# Gran Premio Dardo Rocha

The Gran Premio Dardo Rocha (previously known as the Gran Premio Internacional Dardo Rocha, Premio La Plata, Premio 19 de Novimebre, Clásico Cincuentenario, Clásico Ciudad Eva Perón, Clásico Fundador Dardo Rocha, and Clásico Antonio Cané) is a Group 1 thoroughbred horse race run at Hipódromo de La Plata in Argentina, open to horses three years old or older. It is currently run over a distance of 2400 metres (1.5 mi) on the dirt and is the most important race at the Hipódromo de La Plata.

## History

The Gran Premio Dardo Rocha was first run in 1915, and run under the name Dardo Rocha for the first time in 1918. Premio La Plata, Premio 19 de Noviembre, Clásico Cincuentenario, Clásico Fundador Dardo Rocha, Clásico Antonio Cané, and Clásico Ciudad Eva Perón were also used, until the name settled as the Gran Premio Internacional Dardo Rocha in 1960.
Through its history, the Gran Premio Dardo Rocha has been run at a variety of distances:
* 3000 meters (1935, 1965–1975, 1977–1978)
* 2400 meters (1979–present)
* 2330 meters (1916)
* 2300 meters (1919–1926, 1931–1936, 1938 1940, 1942–1964)
* 2200 meters (1917, 1937, 1939, 1941)
* 2100 meters (1918)
In 1917, Maraschino and Dieufort dead heated for first.
The Gran Premio Dardo Rocha was not run 1927–1930, 1976, and 1996.
Foreign horses that have won the race include the Urguayan racehorses Sol de Noche II and Adyacente in 1969 and 1991, respectively, the Peruvian racehorse Maidenform in 1971, and the Brazilian racehorse Mr. Nedawi in 2010 and 2011.
El Aragonés was the first major racehorse to win the race, in 1952.
When the graded stakes system was introduced in Argentina in 1973, the race was rated a Group 1 race, a designation it has retained since.
The Gran Premio Dardo Rocha was traditionally run on November 19, the day the city of La Plata was founded by Dardo Rocha, namesake of the race, but this was changed in 2023, when the race was run on December 2. In 2024, the race returned to its usual date.

## Records

Speed record:
* Keane, current holder of the speed record2400 meters (current distance): 2:28.58 – Keane (2016)
* 3000 meters: 3:082⁄5 – Lanark (1935)
* 2330 meters: 2:26 – Prince (1916)
* 2300 meters: 2:20 – Don Succes (1942)
* 2200 meters: 2:144⁄5 – Bernabé (1937)
* 2100 meters: 2:094⁄5 – Lord Beatty (1918)
Greatest winning margin (since 1989):
* 8 lengths – Bat Ruizero (2002)
Most wins:
* 2 – Bernabé (1937, 1938)
* 2 – Mr. Nedawi (2010, 2011)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 5 – F. Fernandes Gonçalves (2014, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024)
* 4 – Rodrigo G. Blanco (2008, 2012, 2015, 2017)
