# Gran Premio Polla de Potrancas (Argentina)

The Gran Premio Polla de Potrancas Group 1 flat horse race in Argentina open to three-year-old fillies run over a distance of 1,600 metres (0.99 mi) at Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo. It is the first race in the Argentinian Filly Triple Crown, and equivalent to the English 1000 Guineas Stakes. It is considered one of the principle races in defining the champion three-year-old filly, and generally occurs in September, near the beginning of a horse's three-year-old season.

## History

The Gran Premio Polla de Potrancas was first run in 1895.
For three years in a row, from 1991 to 1993, the winner was owned and bred by Haras La Quebrada, trained by Carlos Alberto Zarlengo, and ridden by Jacinto Rafael Herrera.

## Records since 1988

Speed record:
* 1:32.47 – Madonna Benois (2023)
Largest margin of victory:
* 9 lengths – La Costa Azul (1993)
* 9 lengths – Carta Embrujada (2021)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 5 – Pablo Gustavo Falero (1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2011)
* 4 – Jacinto Rafael Herrera (1991, 1992, 1993, 2000)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 6 – Juan Carlos Etchechoury (1999, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015)
Most wins by an owner:
* 4 – Haras Vacacion (1988,1989, 1997, 2011)
* 4 – Haras La Quebrada (1991, 1992, 1993, 2000)
Most wins by a breeder:
* 4 – Haras La Biznaga (1999, 2004, 2017, 2019)
* 4 – Haras Vacacion (1988,1989, 1997, 2011)
* 4 – Haras La Quebrada (1991, 1992, 1993, 2000)
Lowest odds of a winner:
* 1.45 – Southern Spring (1996)
* 1.45 – Miss Terrible (2002)
Highest odds of a winner:
* 29.35 – Querida Rebeca (2013)

## Winners since 1988

| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Breeder | Time | Margin |
| 2023 | Madonna Benois | Francisco Fernandes Goncalves | Carlos Arnaldo Vigil | Tres Jotas (LP) | Haras El Paraiso | 1:32.47 | 1/2 length |
| 2022 | Una Arrabalera | Francisco Fernandes Goncalves | Claudia Leonor Bellier | Tinta Roja (LP) | Haras Renacer | 1:34.14 | 1/2 length |
| 2021 | Carta Embrujada | Juan Carlos Noriega | Juan Franco Saldivia | La Leyenda | Haras La Leyenda de Areco | 1:34.42 | 9 lengths |
| 2020 | Scotish Star | Altair Domingos | Pedro Nickel | Haras La Providencia | Haras La Providencia | 1:34.79 | 1 1/2 lengths |
| 2019 | Joy Canela | Pavon Eduardo Ortega | Enrique Martin Ferro | Puey (LP) | Haras La Biznaga | 1:35.53 | 1 1/2 lengths |
| 2018 | Summer Love | Juan Carlos Noriega | Juan Franco Saldivia | La Leyenda | Haras La Leyenda de Areco | 1:34.44 | 4 lengths |
| 2017 | Atomica Oro | Fabricio Raúl Barroso | Roberto M. Bullrich | Haras La Biznaga | Haras La Biznaga | 1:33.58 | 2 1/2 lengths |
| 2016 | Hispanidad | José Aparecido da Silva | Pedro Nickel | Haras La Providencia | Haras La Providencia | 1:33.64 | Neck |
| 2015 | Amy B Key | Rodrigo Gonzalo Blanco | Juan Carlos Etchechoury | Clara Manuel | Haras El Alfalfar | 1:34.65 | 2 lengths |
| 2014 | Kalithea | Jorge Gustavo Ruíz Diaz | Juan Bautista Udaondo | Haras Santa Ines | Haras Santa Ines | 1:35.35 | Head |
| 2013 | Querida Rebeca | Jorge Gustavo Ruíz Diaz | Juan Bautista Udaondo | Haras Santa Ines | Haras Santa Ines | 1:38.43 | 3/4 lengths |
| 2012 | Candy Nevada | Altair Domingos | José Martins Alves | Haras La Providencia | Haras La Providencia | 1:35.57 | 2 lengths |
| 2011 | Balada Sale | Pablo Gustavo Falero | Juan Sebastian Maldotti | Haras Vacacion | Haras Vacacion | 1:35.73 | 4 lengths |
| 2010 | Catch the Mad | Edwin Rafael Talaverano Cardenas | Juan Carlos Etchechoury | Haras Firmamento | Haras Firmamento | 1:36.67 | 3 lengths |
| 2009 | La Severa | Gustavo Emiliano Calvente | Juan Carlos Etchechoury | Haras de la Pomme | Haras de la Pomme | 1:33.65 | 1/2 length |
| 2008 | Savoir Bien | Pablo Gustavo Falero | Carlos D. Etchechoury | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | 1:34.25 | 4 lengths |
| 2007 | Mariah Plus | Pablo Gustavo Falero | Juan Carlos Etchechoury | Woodvale Farm | Haras Abolengo | 1:33.81 | 6 lengths |
| 2006 | Emotion Parade | Edwin Rafael Talaverano Cardenas | Miguel Angel Garcia | Haras Firmamento | Haras Firmamento | 1:34.03 | 2 1/2 lengths |
| 2005 | Vanguarda | Horacio Julian Betansos | Antonio Di Sanzo | 1912 (LP) | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | 1:36.45 | 2 1/2 lengths |
| 2004 | Forty Marchanta | Jorge Valdivieso | Juan Carlos Etcehchoury | Haras La Biznaga | Haras La Biznaga | 1:34.31 | 3/4 lengths |
| 2003 | Salt Champ | Pablo Gustavo Falero | Juan Carlos Maldotti | E.V.G. | | 1:35.08 | 5 lengths |
| 2002 | Miss Terrible | Edgardo Gramática | Miguel Angel Garcia | Haras Firmamento | Haras Firmamento | 1:35.57 | 2 1/2 lengths |
| 2001 | Kiss Me Sweet | Jorge Valdivieso | Carlos D. Etchechoury | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | 1:34.47 | 1 1/2 lengths |
| 2000 | Guernika | Jacinto Rafael Herrera | Nicolas Adrian Yalet | Haras La Quebrada | Haras La Quebrada | 1:35.19 | Head |
| 1999 | Pomarola Talk | Jorge Valdivieso | Juan Carlos Etcehchoury | Haras La Biznaga | Haras La Biznaga | 1:36.67 | 1 length |
| 1998 | Nortak | Miguel Angel Abregu | Carlos D. Etchechoury | Orilla del Monte | Haras Comalal | 1:36.22 | 7 lengths |
| 1997 | Croassant | Pablo Gustavo Falero | Juan Carlos Maldotti | Haras Vacacion | Haras Vacacion | 1:36.50 | 1/2 neck |
| 1996 | Southern Spring | Juan José Paule | Eduardo M. Martínez de Hoz | Matty | | 1:33.26 | 7 lengths |
| 1995 | Escabiosa | Eduardo Alejandro Karamanos Horacio | Aldo Omar Pappaterra | Rosuer | Haras Las Ortigas | 1:36.23 | 2 1/2 lengths |
| 1994 | Star and Stripes | Yolanda Beatriz Davila | Luis Eduardo Seglin | Dulcinea (LP) | | 1:35.52 | Neck |
| 1993 | La Costa Azul | Jacinto Rafael Herrera | Carlos Alberto Zarlengo | Haras La Quebrada | Haras La Quebrada | 1:37.04 | 9 lengths |
| 1992 | Numeraria | Jacinto Rafael Herrera | Carlos Alberto Zarlengo | Haras La Quebrada | Haras La Quebrada | 1:38.56 | Neck |
| 1991 | Fontemar | Jacinto Rafael Herrera | Carlos Alberto Zarlengo | Haras La Quebrada | Haras La Quebrada | 1:36.10 | Head |
| 1990 | Luna Rose | Edgardo Gramatica | Juan Carlos Maldotti | Stud Tori | Haras La Madrugada | 1:37.49 | 3/4 lengths |
| 1989 | Rafaga | | Daniel Adami | Haras Vacacion | Haras Vacacion | 1:35.12 | 7 lengths |
| 1988 | La Maltrecha | | Marcelo P. Saravi | Haras Vacacion | Haras Vacacion | 1:35.37 | 1/2 head |

