# Grande Prêmio Brasil

The Grande Prêmio Brasil is a Group 1 stakes race at Hipódromo da Gávea, at the city of Rio de Janeiro. The race is run left-handed on a turf track, for thoroughbreds three-years-old and up (3yo+), and is the main race in the Brazilian racing calendar.

## History

The Grand Prêmio Brasil was first run on August 1, 1933, a Sunday. The race brought together the best Brazilian racehorses of the time, the idea of Linneo de Paula Machado, president of the then newly formed Jockey Club Brasileiro.
The first running was won by the Brazilian-bred Mossoró, sired by Kitchner, foaled at the Pernambuco state, and ridden by Justiniano Mesquita.
Six horses have won the race twice: Albatroz (1943, 1944), Helíaco (1947, 1948), Gualicho (1952, 1953), Zenabre (1965, 1966), Villach King (1991, 1993), and George Washington (2019, 2021).
The race was first run at a distance of 3000 meters (approximately 1+7⁄8 miles or 15 furlongs). Since 1972, it has been run at a distance of 2400 meters (approximately 11⁄2 miles or 12 furlongs).
In 1959, Narvik set a world record for 3000 meters, winning the Grande Prêmio Brasil in a time of 3:023⁄5.
In 1963, the starting tape malfunctioned and did not rise evenly, leaving four horses stuck behind the tape. The starter was unable to stop the race.
In 2023, second place finisher Online was demoted and placed sixteenth following a stewards' inquiry.

### Timeline

* 1933 – First edition is run.
* 1959 – 3000 meter world record set by Narvik.
* 1972 – The distance is changed from 3000 meters to 2400 meters.
* 2014 – Bal a Bali becomes the first three-year-old winner. First edition to be a part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series.

## Race Day

Traditionally ran in the first Sunday of August, its date was changed to June from 2014 on, in order to integrate the race into the calendar of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, as in 2014 the race began awarding its winner with an automatic berth into the Breeders' Cup Turf.

## Records

Speed record:
* 2400 meters (current distance): 2:23.93 – L'Amico Steve (2007)
* 3000 meters: 3:023⁄5 – Narvik (1959)
Most wins:
* 2 – Albatroz (1943, 1944)
* 2 – Helíaco (1947, 1948)
* 2 – Gualicho (1952, 1953)
* 2 – Zenabre (1965, 1966)
* 2 – Villach King (1991, 1993)
* 2 – George Washington (2019, 2021)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 5 – Juvenal Machado da Silva (1979, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1990)
* 3 – Luiz Rigoni (1954, 1970, 1971)
* 3 – Dendico Garcia (1964, 1965, 1966)
* 3 – Carlos Lavor (1989, 1991, 1993)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 6 – Ernani de Freitas (1939, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1975)
* 6 – Venâncio Nahid (1990, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2020)
* 5 – Dulcino Guignoni (2000, 2001, 2002, 2011, 2014)
* 5 – Luis Esteves (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023)
Most wins by an owner:
* 7 – Stud Linneo de Paula Machado/Haras São José e Expedictus (1943, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1975, 1979, 1985)
* 4 – Haras Santa Maria de Araras (1989, 1991, 1993, 2013)
* 3 – Antenor Lara Campos (1935, 1937, 1940)
* 3 – Stud Almeida Prado & Assumpção (1952, 1953, 1960)
* 3 – Haras Santa Ana do Rio Grande (1984, 1987, 1992)
Most wins by a breeder:
* 10 – Linneo de Paula Machado/Haras São José e Expedictus (1939, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1975, 1979, 1985, 2001, 2008)
* 5 – Haras Santa Maria de Araras (1989, 1991, 1993, 2013, 2014)
* 3 – Haras Santa Ana do Rio Grande (1987, 1988, 1992)

