# Gran Premio Miguel Alfredo Martínez de Hoz

The Gran Premio Miguel Alfredo Martínez de Hoz (previously Premio Capital, Premio Miguel Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, Premio Mejoramiento Equino) is a Group 1 horse race run at Hipódromo de San Isidro in Buenos Aires, Argentina, open to horses three years old or older. It is the first Group 1 race of the year in Argentina and is run over 2000 meters on the turf.

## History

The Gran Premio Miguel Alfredo Martínez de Hoz was inaugurated in 1889 as the Premio Capital. It ran under that name until 1935, when it was renamed to the Premio Miguel Alfredo Martínez de Hoz. In 1953, the race was run under the name of the Premio Mejoramiento Equino.
In 1942, Tonico won the Gran Premio Miguel Alfredo Martínez de Hoz in a walkover.
From 1969 to 1973, the Gran Premio Miguel Alfredo Martínez de Hoz was run at a distance of 2400 meters. In 1974, it was lengthened to 2500 meters, a distance it maintained until at least 1975.
The Gran Premio Miguel Alfredo Martínez de Hoz was run as a Group 2 race from 1973 to 2000 before being upgraded to Group 1 in 2001, a designation which it has maintained since.
In 2011, the Brazilian racehorse Send inthe Clowns became the first foreign horse to win the race.
Puerto Escondido became the first horse to win the Gran Premio Miguel Alfredo Martínez de Hoz twice since it became a Group 1 race in 2018. He remains the only horse to have done so, as of 2024. Previously, the race had been won twice by Athos II, in 1890 and 1892, Cute Eyes, in 1933 and 1934, Bon Vin, in 1939 and 1941, and Romance Moro, in 1988 and 1990.

## Records since 1989

Speed record:
* 1:56.82 – Storm Military (2007)
Greatest winning margin:
* 9 lengths – Bogeyman (2012)
Most wins:
* 2 – Puerto Escondido (2017, 2018)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 4 – Jorge Valdivieso (1994, 1997, 2005, 2007)
* 3 – Juan Carlos Noriega (1999, 2009, 2014)
* 3 – Eduardo Ortega Pavón (2016, 2019, 2025)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 4 – Carlos D. Etchechoury (1995, 2005, 2010, 2013)
Most wins by an owner:
* 2 – La Titina (1989, 1996)
* 2 – Haras La Biznaga (2007, 2013)
* 2 – Haras El Angel de Venecia (2012, 2021)
* 2 – Facundito (2017, 2018)
Most wins by a breeder:
* 5 – Haras Firmamento (1993, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2008)
* 3 – Haras Vacacion (1995, 2003, 2014)