## Earlier winners

* 1895: Rose Royale and Framboise (DH)
* 1896: Little Darling
* 1897: Citoyenne
* 1898: Guiña
* 1899: Carina
* 1900: Fantasia
* 1901: Fedra
* 1902: Berezina
* 1903: Breva
* 1904: Ganzúa
* 1905: Primera Tiple
* 1906: Segura
* 1907: Rancagua
* 1908: Rubicela
* 1909: Pega Pega
* 1910: Locandiera
* 1911: Aldeana
* 1912: Salina
* 1913: Piscueta
* 1914: Avicenia
* 1915: Ocurrencia
* 1916: Diakova
* 1917: Dalmacia
* 1918: Paulonia
* 1919: Cartagena
* 1920: Papusa
* 1921: Cerámica
* 1922: Black Beauty
* 1923: Grue
* 1924: Anatema
* 1925: Melzeta
* 1926: Vainilla
* 1927: Antígona
* 1928: Favella
* 1929: Salmuera
* 1930: Sierra Balcarce
* 1931: Muralla
* 1932: Zumayita
* 1933: Tauma
* 1934: Black Arrow
* 1935: Mesapia
* 1936: Canícula
* 1937: Hulla
* 1938: Ibis II
* 1939: Heil!
* 1940: La Mission
* 1941: Blackie II
* 1942: Dalilah
* 1943: Platería
* 1944: Cancagua and Quisguillosa (DH)
* 1945: Half Crown
* 1946: Miss Alesia and Niña Bruja (DH)
* 1947: Bullanquera
* 1948: Empeñosa
* 1949: White Milk
* 1950: Melody
* 1951: Melody
* 1952: Satánica
* 1953: Claro de Luna
* 1954: Elite
* 1955: Chapineta and Las Canas (DH)
* 1956: Tana Linda
* 1957: Catando
* 1958:Soldadesca
* 1959: Pontia
* 1960: Melodie
* 1961: Pasión
* 1962: Tacha
* 1963: Donna II
* 1964: Lady Silver II
* 1965: SweetSue II
* 1966: Himera
* 1967: Rafale
* 1968: Farm
* 1969: La Sevillana
* 1970: Tutta Bionda
* 1971: La Alianza
* 1972: Inmaculada
* 1973: Biella
* 1974: Contraventora
* 1975: Legent II
* 1976: Taba
* 1977: Mía
* 1978: Seed
* 1979: Manzanera
* 1980: Miss Nymph
* 1981: Málaga
* 1982: Triumphal
* 1983: Mustard
* 1984:Semilleta
* 1985: Frau Altiva
* 1986: Exalsa
* 1987: Podeica