# Gran Premio Gilberto Lerena

The Gran Premio Gilberto Lerena (previously known as the Premio Abril, Premio Old Man, Clásico Gilberto Lerena and Premio Gilberto Lerena) is a Group 1 horse race run at Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, open to fillies and mares three years old or older. It is currently run over a distance of 2200 metres (1.4 mi) on the turf.

## History

The Gran Premio Gilberto Lerena was inaugurated in 1905 as the Premio Abril. In 1914, the race was renamed to the Gran Premio Gilberto Lerena in honor of Gilberto Justiniano Lerena Lenguas, a co-founder of the Argentine Stud Book who bred Argentinian Quadruple Crown winner Old Man and was associated with various famous and successful studs, including Stud Oriental, Stud Bend Or, Haras La Guardia, Haras El Moro, Haras Las Ortigas, and his own Haras El Viejo. The race ran as the Premio Old Man in 1954 and 1955.
The Gran Premio Gilberto Lerena has been run at a variety of distances, including:
* 1600 meters (1918–2007)
* 2000 meters (2008–2012)
* 2200 meters (2013–present)
When the group race system was introduced in Argentina in the 1973/4 season, the Gran Premio Gilberto Lerena was a Group 3 race. In 1976, it was still a Group 3. From 1988 to 1994, the Gran Premio Gilberto Lerena was run as a Group 2 race. In 1995 it was upgraded to Group 1, a designation it has since retained.
In 1990 and 1991, the race was restricted to horses that had won at least one race.
In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the race was not run.
The Gran Premio Gilberto Lerena is the second jewel of the Campeonato Palermo de Oro ® for fillies and mares, after the Group 2 Premio Clásico Arturo R. y Arturo Bullrich and before the Group 1 Gran Premio Criadores.

## Records since 1988

Speed record:
* 2200 meters (current distance): 2:10.48 – Belleza de Arteaga (2023)
* 1600 meters: 1:33.08 – Southern Filly (1994)
* 2000 meters: 2:01.39 – Malpensa (2011)
Greatest winning margin:
* 8 lengths – Malpensa (2011)
Most wins:
Since 1988, no horse has won the Gran Premio Gilberto Lerena more than once. Prior to that, the race was won twice by La Ñatita (1915, 1917), Black Beauty (1923, dead heat in 1924), Palanca (1936, 1937), Et Bien! (1954, 1955), and Dorine (1962, 1963).
Most wins by a jockey:
* 3 – Juan Carlos Noriega (1994, 2007, 2009)
* 3 – Jacinto R. Herrera (1997, 1998, 2000)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 5 – Juan Carlos Etchechoury (1994, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2019)
* 4 – Juan Carlos Maldotti (2002, 2004, 2007, 2009)
* 3 – José Luis Palacios (1995, 2014, 2018)
Most wins by an owner:
* 4 – Haras Santa Maria de Araras (1992, 2012, 2013, 2021)
Most wins by a breeder:
* 4 – Haras Santa Maria de Araras (1992, 2012, 2013, 2021)
* 4 – Haras La Quebrada (1994, 1997, 2000, 2001)

