Gran Criterium
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For other horse races known as the Gran Criterium or Grand Criterium, see Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère and Gran Premio Gran Criterium.
The Gran Criterium is a Group 2 flat horse race in Italy 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.
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Group 2 race | |
Location | San Siro Racecourse Milan, Italy |
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Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Website | San Siro |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,500 metres (1 mile) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Two-year-olds excluding geldings |
Weight | 56 kg Allowances 1½ kg for fillies |
Purse | €275,000 (2016) 1st: €80,750 |
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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]