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Gran Criterium

The Gran Criterium is a Group 2 flat horse raceinItaly open to two-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Milan over a distance of 1,500 metres (about 1 mile), and it is scheduled to take place each year in October.

The event held Group 2 status for a period in the 1970s. It was subsequently promoted, and was Italy's only Group 1 race for juvenile horses. It was downgraded back to Group 2 from 2014.^[1]

Leading jockey since 1970 (6 wins):

• Gianfranco Dettori – Gay Lussac (1971), El Muleta (1977), Stouci (1978), Pareo (1979), Anguillo (1982), Sikeston (1988)

Leading trainer since 1980 (4 wins):

• John Dunlop – Sanam (1986), Sikeston (1988), Alhijaz (1991), Hello (1996)
• Alduino Botti - Anguillo (1982), Will Dancer (1984), Mission Boy (2018), Vis A Vis (2020)

Leading owner since 1980 (3 wins):

• Prince A. A. Faisal – Sanam (1986), Alhijaz (1991), Nayarra (2011)

^a The 2008 running was cancelled because of a strike.
^b The 2021 races took place at Capannelle.

• List of Italian flat horse races

• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• galopp-sieger.de – Gran Criterium.
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Gran Criterium (2016).
• ippodromimilano.it^{[permanent dead link]} – Albi d'Oro – Gran Criterium.
• pedigreequery.com – Gran Criterium – Milano San Siro.