* 3 – V. Lopellegrina (1939, 1942, 1954)
* 3 – Fabián Antonio Rivero (1991, 2003 2004)
* 3 – Pablo Gustavo Falero (1997, 2009, 2019)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 5 – Antonio Derli Gómez (1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989)
* 3 – J. M. Boquín (1952, 1960, 1966)
Most wins by an owner:
* 3 – Stud Happy End (1984, 1985, 1988)
Most wins by a breeder (since 1988):
* 2 – Haras de la Pomme (1994, 2022)
* 2 – Haras La Madrugada (1995, 2013)
* 2 – Haras El Paraíso (1997, 2007)
* 2 – Haras La Quebrada (1998, 2003)
* 2 – Haras Usasti (2005, 2012)
* 2 – Haras Old Friends (2010, 2011)
* 2 – Haras Firmamento (2020, 2021)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Breeder | Distance | Time | Margin | Ref |
| 2024 | Treasure Island | 6 | F. Fernandes Gonçalves | Nicólas Martín Ferro | Stud Bien de Abajo | Haras El Doguito | 2400 m | 2:29.93 | 3⁄4 length | |
| 2023 | Tío Boy | 6 | Gonzalo Damián Borda | Marcelo S. Sueldo | Stud El Ciclon | Haras Vikeda | 2400 m | 2:29.64 | 5 lengths | |
| 2022 | Miriñaque | 6 | F. Fernandes Gonçalves | María Cristina Muñoz | Stud Parque Patricios | Haras de la Pomme | 2400 m | 2:29.28 | 4 lengths | |
| 2021 | Zurán Zurán | 4 | F. Fernandes Gonçalves | Eduardo Carlos Tadei | Stud Anaxor | Haras Firmamento | 2400 m | 2:29.57 | 3⁄4 length | |
| 2020 | Emotion Orpen | 5 | F. Fernandes Gonçalves | Lucas Francisco Gaitán | Haras Firmamento | Haras Firmamento | 2400 m | 2:31.84 | 21⁄2 lengths | |
| 2019 | Sólo Un Momento | 6 | Pablo Gustavo Falero | Luciano Rubén Cerutti | Haras Carampangue | Haras Carampangue | 2400 m | 2:33.13 | Neck | |
| 2018 | Alampur | 4 | Wilson R. Moreyra | Jorge A. Mayansky Neer | Stud Asuncion | Haras Santa Ines | 2400 m | 2:32.16 | 3⁄4 length | |
| 2017 | Calcolatore | 4 | Rodrigo G. Blanco | Juan Javier Etchechoury | Stud Oye Tango | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | 2400 m | 2:31.79 | 11⁄2 lengths | |
| 2016 | Keane | 4 | Eduardo Ortega Pavón | Lucas Francisco Gaitán | Haras Santa Elena | Haras La Manija | 2400 m | 2:28.58 | 2 lengths | |
| 2015 | Giant Killing | 5 | Rodrigo G. Blanco | Carlos D. Etchechoury | Stud Mirko | Haras La Pasion | 2400 m | 2:36.12 | 3 lengths | |
| 2014 | Idolo Porteño | 4 | F. Fernandes Gonçalves | Nicolás Alfredo Gaitán | Haras Cachagua | Haras La Esperanza | 2400 m | 2:31.74 | 5 lengths | |
| 2013 | Flag Nine | 4 | Roberto N. Alzamendi | Mario Daniel Turquieto | Haras Madrigal | Haras La Madrugada | 2400 m | 2:29.38 | 1⁄2 neck | |
| 2012 | Gran Enzo | 5 | Rodrigo G. Blanco | Daniel Alberto Bordon | Stud Los Vascos | Haras Usasti | 2400 m | 2:31.57 | Neck | |
