# Gran Premio San Isidro

The Gran Premio San Isidro - Copa Dr. Melchor Ángel Posse is a Group 1 thoroughbred horse race run at Hipódromo de San Isidro in Buenos Aires, Argentina, open to horses three-years-old and older. It is run over a distance of 1600 metres (0.99 mi) on the turf.

## History

The Gran Premio San Isidro has been run as a Group 1 race since 1981. The Gran Premio 25 de Mayo was known as the Premio San Isidro or Gran Premio San Isidro until 1959.

## Records since 1988

Speed record:
* 1:31.17 – Riton (1995)
Greatest winning margin:
* 15 lengths – Riton (1995)
Most wins:
* 2 – Lord Card (1999, 2001)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 3 – Jacinto R. Herrera (1993, 2001, 2004)
* 3 – Cardenas E. Talaverano (1999, 2009, 2012)
* 3 – Pablo Gusavo Falero (2003, 2006, 2011)
* 3 – Pablo Damián Carrizo (2008, 2013, 2017)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 3 – Alfredo F. Gaitán Dassié (1995, 2014, 2022)
* 3 – Ernesto Eusebio Romero (1999, 2001, 2015)
* 3 – Enrique Martín Ferro (2018, 2019, 2023)
Most wins by an owner:
* 2 – Stud Oma Fanny (1999, 2001)
* 2 – Stud Tramo 20 (2017, 2020)
Most wins by a breeder:
* 4 – Haras Firmamento (2011, 2012, 2021, 2022)