## Winners

Winners of Grande Prêmio Brasil :
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Breeder | Distance | Time |
| 2023 | Raptor's | 3 | J. Moreira | Luis Esteves | Haras do Morro | Haras do Morro | 2400 meters | 2:24.91 |
| 2022 | Nautilus | 3 | Ruberlei Viana | Nilson Lima | Stud Valentin & Jarussi | Stud Quintella | 2400 meters | 2:30.81 |
| 2021 | George Washington | 5 | Henderson Fernandes | Luis Esteves | Stud Happy Again | Stud TNT | 2400 meters | 2:34.47 |
| 2020 | Pimper's Paradise | 5 | A. Correia | Venâncio Nahid | Haras Doce Vale | Haras Doce Vale | 2400 meters | 2:26.64 |
| 2019 | George Washington | 3 | Marcelo Gonçalves | Luis Esteves | Stud Happy Again | Stud TNT | 2400 meters | 2:27.94 |
| 2018 | Quarteto de Cordas | 3 | Luan Machado | Luis Esteves | Haras de Morro | Beverly Hills Stud | 2400 meters | 2:30.76 |
| 2017 | Voador Magee | 3 | Ângelo M. Souza | Luis Esteves | Stud Eternamente Rio | Haras Old Friends | 2400 meters | 2:26.10 |
| 2016 | My Cherie Amour | 3 | Wesley Cardoso | Venâncio Nahid | Haras Doce Vale | Haras Doce Vale | 2400 meters | 2:30.19 |
| 2015 | Barolo | 4 | Waldomiro Blandi | Venâncio Nahid | Haras Santa Rita da Serra | Haras Santa Rita da Serra | 2400 meters | 2:34.48 |
| 2014 | Bal a Bali | 3 | Vagner Borges | Dulcino Guignoni | Stud Alvarenga | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | 2400 meters | 2:27.29 |
| 2013 | Aerosol | 4 | Altair Domingos | Júlio C. Sampaio | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | 2400 meters | 2:25.94 |
| 2012 | Didimo | 4 | Ângelo M. Souza | Lucas Quintana | Stud Ceprano | Stud Eternamente Rio | 2400 meters | 2:27.15 |
| 2011 | Belo Acteon | 4 | Henderson Fernandes | Dulcino Guignoni | Stud H&R | Aluizio Merlin Ribeiro | 2400 meters | 2:26.21 |
| 2010 | Moryba | 4 | Dalto Duarte | Roberto Solanés | Stud Correas | Haras São José e Expedictus | 2400 meters | 2:25.33 |
| 2009 | Jeune-Turc | 5 | Marcos Mazini | Venâncio Nahid | Stud CED | Haras Fronteira | 2400 meters | 2:30.84 |
| 2008 | Top Hat | 6 | Altair Domingos | João Macedo | Stud JCM | Haras São José da Serra | 2400 meters | 2:25.67 |
| 2007 | L'Amico Steve | 4 | Vagner Leal | Valter S. Lopes | Stud Star Gold | Haras Old Friends S.A. | 2400 meters | 2:23.93 |
| 2006 | Dono da Raia | 4 | Marcelo Gonçalves | Antônio L. Cintra | Stud Mictik | Haras São Quirino | 2400 meters | 2:27.28 |
| 2005 | Velodrome | 6 | Marcelo Almeida | Venâncio Nahid | Haras Dar-El-Salam | Haras Dar-El-Salam | 2400 meters | 2:26.30 |
| 2004 | Thignon Boy | 4 | A. Mota | J. Borges | Haras Valente | Haras Valente | 2400 meters | 2:26.0 |
| 2003 | Lord Marcus | 6 | M. Almeida | J. S. Guerra | Stud Red Black | Haras Anderson | 2400 meters | 2:25.9 |