| 2011 | Mr. Nedawi | 7 | José A. Da Silva | João G. Cerdeira Da Costa | Stud Hole in One | Haras Old Friends | 2400 m | 2:28.90 | 2 lengths | |
| 2010 | Mr. Nedawi | 6 | Juvenal M. Da Silva | Juan José Martínez | Stud Hole in One | Haras Old Friends | 2400 m | 2:30.83 | 3 lengths | |
| 2009 | Bien Toi | 4 | Pablo Gustavo Falero | G. Frenkel Santillán | Haras San Francisco de Pilar | Christine Firmin Didot | 2400 m | 2:32.45 | 3⁄4 length | |
| 2008 | Reraise | 3 | Rodrigo G. Blanco | Carlos D. Etchechoury | Stud T.N.T. | Stud T.N.T. | 2400 m | 2:31.20 | 6 lengths | |
| 2007 | Ithamar | 5 | Miguel A. Meléndez U. | Néstor Jorge Vismara | Stud El Cimarron | Haras El Paraíso | 2400 m | 2:32.02 | 4 lengths | |
| 2006 | De Pizarra | 5 | Jorge Antonio Ricardo | Luciano Juan Parisi | Stud Los Nelson | José María Nelson | 2400 m | 2:30.07 | 21⁄2 lengths | |
| 2005 | Basko Pinton | 4 | Gustavo E. Calvente | Roberto Pellegatta | Stud F.F.C. | Haras Usasti | 2400 m | 2:30.02 | 3 lengths | |
| 2004 | Badajo | 3 | Fabián Antonio Rivero | Luciano Juan Parisi | Stud Los Cerrillos | Haras Vacacion | 2400 m | 2:30.20 | Head | |
| 2003 | El Charlatan | 4 | Fabián Antonio Rivero | Roberto Pellegatta | Stud Gaviota de Mar | Haras La Quebrada | 2400 m | 2:32.25 | 2 lengths | |
| 2002 | Bat Ruizero | 4 | Jorge Valdivieso | Nahuel Orlandi | Stud Lacydon | Haras Los Cesares | 2400 m | 2:31.47 | 8 lengths | |
| 2001 | Second Reality | 3 | Gonzalo Hahn | Rodolfo Cariaga | Stud El Asturiano | Haras Orilla del Monte | 2400 m | 2:31.50 | 4 lengths | |
| 2000 | Campesino | 3 | Jacinto R. Herrera | Juan Carlos Bianchi | Stud Starlight | Haras La Colina | 2400 m | 2:31.18 | 4 lengths | |
| 1999 | Rubio First | 4 | Horacio J. Betansos | Ramón Eloy Jones | Stud Rubio B. | Haras Abolengo | 2400 m | 2:32.82 | 2 lengths | |
| 1998 | Chevillard | 3 | Néstor Nicolás Oviedo | Hector R. Pavarini | Stud Las Telas | Haras La Quebrada | 2400 m | 2:29.92 | Head | |
| 1997 | El Berberisco | 5 | Pablo Gustavo Falero | Juan Carlos Maldotti | Stud Los Patrios | Haras El Paraíso | 2400 m | 2:31.84 | 5 lengths | |
| 1996 | 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 |
| 1995 | Potrialma ƒ | 4 | Juan Carlos Noriega | Juan Carlos Maldotti | Stud Tori | Haras La Madrugada | 2400 m | 2:31.39 | 1 length | |
| 1994 | El Florista | 4 | Juan José Paulé | Eduardo M. Martínez De Hoz | Stud J.S.A. | Haras de la Pomme | 2400 m | 2:32.37 | 3 lengths | |
| 1993 | Nativo del Sur | 5 | Horacio J. Betansos | Anibal J. Giovanetti | Stud Tramo 20 | Haras Rosa Do Sul | 2400 m | 2:33.31 | 1⁄2 neck | |
| 1992 | Franco Boy | 4 | Miguel Ángel Sarati | Ernesto Eusebio Romero | Stud El Galo | Haras El Rincón | 2400 m | 2:32.31 | | |
