Premio Lydia Tesio

Premio Lydia Tesio
Group 2 race
LocationCapannelle Racecourse
Rome, Italy
Race typeFlat / Thoroughbred
WebsiteCapannelle
Race information
Distance2,000 metres (1¼ miles)
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
QualificationThree-years-old and up
fillies and mares
Weight55 kg (3yo); 57 kg (4yo+)
Purse€275,000 (2016)
1st: €80,750

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.

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

Leading jockey since 1968 (4 wins):

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

Leading trainer since 1968 (4 wins):

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

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

References