| 2002 | Potri Road | 4 | M. Cardoso | Dulcino Guignoni | Haras São Francisco | Haras La Madrugada S/A | 2400 meters | 2:27.3 |
| 2001 | Queen Desejada † | 4 | M. Cardoso | Dulcino Guignoni | Stud Alvarenga | Haras São José e Expedictus | 2400 meters | 2:25.3 |
| 2000 | Straight Flush | 5 | L. Duarte | Dulcino Guignoni | Haras São José da Serra | Haras São José da Serra | 2400 meters | 2:27.0 |
| 1999 | Aiortrophe | 5 | Z. Paulielo Jr. | A. F. Barbosa | Haras Malurica | Haras Malurica | 2400 meters | 2:34.8 |
| 1998 | Quari Bravo | 4 | L. Duarte | E. Sampaio | Haras Phillipson | Haras Phillipson | 2400 meters | 2:26.3 |
| 1997 | Jimwaki | 4 | G. Meneses | J. M. Alves | Haras Equília | Haras Equília | 2400 meters | 2:25.7 |
| 1996 | Quinze Quilates | 4 | J. Garcia | R. Carrapito | Stud Rio Preto | Haras 2001 | 2400 meters | 2:30.1 |
| 1995 | El Sembrador | 4 | G. Sena | J. L. Palacios | Stud Andrea E | Haras El Paraíso | 2400 meters | 2:27.9 |
| 1994 | Much Better | 5 | J. Ricardo | J. L. Maciel | Stud TNT | Haras J. B. Barros | 2400 meters | 2:26.4 |
| 1993 | Villach King | 6 | C. Lavor | I. C. Souza | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | 2400 meters | 2:27.1 |
| 1992 | Falcon Jet | 6 | J. Ricardo | J. L. Maciel | Haras Santa Ana do Rio Grande | Haras Santa Ana do Rio Grande | 2400 meters | 2:34.1 |
| 1991 | Villach King | 4 | C. Lavor | I. C. Souza | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | 2400 meters | 2:29.1 |
| 1990 | Flying Finn | 4 | J. M. Silva | Venâncio Nahid | Stud Numy | Haras Nacional | 2400 meters | 2:28 |
| 1989 | Troyanos | 4 | C. Lavor | W. P. Lavor | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | 2400 meters | 2:30 |
| 1988 | Carteziano | 5 | E. Ferreira | J. L. Maciel | José Carlos Fragoso Pires Jr. | Haras Santa Ana do Rio Grande | 2400 meters | 2:25.1 |
| 1987 | Bowling | 5 | J. M. Silva | Alcides Morales | Haras Santa Ana do Rio Grande | Haras Santa Ana do Rio Grande | 2400 meters | 2:26 |
| 1986 | Grimaldi | 4 | J. M. Silva | J. B. Nogueira | Delmar Biazolli Martins | Haras Morumbi | 2400 meters | 2:28.2 |
| 1985 | Grison | 4 | A. Barroso | J. S. Silva | Haras São José e Expedictus | Haras São José e Expedictus | 2400 meters | 2:30 |
| 1984 | Anilité † | 5 | A. Oliveira | Alcides Morales | Haras Santa Ana do Rio Grande | Fazenda Mondesir | 2400 meters | 2:26 |
| 1983 | Off The Way † | 5 | A. Barroso | A. Magalhães | Haras Faxina | Haras Faxina | 2400 meters | 2:29.2 |
| 1982 | Gourmet | 4 | J. M. Silva | J. S. Souza | Haras Ipiranga | Haras Ipiranga | 2400 meters | 2:28 |
| 1981 | Campal | 4 | I. Quintana | P. Nickel | Haras Rio das Pedras | Haras Rio das Pedras | 2400 meters | 2:26 |
| 1980 | Big Lark | 6 | A. Bolino | A. Cabreira | Carmem Thereza Machline | Haras Rosa do Sul | 2400 meters | 2:30.3 |