| 1991 | Adyacente | 4 | Fabián Antonio Rivero | Jorge D. Marsiglia Aguete | Stud Alfa | Haras El Arbolito | 2400 m | 2:36.72 | 1 length | |
| 1990 | Arrayan | 4 | Candelario Caceres | Sixto A. Soto | Stud San Blas | | 2400 m | 2:32.02 | 1⁄2 length | |
| 1989 | Magnificente | 4 | Daniel Jorge Ojeda | Antonio Derli Gómez | Stud La Rosaura | | 2400 m | 2:30.40 | 3 lengths | |
| 1988 | Egineso | 3 | L. A. Triviño | Antonio Derli Gómez | Stud Happy End | | 2400 m | 2:30.83 | | |
| 1987 | Repingo | 3 | M. A. Garcia | I. L. San Millan | Stud Don Pila | | 2400 m | 2:29.93 | | |
| 1986 | Micenas ƒ | 4 | L. A. Triviño | Antonio Derli Gómez | Stud Aguarenas | | 2400 m | 2:342⁄5 | | |
| 1985 | Salvate Tel | 4 | J. A. Maciel | Antonio Derli Gómez | Stud Happy End | Haras Rincón Del Pino | 2400 m | 2:361⁄5 | | |
| 1984 | Nice Ilusion | 3 | J. A. Maciel | Antonio Derli Gómez | Stud Happy End | | 2400 m | 2:31 | | |
| 1983 | Mazorquero Red | 3 | M. A. Sarati | M. Gervasoni | Stud A.R.C. | | 2400 m | 2:342⁄5 | | |
| 1982 | Tan Cerezo | 4 | C. Cáceres | H. L. Luraschi | Stud Pica | Haras La Florida | 2400 m | 2:334⁄5 | | |
| 1981 | Cinco Mars | 4 | J. A. Bretón | J. O. Penna | Stud Los Candiles | | 2400 m | 2:332⁄5 | | |
| 1980 | Ruizero | 3 | M. A. Sarati | M. G. Gervasoni | Haras Don Yeye | Haras Don Yeye | 2400 m | 2:344⁄5 | | |
| 1979 | Forlano | 3 | V. R. Centeno | C. A. Ferro | Stud La Gran Huella | Haras San Javier | 2400 m | 2:334⁄5 | | |
| 1978 | Vacilante | 4 | C. Cáceres | J. E. Bianchi | Stud R.L.L. | Haras La Biznaga | 3000 m | 3:142⁄5 | | |
| 1977 | Mister Brea | 3 | C. A. Pezoa | E. L. Clerc | Stud Buenventura | Haras Dreanina | 3000 m | 3:161⁄5 | | |
| 1976 | 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 | |
| 1975 | Frari | 5 | V. R. Centeno | L. A. Ferro | Haras Ojo de Agua | Haras Ojo de Agua | 3000 m | 3:15 | | |
| 1974 | Good Bloke | 4 | J. Torres | A. L. Salvati | Haras Don Yayo | Haras Don Yayo | 3000 m | 3:133⁄5 | | |
| 1973 | Iram | 3 | O. A. Cosenza | A. V. Giovanetti | Stud Lombardo | Haras Argentino | 3000 m | 3:133⁄5 | | |
| 1972 | Helda ƒ | 3 | N. J. Palavecino | J. R. Grimaut | Stud Los Padres | Haras Los Prados | 3000 m | 3:182⁄5 | | |
| 1971 | Maidenform ƒ | 4 | A. Gonzalez | Sabino Arias | Stud Emilito | Haras Santana | 3000 m | 3:151⁄5 | | |
| 1970 | Farm ƒ | 4 | J. Camoretti | A. J. Giovanetti | Stud Palermmo | Haras Argentino | 3000 m | 3:16 | | |
| 1969 | Sol de Noche II | 3 | O. R. Dominguez | J. M. Ferro | Stud Wyoming A.R. | Haras Uruguay | 3000 m | 3:131⁄5 | | |
| 1968 | Dart ƒ | 3 | E. Riso | A. L. Garrido | Stud Upper Cut | | 3000 m | 3:094⁄5 | | |
