For other horse races known as the Gran Criterium or Grand Criterium, see Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère and Gran Premio Gran Criterium.
Horse race
Gran Criterium
Group 2 race
Location
San Siro Racecourse Milan, Italy
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
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.
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]
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