## Winners since 1988

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Breeder | Time | Margin |
| 2024 | Earth God | 3 | Martín Javier Valle | Nicólas Martín Ferro | Stud Grupo 4 | Haras Abolengo | 1:32.18 | 3⁄4 length |
| 2023 | Nanda Dea ƒ | 4 | Martín Javier Valle | Enrique Martín Ferro | Haras Santa Ines | Haras Santa Ines | 1:33.29 | 11⁄2 lengths |
| 2022 | Bamb Craf | 5 | Rodrigo G. Blanco | Alfredo F. Gaitán Dassié | Haras Firmamento | Haras Firmamento | 1:36.15 | 21⁄2 lengths |
| 2021 | Holi Rimout | 3 | Aníbal José Cabrera | Marcelo Blanco | Stud El Chesco Viejo | Haras Firmamento | 1:32.19 | 3 lengths |
| 2020 | Hole in One | 6 | Juan Cruz Villagra | Gustavo Ernesto Romero | Stud Tramo 20 | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | 1:34.38 | 3⁄4 length |
| 2019 | El Consorte | 4 | Lautaro E. Balmaceda | Enrique Martín Ferro | Stud Urquiza | Haras La Quebrada | 1:38.13 | 3 lengths |
| 2018 | Nicholas | 5 | Eduardo Ortega Pavón | Enrique Martín Ferro | Stud Nosotros | Haras El Doguito | 1:33.46 | 1⁄2 Neck |
| 2017 | Victor Security | 5 | Pablo Damián Carrizo | Pablo Ezequiel Sahagián | Stud Tramo 20 | Haras La Pasion | 1:33.30 | 1⁄2 length |
| 2016 | El Benicio | 3 | Juan Cruz Villagra | Pablo Ezequiel Sahagián | Stud Facundito | Haras El Mallin | 1:33.69 | 11⁄2 lengths |
| 2015 | Todo Un Amiguito | 7 | Jorge Antonio Ricardo | Ernesto Eusebio Romero | Haras y Stud Don Nico | Carlos Alberto Virgini Monayer | 1:32.74 | 2 lengths |
| 2014 | Il Fornaio | 3 | Eduardo Ortega Pavón | Alfredo F. Gaitán Dassié | Haras Pozo de Luna | Haras Cachagua and Haras Pozo de Luna | 1:35.79 | 11⁄2 lengths |
| 2013 | Don't Worry | 4 | Pablo Damián Carrizo | René Jesús Ayub | Stud C.A.R. | René Jesus Ayub and Haras Rodeo Chic | 1:33.60 | 1⁄2 Neck |
| 2012 | Maipo Royale | 4 | Cardenas E. Talaverano | Gregorio Bernardo Vivas | Stud Castañon | Haras Firmamento | 1:31.78 | 1 length |
| 2011 | Curioso Slam | 4 | Pablo Gustavo Falero | Pablo Pedro Sahagián | Stud La Pampita | Haras Firmamento | 1:33.10 | 1⁄2 length |
| 2010 | Rupit | 7 | Jorge Antonio Ricardo | Julio Francisco Liceri | Stud C.M.N. | Santiago Pablo Dell'acqua and Haras Dell'acqua | 1:33.48 | 11⁄2 lengths |
| 2009 | Maruco Plus | 5 | Cardenas E. Talaverano | Natalio D. Mezzotero | Stud Los Gauchos | Haras La Gringa | 1:32.06 | 2 lengths |
| 2008 | Inter Optimist | 4 | Pablo Damián Carrizo | Waldir Libero Zancanaro | Haras y Stud Vengador | Haras y Stud Vengador | 1:31.89 | 3⁄4 length |
| 2007 | Secretario Plan | 4 | Francisco Arreguy | Edmundo I. Rodríguez | Haras Capricornio | Haras Capricornio | 1:31.94 | 3⁄4 length |
| 2006 | Ice Horse | 5 | Pablo Gustavo Falero | Juan Carlos Maldotti | Stud Bingo Horse | Haras Vacacion | 1:32.55 | Neck |
| 2005 | Fox Dancer | 4 | Juan Carlos Noriega | Juan Carlos Maldotti | Stud Identic | José Ignacio Hurtado Vicuna | 1:33.37 | Head |
| 2004 | Masterpiece | 4 | Jacinto R. Herrera | Juan Carlos Etchechoury | Stud Matty | Haras La Quebrada | 1:33.92 | 3⁄4 length |
| 2003 | Question | 4 | Pablo Gustavo Falero | Juan Carlos Maldotti | Stud Nadina | Haras Vacacion | 1:33.75 | 11⁄2 lengths |
| 2002 | Candy Ride | 3 | Armando C. Glades | Roberto Daniel López | Stud Ojos Claros | Haras Abolengo | 1:32.16 | 8 lengths |
| 2001 | Lord Card | 7 | Jacinto R. Herrera | Ernesto Eusebio Romero | Stud Oma Fanny | Jorge Raul Sternberg | 1:33.15 | 11⁄2 lengths |
| 2000 | Big Board | 4 | Juan Carlos Jarcovsky | Pablo Damián Carrizo | Stud Sueño Possible | Haras Los Cerrillos | 1:31.67 | 1⁄2 Neck |
| 1999 | Lord Card | 5 | Cardenas E. Talaverano | Ernesto Eusebio Romero | Stud Oma Fanny | Jorge Raul Sternberg | 1:32.55 | 3 lengths |
| 1998 | Di Escorpion | 3 | Néstor Nicolás Oviedo | Edmundo I. Rodríguez | Stud Cosa Nostra | Haras La Irenita | 1:33.20 | 31⁄2 lengths |
| 1997 | Sam's | 4 | Jorge Valdivieso | Carlos D. Etchechoury | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | 1:33.11 | 1⁄2 Head |
| 1996 | Caro Sueño | 4 | Abel Lujan J. Giorgis | Braulio Ángel Astegiano | Stud Querido Viejo | Luz Achaval de Vedoya and Ricardo Vedoya | 1:32.83 | 2 lengths |
| 1995 | Riton | 5 | Horacio E. Karamanos | Alfredo F. Gaitán Dassié | Haras Rio Claro | Linneo Edouardo de Paula Machado | 1:31.17 | 15 lengths |
| 1994 | Lucky Bucefalo | 5 | Rubén Emilio Laitán | Juan Carlos Addati | Fervir (LP) Inhabilitada | Juan Carlos Addati | 1:37.00 | 3 lengths |
| 1993 | Cleante | 4 | Jacinto R. Herrera | Vilmar Sanguinetti | Frank E. Whitham | Haras El Malacate | 1:35.40 | 6 lengths |
| 1992 | Rinconazo | 4 | | Eduardo Oscar Ferro | Haras Rincon de Luna | Haras Rincon de Luna | 1:34.00 | Neck |
| 1991 | Tibaldi | 4 | Guillermo E. Sena | Juan Alberto Maldotti | Stud La Esclava | Haras Income | 1:33.83 | |
| 1990 | Halcon Guapo | 4 | Julio C. Garcia | Mario A. Catapano | Stud Los Halcones | | 1:32.60 | |
| 1989* | Runner Boy | 5 | Claudio M. Pintos | | Stud Kalahari | Roberto Oscar Laffont | 1:32.80 | 3 lengths |
| 1989* | Ultrasonido | 4 | Jorge Valdivieso | Luis A. Riviello | Stud Don Henry | Haras El Turf | 1:32.80 | 3 lengths |
| 1988 | Pan de Lujo | 5 | Rubén Emilio Laitán | | Stud Tessa | | 1:33.80 | |
ƒ indicates a filly/mare
*1989 resulted in a dead heat.

## Earlier winners (incomplete)

* 1981: Legitimo I
* 1982: Montego
* 1983: Bleding
* 1984: Louvre
* 1985: Fray Pablo
* 1986: Cephis
* 1987: Cautin