| 1967 | Ribereño | 3 | J. Torres Benitez | A. L. Salvati | Stud Sunar | Haras Chapadmalal | 3000 m | 3:133⁄5 | | |
| 1966 | Eurreko | 3 | C. Montenegro | J. M. Boquín | Stud Cabalístico | | 3000 m | 3:132⁄5 | | |
| 1965 | Handon | 4 | C. S. Sauro | A. A. A. Jacoby | Stud M.A.D.C. | | 3000 m | 3:102⁄5 | | |
| 1964 | Tagliamento | 3 | C. Abril | C. A. Mucklow | Stud El Chenque | Haras Upper Cut | 2300 m | 2:26 | | |
| 1963 | Niarkos | 3 | J. M. Caballero | F. D. Vitale | Carlos Tomás | Haras de la Pomme | 2300 m | 2:272⁄5 | | |
| 1962 | Andino | 4 | A. T. Mucklow | A. Bonetto | Stud Los Plátanos | Haras La Horquetas | 2300 m | 2:253⁄5 | | |
| 1961 | Alsina | 3 | A. Sanchez Caceda | P. C. Sosa | Stud Nunca | Haras La Florida | 2300 m | 2:263⁄5 | | |
| 1960 | Chusca ƒ | 4 | H. J. Boquín | J. M. Boquín | Stud El Rosal | Haras El Puntano | 2300 m | 2:25 | | |
| 1959 | Don Poggio | 3 | S. L. Di Tomaso | A. A. Lacelli | Stud La Vasquita | Haras Martin Fierro | 2300 m | 2:224⁄5 | | |
| 1958 | Poderoso | 4 | C. S. Sauro | A. de Los Santos | Stud Dosa | Haras Maryland | 2300 m | 2:232⁄5 | | |
| 1957 | Solito | 4 | J. Ortiz Tapia | R. L. Valdéz | Stud La Nena | Haras El Bagual | 2300 m | 2:234⁄5 | | |
| 1956 | ¡Huly! ƒ | 3 | H. A. Ponzi | T. Giovenille | Stud Mana Mora | | 2300 m | 2:232⁄5 | | |
| 1955 | Dahir | 5 | H. C. A. Padula | E. M. Acevedo | Stud Tesi | | 2300 m | 2:232⁄5 | | |
| 1954 | Beti Alaj ƒ | 3 | V. Lopellegrina | A. M. Quienteros | Stud Oral | | 2300 m | 2:23 | | |
| 1953 | Helenico | 3 | O. O. Bartucci | O. J. Garrido | Stud La Tranquera | | 2300 m | 2:221⁄5 | | |
| 1952 | El Aragonés | 3 | Irineo Leguizamo | J. M. Boquín | Stud La Forja | Haras Miryam | 2300 m | 2:222⁄5 | | |
| 1951 | Sandalia ƒ | 3 | H. C. A. Padula | P. E. Alvarez | Stud Luján de Cuyo | | 2300 m | 2:21 | | |
| 1950 | Ney | 3 | J. E. Vidarte | I. A. Rolón | Stud Las Lomas | | 2300 m | 2:25 | | |
| 1949 | Nome | 3 | J. Araya | D. Torterolo | Haras de la Pomme | | 2300 m | 2:244⁄5 | | |
| 1948 | Baradero | 3 | L. P. F. Canu | L. Saccone | Stud Santo Domingo | | 2300 m | 2:24 | | |
| 1947 | Balan | 3 | J. P. Artigas | A. Grassi | Stud Oirán | Haras El Pelado | 2300 m | 2:211⁄5 | | |
| 1946 | Baleador | 5 | M. A. Bergos | O. J. Garrido | Stud Farolcito | | 2300 m | 2:22 | | |
| 1945 | Mon Prince | 4 | R. D. Recavarren | T. Tedeschi | Stud El Grillo | | 2300 m | 2:24 | | |
| 1944 | Mija ƒ | 4 | J. Sbema | B. Vieytes | Stud Tatita | | 2300 m | 2:211⁄5 | | |
| 1943 | Certero | 5 | P. F. Falcón | M. Fernandez | Stud Santa Paula | | 2300 m | 2:201⁄5 | | |
| 1942 | Don Succes | 5 | V. Lopellegrina | H. Petit | Stud Gitano | | 2300 m | 2:20 | | |