## Winners since 1988

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Breeder | Distance | Time | Margin | Group | Ref |
| 2024 | Ballado's Beach | 5 | Adrián M. Giannetti | Juan Manuel Etchechoury | Haras Las Monjitas | Haras El Gusy | 2200 meters | 2:12.52 | 11⁄2 lengths | 1 | |
| 2023 | Belleza de Arteaga | 5 | William Pereyra | Roberto Pellegatta | Stud Chos Malal | Haras Bioart | 2200 meters | 2:10.48 | 2 lengths | 1 | |
| 2022 | Wild Ones | 5 | Gabriel L. Bonasola | Nicólas Martín Ferro | Stud Campos de Araujo | Haras La Leyenda de Areco | 2200 meters | 2:13.41 | 2 lengths | 1 | |
| 2021 | Fanciful | 5 | Rodrigo G. Blanco | Juan Manuel Etchechoury | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | 2200 meters | 2:14.93 | 1⁄2 length | 1 | |
| 2020 | Race not run | Race not run | Race not run | Race not run | Race not run | Race not run | Race not run | Race not run | Race not run | Race not run | Race not run |
| 2019 | American Song | 5 | José A. Da Silva | Juan Carlos Etchechoury | Stud Rubio B. | Haras La Pasión | 2200 meters | 2:13.48 | 1⁄2 length | 1 | |
| 2018 | La Extraña Dama | 4 | Eduardo Ortega Pavón | José Luis Palacios | Haras de la Pomme | Haras de la Pomme | 2200 meters | 2:17.79 | 6 lengths | 1 | |
| 2017 | Kiriaki | 4 | Gustavo E. Calvente | Juan Bautista Udaondo | Haras Santa Inés | Haras Santa Inés | 2200 meters | 2:14.03 | 11⁄2 lengths | 1 | |
| 2016 | Conviction | 4 | Eduardo Ortega Pavón | Marcelo Vivas Rubén | Stud Los Moure | Haras Orilla del Monte | 2200 meters | 2:19.36 | 21⁄2 lengths | 1 | |
| 2015 | Furia Cruzada | 3 | Juan Cruz Villagra | Alfredo F. Gaitán Dassié | Haras Cachagua | Haras Dadinco | 2200 meters | 2:18.19 | 21⁄2 lengths | 1 | |
| 2014 | Malacostumbrada | 3 | Juan Cruz Costa | José Luis Palacios | Stud San Jupe | Haras La Pasion | 2200 meters | 2:16.78 | 4 lengths | 1 | |
| 2013 | Candy Marie | 3 | Rodrigo G. Blanco | Carlos D. Etchechoury | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | 2200 meters | 2:15.90 | 1⁄2 length | 1 | |
| 2012 | Malibu Queen | 3 | Walter Ariel Aguirre | Juan Sebastian Maldotti | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | 2000 meters | 2:02.26 | 1⁄2 neck | 1 | |
| 2011 | Malpensa | 4 | Adrián M. Giannetti | Juan Bautista Udaondo | Haras Santa Inés | Haras Santa Inés | 2000 meters | 2:01.39 | 8 lengths | 1 | |
| 2010 | Ollagua | 4 | Altair Domingos | José Martins Alves | Haras La Providencia | Haras La Providencia | 2000 meters | 2:01.60 | 2 lengths | 1 | |
| 2009 | Cayaya | 3 | Juan Carlos Noriega | Juan Carlos Maldotti | Stud Tombo | | 2000 meters | 2:02.49 | 1⁄2 length | 1 | |
| 2008 | Luna Arrabalera | 5 | Mario Rubén Nuñez | Hugo Daniel Sanagua | Haras Ni Manor | Haras Ni Manor | 2000 meters | 2:02.20 | 1 length | 1 | |
| 2007 | Estricta | 3 | Juan Carlos Noriega | Juan Carlos Maldotti | Stud La Esperanza | Haras Vacacion | 1600 meters | 1:33.21 | 21⁄2 lengths | 1 | |
| 2006 | Carla Stripes | 3 | Gustavo E. Calvente | Roberto Pellegatta | Haras Melincué | Haras Melincué | 1600 meters | 1:34.86 | 21⁄2 lengths | 1 | |
| 2005 | Postergada | 3 | José Ricardo Méndez | Eduardo Carlos Tadei | Stud Chopp | Haras Abolengo | 1600 meters | 1:33.97 | 3 lengths | 1 | |
| 2004 | Salt Champ | 3 | Pablo Gustavo Falero | Juan Carlos Maldotti | Stud E.V.G. | | 1600 meters | 1:35.18 | Head | 1 | |
| 2003 | Miss Loren | 4 | Edgardo Gramática | Miguel Ángel García | Haras Firmamento | Haras Firmamento | 1600 meters | 1:34.69 | 1⁄2 neck | 1 | |
| 2002 | Slew the Moon | 5 | Pablo Gustavo Falero | Juan Carlos Maldotti | Haras Vacacion | Haras Vacacion | 1600 meters | 1:37.27 | 1⁄2 neck | 1 | |
| 2001 | Real Number | 3 | Jorge Valdivieso | Juan Carlos Etchechoury | Haras La Quebrada | Haras La Quebrada | 1600 meters | 1:36.12 | 11⁄2 lengths | 1 | |
| 2000 | Mi Sureña | 3 | Jacinto R. Herrera | Domingo Elías Pascual | Stud Bonaventura | Haras La Quebrada | 1600 meters | 1:34.91 | 5 lengths | 1 | |
| 1999 | Speeding Star | 3 | Julio César Méndez | Juan Carlos Etchechoury | Haras Orilla del Monte | | 1600 meters | 1:36.23 | 5 lengths | 1 | |
| 1998 | Giulie-Halo | 4 | Jacinto R. Herrera | Ernesto Eusebio Romero | Stud Monte Mayor | | 1600 meters | 1:37.22 | 1⁄2 neck | 1 | |
| 1997 | Rimel | 5 | Jacinto R. Herrera | Juan Carlos Etchechoury | Haras La Quebrada | Haras La Quebrada | 1600 meters | 1:37.38 | 5 lengths | 1 | |
| 1996 | Syzygy | 5 | Oscar Fabian Conti | Eduardo M. Martínez de Hoz | Haras Comalal | Haras Comalal | 1600 meters | 1:36.06 | 11⁄2 lengths | 1 | |
| 1995 | La Olla | 3 | Horacio E. Karamanos | José Luis Palacios | Stud El Doguito | Haras Comalal | 1600 meters | 1:35.12 | 1⁄2 head | 1 | |
| 1994 | Southern Filly | 3 | Juan Carlos Noriega | Juan Carlos Etchechoury | Stud Forego | Haras La Quebrada | 1600 meters | 1:33.08 | 1⁄2 neck | 2 | |
| 1993 | Pescara | 3 | Daniel Jorge Ojeda | Antonio Derli Gómez | Stud Bakota | | 1600 meters | 1:36.14 | 2 lengths | 2 | |
| 1992 | So Lovely | 4 | Miguel Angel Sarati | Domingo Elías Pascual | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | 1600 meters | 1:38.44 | Neck | 2 | |
| 1991 | La Charlatana | 3 | Jorge Valdivieso | | Haras La Biznaga | Haras La Biznaga | 1600 meters | 1:34.90 | | 2 | |
| 1990 | Fail | 3 | Edgardo Gramática | Juan Alberto Maldotti | Stud La Titina | | 1600 meters | 1:35.67 | | 2 | |
| 1989 | La Brea | 6 | Rodolfo Rivero Roque | Alfonso L. Salvati | Stud Jorge de Atucha | | 1600 meters | 1:36.87 | Head | 2 | |
| 1988 | Black Sheep | 3 | Miguel Angel Sarati | Edgardo Oscar Martucci | Stud Nebek | | 1600 meters | | | 2 | |

