# Clásico Estrellas Junior Sprint

The Clásico Estrellas Junior Sprint (previously known as the Gran Premio Estrellas Junior Sprint and Gran Premio Estrellas Produtos) is a Group 3 thoroughbred horse race in Argentina that is part of the Carreras de las Estrellas and is open to two-year-old males. It is run over a distance of 1000 metres (0.62 mi) either on the turf at Hipódromo de San Isidro or on the dirt at the Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo.

## History

The Clásico Estrellas Junior Sprint, along with the Gran Premio Estrellas Juvenile Fillies and Gran Premio Estrellas Juvenile, was one of the inaugural races of the Carreras de las Estrellas. It was originally run under the name of the Gran Premio Estrellas Produtos and was inaugurated as a Group 1 race.
The Clásico Estrellas Junior Sprint was not run in 2009 or 2010, returning in 2011. That first year back, it was run as an ungraded stakes race, being upgraded to listed the following year. The race was upgraded again to Group 3 in 2017.
Four horses have gone to win the Gran Premio Estrellas Sprint after winning the Clásico Estrellas Junior Sprint: Gold Spring (1991 Junior Sprint, 1992 Sprint), Mister Phone (2000 Junior Sprint, 2002 Sprint), Feel the Race (2014 Junior Sprint, 2015 Sprint), and Labrado (2022 Junior Sprint, 2023 and 2024 Sprint).