| 1941 | Miss Turpin ƒ | 5 | R. Rodriguez | A. Cotrofe | Jorge A. | | 2200 m | 2:162⁄5 | | |
| 1940 | Sporting Doc | 3 | J. Marnies | J. Lofiego | Stud Los Pingüinos | | 2300 m | 2:21 | | |
| 1939 | Cielito | 4 | V. Lopellegrina | E. Quijano | Stud The Ladie's | | 2200 m | 2:192⁄5 | | |
| 1938 | Bernabé | 5 | S. B. Acosta | C. Martinez | Stud Don Severino | | 2300 m | 2:263⁄5 | | |
| 1937 | Bernabé | 4 | A. A. Diaz | C. Martinez | Stud Don Severino | | 2200 m | 2:144⁄5 | | |
| 1936 | Conamore | 4 | A. Garcia | P. Diaz | Julio Oscar | | 2300 m | 2:213⁄5 | | |
| 1935 | Lanark | 4 | O. A. Nardi | E. Ruiz | Stud Condal | | 3000 m | 3:082⁄5 | | |
| 1934 | El Cocinero | 4 | A. Delgado | J. J. Boni | Stud A.L.H. | | 2300 m | 2:25 | | |
| 1933 | Danzadora ƒ | 5 | L. P. Menini | A. Cotrofe | Stud Norte | | 2300 m | 2:203⁄5 | | |
| 1932 | Gaseta II | 4 | A. Moreno | L. Andreoni | Julio Oscar | | 2300 m | 2:21 | | |
| 1931 | Ned | 4 | B. Loilana | L. Alarcón | Stud General Rivas | | 2300 m | 2:203⁄5 | | |
| 1930 | 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 |
| 1929 | 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 |
| 1928 | 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 |
| 1927 | 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 |
| 1926 | Cals | 4 | P. Cuchinelli | M. Acosta | Stud J.A.S. | Haras Los Cardales | 2300 m | 2:314⁄5 | | |
| 1925 | Pasha Bey | 4 | J. Canal | J. O. Jones | Stud El Pueblo | | 2300 m | 2:212⁄5 | | |
| 1924 | Cartagines | 5 | E. Orduna | T. Silva | Stud La Chiquita | | 2300 m | 2:221⁄5 | | |
| 1923 | Calcador | 4 | M. Di Biase | J. Llompart | Stud La Weisita | Haras Pelayo | 2300 m | 2:23 | | |
| 1922 | Atencion | 5 | P. Alvarez | J. A. Penna | Stud Vertiente | Haras Las Ortigas | 2300 m | 2:224⁄5 | | |
| 1921 | Nut Cracker | 4 | J. Ger | F. F. Bazterrica | Stud Don Carlos | Juan Panero | 2300 m | 2:223⁄5 | | |
| 1920 | Lucky Day | 4 | A. G. Bourean | A. Dellagiovanna | Stud Pensamiento | Haras Las Ortigas | 2300 m | 2:28 | | |
| 1919 | Vogt | 4 | M. Altamiranda | M. de Los Santos | Stud Los Bohemios | | 2300 m | 2:262⁄5 | | |
| 1918 | Lord Beatty | 5 | M. Romero | Z. Lacruz | E. Frazer | | 2100 m | 2:094⁄5 | | |
| 1917 | Maraschino | 5 | O. González | F. Polleri | Stud Palermo | Haras Santa Rosa | 2200 m | 2:17 | Dead heat | |
| 1917 | Dieufort | 5 | L. G. Velázquez | S. Roygt | Stud Yankee | Haras Santa Ana | 2200 m | 2:17 | Dead heat | |
| 1916 | Prince | 3 | S. T. Gomez | D. L. Gomez | Stud Stockwel | Haras El Hogar | 2330 m | 2:26 | | |
| 1915 | Campesino | 4 | T. Grigera | M. de Los Santos | Stud Touchstone | Haras Ojo de Agua | 2300 m | 2:241⁄5 | | |
ƒ indicates a filly/mare