## Earlier winners (incomplete)

* 1905: Magnética
* 1906: Primera Tiple
* 1907: Olinda
* 1908: Rancagua
* 1909: Scila
* 1910: Polilla
* 1911: Emilunga
* 1912: Aphrodite
* 1913: Two Step
* 1914: Indiecita
* 1915: La Ñatita
* 1916: Felpilla
* 1917: La Ñatita
* 1918: Divinidad
* 1919: Su Majestad
* 1920: Fanfarrona
* 1921: Carmuchita
* 1922: Bigornia
* 1923: Black Beauty
* 1924: Black Beauty & Sierra Leona (DH)
* 1925: Japónica
* 1926: Nota Alegre
* 1927: Pethy
* 1928: Hill
* 1929: Bizantina
* 1930: Monserga
* 1931: Pilca
* 1932: Côte d'Or
* 1933: Rudeza
* 1934: Retorta & Nereida (DH)
* 1935: Black Arrow
* 1936: Palanca
* 1937: Palanca
* 1938: Goleada
* 1939: Mandataria
* 1940: Giudeca
* 1941: Miss Viola
* 1942: Xanthis
* 1943: Ridere
* 1944: Platería
* 1945: Quelinda
* 1946: Half Crown
* 1947: Niña Bruja
* 1948: Luna Llena
* 1949: Lina
* 1950: Misia
* 1951: Bambuca
* 1952: Écoutez!
* 1953: Cablística
* 1954: Et Bien!
* 1955: Et Bien!
* 1956: Balkh
* 1957: Titania
* 1958: Precinta
* 1959: Ilonka
* 1960: Nicosia
* 1961: Medina
* 1962: Dorine
* 1963: Dorine
* 1964: Rabonera
* 1965: Venturanza
* 1966: Nell Gwynne
* 1967: Pastilla
* 1968: Yanina
* 1969: Su Alteza
* 1970: Brane
* 1971: Auxey
* 1972: Jungle Duchess
* 1973: Bacami
* 1974: Imaginada
* 1976: Good Bet