## Records

Speed record:
* :53.06 – Rufus (2006)
Greatest winning margin:
* 11 lengths – Labrado (2022)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 4 – Jacinto R. Herrera (1991, 1999, 2001, 2002)
* 4 – Pablo Gustavo Falero (1995, 2000, 2005, 2014)
* 3 – Jorge Valdivieso (1992, 1993, 2003)
* 3 – Wilson Rosario Moreyra (2019, 2021, 2022)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 3 – Juan Carlos Etchechoury (1991, 1992, 2004)
* 3 – María Fernanda Álvarez (2019, 2020, 2023)
Most wins by an owner:
* 2 – Stud Matty (1991, 1999)
* 2 – Stud Las Telas (1996, 1997)
* 2 – Haras La Quebrada (2001, 2005)
Most wins by a breeder:
* 7 – Haras La Quebrada (1996, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2016)
* 6 – Haras Vacación (1994, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2017, 2023)
* 3 – Haras La Biznaga (1997, 1999, 2007)
* 3 – Haras Firmamento (2018, 2020, 2021)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Breeder | Group | Surface | Track | Time | Margin |
| 2024 | Amor del Bueno | Brian Rodrigo Enrique | Rodrigo G. Baglietto | Stud Santo Domingo | Haras El Paraíso | III | Turf | Hipódromo de San Isidro | :59.39 | 1⁄2 neck |
| 2023 | Ser Sincero | F. Fernandes Gonçalves | María Fernanda Álvarez | Stud J.A. | Haras Vacacion | III | Turf | Hipódromo de San Isidro | :55.88 | 5 lengths |
| 2022 | Labrado | Wilson Rosario Moreyra | Ángel Natividad Bonetto | Stud Don Ariel | Haras El Paraíso | III | Dirt | Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo | :55.31 | 11 lengths |
| 2021 | Hit It Dubai | Wilson Rosario Moreyra | Ángel Omar Álvarez | Stud Los Bandidos | Haras Firmamento | III | Dirt | Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo | :55.24 | 1⁄2 length |
| 2020 | Splendid Key | Facundo Marcelo Coria | María Fernanda Álvarez | Haras El Alfalfar | Haras Firmamento | III | Dirt | Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo | :54.63 | 11⁄2 lengths |
| 2019 | Calzonetti | Wilson Rosario Moreyra | María Fernanda Álvarez | Stud El Clan Corrientes | Haras La Pasión | III | Dirt | Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo | :54.97 | 1⁄2 length |
| 2018 | Brilliant Sun Van | Juan Carlos Noriega | Rubén Alejandro Quiroga | Haras Marías del Sur | Haras Firmamento | III | Dirt | Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo | :55.64 | 1⁄2 length |
| 2017 | Tan Creído | Julio César Méndez | Juan Carlos Cima | Stud Ximena | Haras Vacacion | III | Turf | Hipódromo de San Isidro | :56.43 | 6 lengths |
| 2016 | Don Mengano | Osvaldo Adrián Alderete | Elvio Ramon Bortulé | Stud Jet Set | Haras La Quebrada | Listed | Dirt | Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo | :55.06 | 1 length |
| 2015 | Sassagoula Springs ƒ | Eduardo Ortega Pavón | Claudio J. Sumpf Marcelo | Heritage Stud | Heritage Bloodstock | Listed | Turf | Hipódromo de San Isidro | :56.59 | 1 length |
| 2014 | Feel the Race ƒ | Pablo Gustavo Falero | Carlos D. Etchechoury | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | Listed | Dirt | Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo | :54.63 | Neck |
| 2013 | Kir Royal | Damián Ramella | Nicolás Martín Ferro | Stud Santa Anita | Haras La Leyenda de Areco | Listed | Turf | Hipódromo de San Isidro | :56.02 | 2 lengths |
| 2012 | Fresher | Jorge Antonio Ricardo | Ángel Natividad Bonetto | Stud Gringo Esteban | Haras La Quebrada | Listed | Dirt | Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo | :54.98 | 1⁄2 length |
| 2011 | Benefactor | Jorge Gustavo Ruíz Díaz | Miguel Ángel B. Medina | Stud El Pulpo | Haras El Mallín | Ungraded | Turf | Hipódromo de San Isidro | 1:00.20 | 1⁄2 neck |
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| 2008 | Mediatico Jet | Lujan José Giorgis Abel | Carlos A. Santiñaque | Haras Divisadero | Haras Divisadero | I | Dirt | Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo | :55.10 | 4 lengths |
| 2007 | Greco Tom | José Ricardo Méndez | Daniel C. Martínez | Stud Mi Sueño | Haras La Biznaga | I | Turf | Hipódromo de San Isidro | :55.25 | Neck |
| 2006 | Rufus | Gustavo E. Calvente | Eduardo Nestor Siele | Ana Ruth | Haras La Quebrada | I | Dirt | Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo | :53.06 | Neck |
| 2005 | Alert | Pablo Gustavo Falero | Edmundo I. Rodríguez | Haras La Quebrada | Haras La Quebrada | I | Turf | Hipódromo de San Isidro | :55.20 | 1⁄2 length |
| 2004 | Queleden Candela ƒ | Fabio H. Guedes Arocena | Juan Carlos Etchechoury | Haras de la Pomme | Haras de la Pomme | I | Dirt | Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo | :55.20 | 1 length |
| 2003 | Asset | Jorge Valdivieso | Pablo Pedro Sahagian | Stud Suerte Loca | A. Vargas Lerena | I | Turf | Hipódromo de San Isidro | :59.10 | 6 lengths |
| 2002 | Chollo | Jacinto R. Herrera | Roberto Pellegatta | Stud Bingo Horse | Haras Vacacion | I | Dirt | Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo | :55.91 | 1⁄2 head |
| 2001 | Refine ƒ | Jacinto R. Herrera | Carlos Alberto Zarlengo | Haras La Quebrada | Haras La Quebrada | I | Turf | Hipódromo de San Isidro | :55.04 | 9 lengths |
| 2000 | Mister Phone | Pablo Gustavo Falero | Anibal E. Giovanetti | Stud Five and Me | Haras Vacacion | I | Dirt | Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo | :53.88 | 7 lengths |
| 1999 | Sun Spring ƒ | Jacinto R. Herrera | Edurdo M. Martínez de Hoz | Stud Matty | Haras La Quebrada | I | Turf | Hipódromo de San Isidro | :54.68 | 6 lengths |
| 1998 | Montañez Tom | Juan Carlos Noriega | Roberto A. Pellegatta | Stud Las P.V.T. | Haras La Biznaga | I | Dirt | Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo | :56.79 | 2 lengths |
| 1997 | Cutlas | Francisco Arreguy | Juan A. Colucho | Stud Las Telas | Haras Vacacion | I | Dirt | Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo | :56.30 | 2 lengths |
| 1996 | Astrologica ƒ | Francisco Arreguy | Raúl Hugo Yalet | Stud Las Telas | Haras La Quebrada | I | Dirt | Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo | :55.86 | 1⁄2 head |
| 1995 | Makaha ƒ | Pablo Gustavo Falero | Jorge A. Mayansky Neer | Stud Sueño Posible | Haras El Alfalfar | I | Dirt | Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo | :55.8 | 11⁄2 lengths |
| 1994 | Leyden | Horacio E. Karamanos | Andio Noguera | Stud San Blas | Haras Vacacion | I | Turf | Hipódromo de San Isidro | :56.8 | Head |
| 1993 | Bolero Toss | Jorge Valdivieso | Roberto M. Bullrich | Haras La Biznaga | Haras La Biznaga | I | Turf | Hipódromo de San Isidro | :58.0 | 1⁄2 neck |
| 1992 | El Barón | Jorge Valdivieso | Juan Carlos Etchechoury | Stud Santa Maria de Giles | Haras El Turf | I | Turf | Hipódromo de San Isidro | :58.8 | 4 lengths |
| 1991 | Gold Spring | Jacinto R. Herrera | Juan Carlos Etchechoury | Stud Matty | Haras Las Matildes | I | Turf | Hipódromo de San Isidro | :57.8 | |
ƒ indicates a filly