## Winners since 1989

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Breeder | Time | Margin | Group |
| 2025 | Grezzo | 3 | Eduardo Ortega Pavón | José Luiz Correa Aranha | Haras La Providencia | Haras La Providencia | 2:01.62 | 3⁄4 length | 1 |
| 2024 | Full Keid | 3 | Brian Rodrigo Enrique | Diego Peña | Stud Haras Gran Muñeca | Stud Haras Gran Muñeca | 1:58.47 | 2 lengths | 1 |
| 2023 | Miriñaque | 6 | Francisco Fernandes Gonçalves | Maria Cristina Muñoz | Parque Patricios | Haras de la Pomme | 1:58.35 | Neck | 1 |
| 2022 | Dalbornell | 5 | Willim Pereyra | Jorge A. Mayansky Neer | Ferre | Haras El Paraiso | 1:59.67 | 1⁄2 length | 1 |
| 2021 | Village King | 6 | Brian Rodrigo Enrique | Juan Manuel Etchechoury | Haras El Angel de Venecia | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | 2:01.14 | Head | 1 |
| 2020 | Imperador | 3 | Altair Domingos | Diego Peña | Stud RDI | Haras Rio Dois Irmaos | 1:57.87 | 11⁄2 lengths | 1 |
| 2019 | Nicholas | 5 | Eduardo Ortega Pavón | Enrique Martin Ferro | Stud Nosotros | Haras El Doguito | 1:58.75 | 1 length | 1 |
| 2018 | Puerto Escondido | 4 | A. Alderete Osvaldo | Pablo Ezequiel Sahagian | Facundito | Haras El Mallin | 1:58.46 | Head | 1 |
| 2017 | Puerto Escondido | 3 | A. Alderete Osvaldo | Pablo Ezequiel Sahagian | Facundito | Haras El Mallin | 2:01.16 | 1⁄2 neck | 1 |
| 2016 | Catcho en Die | 3 | Eduardo Ortega Pavón | Ricardo Alberto Cardon | Don Quijote | Jorge Eduardo Livschitz | 1:59.07 | 1 length | 1 |
| 2015 | Alma de Acero | 5 | Francisco Fernandes Gonçalves | Agustin Pavlovsky | Baltasar | Haras La Cuadra | 2:00.96 | 1⁄2 length | 1 |
| 2014 | Fragotero | 4 | Juan Carlos Noriega | Miguel Angel Cafere | La Aguada | Haras Vacacion | 2:04.14 | 3 lengths | 1 |
| 2013 | Flowing Rye | 5 | Rodrigo G. Blanco | Carlos D. Etchechoury | Haras La Biznaga | Haras La Biznaga | 1:57.81 | 11⁄2 lengths | 1 |
| 2012 | Bogeyman | 5 | Jorge Antonio Ricardo | Juan Carlos Bianchi | Haras El Angel de Venecia | Haras Abolengo | 1:58.09 | 9 lengths | 1 |
| 2011 | Send inthe Clowns | 4 | Rodrigo Ivan Cunz | Alfredo F. Gaitan Dassie | Stud TNT | Stud TNT | 1:58.20 | 11⁄2 lengths | 1 |
| 2010 | City Banker | 4 | Adrian M. Giannetti | Carlos D. Etchechoury | El Gusy | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | 2:04.18 | 1 length | 1 |
| 2009 | Body Soguero | 4 | Juan Carlos Noriega | Federico Martucci | Fejiparema | Haras Chimpay | 1:57.81 | 3⁄4 length | 1 |
| 2008 | Honey Nov | 4 | Jorge Antonio Ricardo | Juan Carlos Etchechoury | Rubio B | Haras Firmamento | 1:58.03 | 3⁄4 length | 1 |
| 2007 | Storm Military | 4 | Jorge Valdivieso | Roberto Pellegatta | Haras La Biznaga | Haras La Biznaga | 1:56.82 | Neck | 1 |
| 2006 | Latency | 4 | Julio Cesar Mendez | Juan Bautista Udaondo | Haras Las Dos Manos | Haras Las Dos Manos | 1:57.81 | 1⁄2 length | 1 |
| 2005 | Don Incauto | 3 | Jorge Valdivieso | Carlos D. Etchechoury | Haras San Benito | Haras San Benito | 1:57.87 | 1⁄2 length | 1 |
| 2004 | Guambia Bo | 3 | Daniel Davila Osvaldo | Facuno Bunge Frers | Stuf F.B.F. | Haras Firmamento | 2:05.62 | 11⁄2 lengths | 1 |
| 2003 | Rodeno | 3 | Pablo Gustavo Falero | Juan Carlos Maldotti | Nadina | Haras Vacacion | 2:01.61 | 21⁄2 lengths | 1 |
| 2002 | Insociable | 3 | Jacinto R. Herrera | Santillan G. Frankel | Doña Pancha | | 2:00.12 | 1⁄2 neck | 1 |
| 2001 | Praxis Parade | 3 | Luiz Carlos Villalba | Horacio José A. Torres | Agus | Haras Firmamento | 1:59.19 | vm | 1 |
| 2000 | Llers Fitz | 4 | Juan Pablo Lagos | Sabatino A. Scabone | Milenium | Haras Firmamento | 1:58.53 | 11⁄2 lengths | 2 |
| 1999 | Acicalado | 3 | Juan Carlos Noriega | Enrique Clerc | San Gilberto | | 1:58.18 | 1⁄2 length | 2 |
| 1998 | Mario Eterno | 3 | Daniel Jorge Ojeda | José C. Cepeda | Mi Bebe | | 1:58.16 | 1⁄2 length | 2 |
| 1997 | El Coliseo | 6 | Jorge Valdivieso | Ernesto Eusebio Romero | El Galo | Haras Comalal | 1:57.35 | Head | 2 |
| 1996 | Fantasio | 5 | Carlos Alberto Zuco | Alberto J. Maldotti | La Titina | | 2:02.12 | 6 lengths | 2 |
| 1995 | Double Paid | 5 | Juan Alberto Maciel | Carlos D. Etchechoury | Haras Vacacion | Haras Vacacion | 1:58.60 | 3⁄4 length | 2 |
| 1994 | Luck ƒ | 6 | Jorge Valdivieso | Eduardo M. Martínez de Hoz | Haras Comalal | Haras Comalal | 1:59.00 | 21⁄2 lengths | 2 |
| 1993 | Bullicioso In | 3 | Pablo Gustavo Falero | Vilmar Sanguinetti | Patria Grande | Haras Firmamento | 1:59.20 | 11⁄2 lengths | 2 |
| 1992 | Oceanside | 4 | Jacinto R. Herrera | Carlos Alberto Zarlengo | Haras La Quebrada | Haras La Quebrada | 1:58.00 | | 2 |
| 1991 | Tibaldi | 3 | | Alberto J. Maldotti | La Esclava | | 2:00.40 | 1⁄2 head | 2 |
| 1990 | Romance Moro | 5 | | José Juri | Los Moros | José Juri | 2:02.33 | Neck | 2 |
| 1989 | Companion | 3 | Edgardo Gramatica | Juan Alberto Maldotti | La Titina | | 2:01.60 | | 2 |
ƒ Designates a filly or mare

