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Gran Criterium
| Class | Group 2 |
|---|---|
| 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 Colt (horse) entire colts only . 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]
- ^ "European Pattern Committee announces changes to the 2014 European Black Type Programme". britishhorseracing.com. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
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