
40. Web site: Results 1991 . 2024-08-01 . www.studbook.org.ar.
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