## Earlier winners (incomplete)

* 1889: Havre
* 1890: Athos II
* 1891: Camors
* 1892: Athos II
* 1893: Buenos Aires
* 1894: Lancero
* 1895: Revancha
* 1896: Atleta
* 1897: Alacrán
* 1898: Gonin
* 1899: Valero
* 1900: Penitente
* 1901: Tetuán
* 1902: Ultimatum
* 1903: Orán
* 1904: Old Man
* 1905: Pelayo
* 1906: Floreal
* 1907: Buchardo
* 1908: Melgarejo
* 1909: Ajó
* 1910: Espirita ƒ
* 1911: Larrea
* 1912: Bromo
* 1913: Enérgica ƒ
* 1914: Irigoyen
* 1915: Picacero
* 1916: Campanazo
* 1917: Botafogo
* 1918: Omega ƒ
* 1919: Remanso
* 1920: Buen Ojo
* 1921:
* 1922: Rico & Aldeano (DH)
* 1923: Mameluke
* 1924: Serlo
* 1925: Zarpazo II
* 1926: Macón
* 1927: Don Pizarro
* 1928: King Lomond
* 1929: Barranquero
* 1930: Segonzac
* 1931: Pilero
* 1932: Côte d'Or ƒ
* 1933: Cute Eyes
* 1934: Cute Eyes
* 1935: Catspaw
* 1936: Balbucó
* 1937: Camerino
* 1938: Filisteo
* 1939: Bon Vin
* 1940: Zorzalito
* 1941: Bon Vin
* 1942: Tónico
* 1943: Banderin
* 1944: Ben Omar
* 1945: Zorro
* 1946: Caburé
* 1947: Doubtless
* 1948: True Man
* 1949: Penny Post
* 1950: Singapur
* 1951: Solario
* 1952: El Aragonés
* 1953: Tanteo
* 1954:
* 1955:
* 1956: Chajacito
* 1957: Piazza
* 1958: Poderoso
* 1960: Sensitivo
* 1961: Pronto
* 1962: Don Birón
* 1963: Booz
* 1964: Berenjenal
* 1865: Sweet Sue ƒ
* 1966: Himera ƒ
* 1967: Decorum
* 1968: Adriatic
* 1969: Lunation ƒ
* 1970: Macho Real
* 1971: Luz Colorada ƒ
* 1972: Chupito
* 1973: Ligero
* 1974: Dearman
* 1975: Good Bloke
* 1979: Ahmad
* 1981: Pacific
* 1982: Usurpador
* 1987: Hall of Arts
* 1988: Romance Moro