| 1979 | Aporé | 4 | J. M. Silva | F. Saraiva | Haras São José e Expedictus | Haras São José e Expedictus | 2400 meters | 2:26.4 |
| 1978 | Sunset | 4 | G. F. Almeida | A. Miranda | Fazenda Mondesir | Fazenda Mondesir | 2400 meters | 2:25.1 |
| 1977 | Daião | 4 | E. Ferreira | W. P. Lavor | Haras Serra dos Órgãos | Haras Serra dos Órgãos | 2400 meters | 2:26 |
| 1976 | Janus | 4 | G. F. Almeida | D. Pascoal | Fazenda Mondesir | Haras Ojo de Agua | 2400 meters | 2:25.1 |
| 1975 | Orpheus | 6 | P. Alves | Ernani de Freitas | Haras São José e Expedictus | Haras São José e Expedictus | 2400 meters | 2:27.1 |
| 1974 | Moraes Tinto | 4 | R. Rutti | J. M. Boquim | Caballeriza los Griegos | Haras San Lorenzo de Areco | 2400 meters | 2:25.2 |
| 1973 | Fizz † | 6 | R. Encinas | A. J. Giovanetti | Caballeriza Palermo | Haras Argentino | 2400 meters | 2:30 |
| 1972 | Fenomenal | 5 | J. Pinto | R. Morgado | Paulo Albuquerque de Castro | Haras Santa Anna | 2400 meters | 2:37 |
| 1971 | Terminal | 4 | L. Rigoni | R. Fredes | Stud Don Henrique | Imported by Jockey Club Brasileiro | 3000 meters | 3:04.8 |
| 1970 | Viziane | 5 | L. Rigoni | A. Andretta | Antonio Zen | Haras São Quirino | 3000 meters | 3:05 |
| 1969 | Kamén | 4 | A. Plá | A. J. Giovanetti | Stud La Protelada | Haras Argentino | 3000 meters | 3:143⁄5 |
| 1968 | Arsenal | 4 | O. Domingues | J. R. Lafiere | Stud Domingos Marcela | Haras Argentino | 3000 meters | 3:09 |
| 1967 | Duraque | 4 | A. Ricardo | João Araujo | Stud Gabriel Homsey | Haras São Luiz Gonzaga | 3000 meters | 3:161⁄5 |
| 1966 | Zenabre | 5 | D. Garcia | Sabatino D'Amore | Theotonio Piza de Lara | Stud Brasil | 3000 meters | 3:122⁄5 |
| 1965 | Zenabre | 4 | D. Garcia | Sabatino D'Amore | Theotonio Piza de Lara | Stud Brasil | 3000 meters | 3:043⁄5 |
| 1964 | Leigo | 5 | D. Garcia | Sabatino d'Amore | Paulo Piza de Lara | Haras Fazenda Nova | 3000 meters | 3:194⁄5 |
| 1963 | Cencerro | 4 | H. PIlar | A. Breque | Stud Choapa | Imported by Jockey Club Brasileiro | 3000 meters | 3:03 |
| 1962 | Ortile | 4 | F. Irigoyen | M. Cavalheiro | Stud Eduardo Guilherme | Terra Nova S/A. Agro | 3000 meters | 3:073⁄5 |
| 1961 | Arturo A. | 4 | Irineo Leguisamo | Juan de La Cruz | Stud Miss Lionés | Haras Las Ortigas | 3000 meters | 3:043⁄5 |
| 1960 | Farwell | 4 | L. B. Gonçalves | Castorino Borges | Stud Almeida Prado & Assumpção | Haras Jahu | 3000 meters | 3:093⁄5 |
| 1959 | Narvik | 5 | V. Pinheiro | Manoel Farrajota | Haras Faxina | Haras Faxina | 3000 meters | 3:023⁄5 |
| 1958 | Espiche | 4 | J. O. Tapia | Alfredo S. Castro | Stud Verde e Preto | Imported by Jockey Club Brasileiro | 3000 meters | 3:043⁄5 |
| 1957 | Don Varela | 4 | H. Ponzi | Nicolás Ojeda | Caballeriza Rogelito | Bernardo Moretti | 3000 meters | 3:053⁄5 |
| 1956 | Tatán | 4 | J. P. Artigas | Pedro P. Gonzalez | Stud Los Verros | Haras Los Prados | 3000 meters | 3:122⁄5 |
