Gran Premio San Isidro

The Gran Premio San Isidro - Copa Dr. Melchor Ángel Posse is a Group 1 thoroughbred horse race run at Hipódromo de San Isidro in Buenos Aires, Argentina, open to horses three-years-old and older. It is run over a distance of on the turf.

History

The Gran Premio San Isidro has been run as a Group 1 race since 1981. The Gran Premio 25 de Mayo was known as the Premio San Isidro or Gran Premio San Isidro until 1959.

Records since 1988

Speed record:

• 1:31.17 – Riton (1995)

Greatest winning margin:

• 15 lengths – Riton (1995)

Most wins:

• 2 – Lord Card (1999, 2001)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 3 – Jacinto R. Herrera (1993, 2001, 2004)
• 3 – Cardenas E. Talaverano (1999, 2009, 2012)
• 3 – Pablo Gusavo Falero (2003, 2006, 2011)
• 3 – Pablo Damián Carrizo (2008, 2013, 2017)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 3 – Alfredo F. Gaitán Dassié (1995, 2014, 2022)
• 3 – Ernesto Eusebio Romero (1999, 2001, 2015)
• 3 – Enrique Martín Ferro (2018, 2019, 2023)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 – Stud Oma Fanny (1999, 2001)
• 2 – Stud Tramo 20 (2017, 2020)

Most wins by a breeder:

• 4 – Haras Firmamento (2011, 2012, 2021, 2022)

Winners since 1988

ƒ indicates a filly/mare

<nowiki>*</nowiki>1989 resulted in a dead heat.

Earlier winners (incomplete)

• 1981: Legitimo I
• 1982: Montego
• 1983: Bleding
• 1984: Louvre
• 1985: Fray Pablo
• 1986: Cephis
• 1987: Cautin

References