Gran Premio Gilberto Lerena

The Gran Premio Gilberto Lerena (previously known as the Clásico Gilberto Lerena and Premio Gilberto Lerena) is a Group 1 horse race run at Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, open to fillies and mares three years old or older. It is currently run over a distance of 2200 m on the turf.

History
The Gran Premio Gilberto Lerena was first run in 1913 in honor of Gilberto Justiniano Lerena Lenguas, a co-founder of the Argentine Stud Book who owned Argentinian Quadruple Crown winner Old Man and was associated with various famous and successful studs, including Stud Oriental, Stud Bend Or, Haras La Guardia, Haras El Moro, Haras Las Ortigas, and his own Haras El Viejo.

The Gran Premio Gilberto Lerena has been run at a variety of distances, including:


 * 1600 meters (1918–2007)
 * 2000 meters (2008–2012)
 * 2200 meters (2013–present)

From 1988 to 1994, the Gran Premio Gilberto Lerena was run as a Group 2 race. In 1995 it was upgraded to Group 1, a designation it has since retained.

In 1990 and 1991, the race was restricted to horses that had won at least one race.

In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the race was not run.

The Gran Premio Gilberto Lerena is the second jewel of the Campeonato Palermo de Oro ® for fillies and mares, after the Group 2 Premio Clásico Arturo R. y Arturo Bullrich and before the Group 1 Gran Premio Criadores.

Records since 1988
Speed record:


 * 2200 meters (current distance): 2:10.48 – Belleza de Arteaga (2023)
 * 1600 meters: 1:33.08 – Southern Filly (1994)
 * 2000 meters: 2:01.39 – Malpensa (2011)

Greatest winning margin:


 * 8 lengths – Malpensa (2011)

Most wins:

Since 1988, no horse has won the Gran Premio Gilberto Lerena more than once

Most wins by a jockey:


 * 3 – Juan Carlos Noriega (1994, 2007, 2009)
 * 3 – Jacinto R. Herrera (1997, 1998, 2000)

Most wins by a trainer:


 * 5 – Juan Carlos Etchechoury (1994, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2019)
 * 4 – Juan Carlos Maldotti (2002, 2004, 2007, 2009)
 * 3 – José Luis Palacios (1995, 2014, 2018)

Most wins by an owner:


 * 4 – Haras Santa Maria de Araras (1992, 2012, 2013, 2021)

Most wins by a breeder:


 * 4 – Haras Santa Maria de Araras (1992, 2012, 2013, 2021)
 * 4 – Haras La Quebrada (1994, 1997, 2000, 2001)

Earlier winners (incomplete)

 * 1918: Divinidad
 * 1919: Su Majestad
 * 1920: Fanfarrona
 * 1921: Carmuchita
 * 1922: Bigornia
 * 1936: Palanca
 * 1937: Palanca
 * 1941: Miss Viola
 * 1942: Xantis
 * 1943: Ridere
 * 1944: Plateria
 * 1946: Half Crown
 * 1947: Niña Bruja
 * 1951: Bambuca
 * 1959: Ilonka
 * 1961: Dorine
 * 1962: Dorine
 * 1968: Yanina
 * 1971: Auxey