| 1955 | Mangangá | 5 | B. Castro | Branardo Callejas | Stud Aconcagua | Haras Argentino | 3000 meters | 3:04 |
| 1954 | El Aragonés | 5 | L. Rigoni | O. Ojeda | Stud Piratininga | Luiz O. Barros | 3000 meters | 3:05 |
| 1953 | Gualicho | 5 | O. Rosa | Manoel Branco | Stud Almeida Prado e Assumpção | Haras Don Jose | 3000 meters | 3:051⁄5 |
| 1952 | Gualicho | 4 | O. Rosa | Manoel Branco | Stud Almeida Prado e Assumpção | Haras Don Jose | 3000 meters | 3:033⁄5 |
| 1951 | Pontet Canet | 4 | L. Diaz | Jorge Morgado | C. G. da Rocha Faria | Haras Ojo de Agua | 3000 meters | 3:114⁄5 |
| 1950 | Tirolesa † | 6 | D. Ferreira | Juan Zuniga | Stud Seabra | Haras Argentino | 3000 meters | 3:123⁄5 |
| 1949 | Carrasco | 4 | P. Vaz | Levy Ferreira | Jorge Jabour | Haras Argentino | 3000 meters | 3:043⁄5 |
| 1948 | Helíaco | 5 | O. Ulloa | Ernani de Freitas | Stud Linneo de Paula Machado | Linneo de Paula Machado | 3000 meters | 3:113⁄5 |
| 1947 | Helíaco | 4 | O. Ulloa | Ernani de Freitas | Stud Linneo de Paula Machado | Linneo de Paula Machado | 3000 meters | 3:13 |
| 1946 | Mirón | 5 | P. Vaz | Sylvio Mendes | Stud Bela Esperança | Juan Amoroso | 3000 meters | 3:093⁄5 |
| 1945 | Filon | 5 | Irineo Leguisamo | Gabino Rodriguez | José Buarque de Macedo | Haras Argentino | 3000 meters | 3:064⁄5 |
| 1944 | Albatroz | 8 | L. Gonzalez | Ernani de Freitas | Stud Linneo de Paula Machado | Linneo de Paula Machado | 3000 meters | 3:05 |
| 1943 | Albatroz | 7 | J. Zuniga | Ernani de Freitas | Stud Linneo de Paula Machado | Linneo de Paula Machado | 3000 meters | 3:064⁄5 |
| 1942 | Latero | 4 | R. Freitas | Oswaldo Feijó | J. M. Aragão | Juan Amoroso | 3000 meters | 3:06 |
| 1941 | Polux | 4 | A. Molina | Gonçalino Feijó | Stud Albarran | Juan Amoroso & Juan Pozzi | 3000 meters | 3:063⁄5 |
| 1940 | Teruel | 4 | W. Andrade | Paulo Rosa | Antenor Lara Campos | Suc. Raul Chevallier | 3000 meters | 3:07 |
| 1939 | Six Avril | 4 | J. Zuniga | Ernani de Freitas | F. E. de Paula Machado | Linneo de Paula Machado | 3000 meters | 3:05 |
| 1938 | Pendulo | 6 | G. Costa | Oswaldo Feijó | Paulo Cintra | Imported by Paulo Cintra | 3000 meters | 3:12 |
| 1937 | Helium | 6 | A. Rosa | Paulo Rosa | Antenor Lara Campos | Haras El Pelado | 3000 meters | 3:043⁄5 |
| 1936 | Cullingham | 5 | W. Andrade | Ramon Rojas | M. Costa e E. O. Jardim | Haras Nacional S/A | 3000 meters | 3:161⁄5 |
| 1935 | Sargento | 4 | A. Rosa | Oswaldo Feijó | Antenor Lara Campos | Antenor Lara Campos | 3000 meters | 3:182⁄5 |
| 1934 | Misuri | 5 | O. Ruiz | José S. Riestra | José S. Riestra | Haras Casupá | 3000 meters | 3:07 |
| 1933 | Mossoró | 4 | J. Mesquita | Eulógio Morgado | F. J. Lundgren | F. J. Lundgren | 3000 meters | 3:094⁄5 |
† designates a filly or mare