Premio Primi Passi

Premio Primi Passi

Class	Listed
Location	San Siro Racecourse Milan, Italy
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Website	San Siro
Race information
Distance	1,200 metres (6f)
Surface	Turf
Track	Straight
Qualification	Two-year-olds
Weight	56 kg Allowances 1½ kg for fillies
Purse	€77,000 (2015) 1st: €23,800

The Premio Primi Passi is a Listed flat horse race in Italy open to two-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run at Milan over a distance of 1,200 metres (about 6 furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June or July.

It was Italy's first Group race of the year for two-year-olds. It was previously Group 3, but it was downgraded to Listed from 2025. ^[1]

Records

Leading jockey since 1988 (4 wins):

• Mirco Demuro – Solitary Dancer (1998, dead-heat), Rolly Polly (2000), Blu Constellation (2010), Fontanelice (2014)

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Leading trainer since 1988 (4 wins):

• Bruno Grizzetti – Della Scala (1997), Rolly Polly (2000), Orpen Shadow (2009), Ottone (2015)

Winners since 1988

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1988	Flaming Sword	Vincenzo Mezzatesta	Bill O'Gorman	1:13.10
1989	Manoftheyear	Fernando Jovine	Bruno Agriformi	1:11.10
1990	Arranvanna	Gary W. Moore	Armando Renzoni	1:10.20
1991	Stuck	Jacques Heloury	Lorenzo Brogi	1:10.70
1992	Little Munchkin	Gianfranco Dettori	John Dunlop	1:14.30
1993	Fred Bongusto	Bartolo Jovine	Roberto Brogi	1:10.70
1994	Bruttina	Maurizio Pasquale	Luigi Camici	1:10.60
1995	Tarte aux Pommes	Thierry Gillet	Jehan Bertran de Balanda	1:11.10
1996	Kingsinger	Richard Hughes	Mick Channon	1:11.00
1997	Della Scala	Giovanni Forte	Bruno Grizzetti	1:14.30
1998 (dh)	Kabuki Solitary Dancer	Edmondo Botti Mirco Demuro	Hans Blume Ovidio Pessi	1:11.90
1999	Palanca	Michael Roberts	Heinz Jentzsch	1:11.20
2000	Rolly Polly	Mirco Demuro	Bruno Grizzetti	1:08.40
2001	Stolzing	Andreas Suborics	Urs Suter	1:10.80
2002	Le Vie dei Colori	Giacomo Temperini	Roberto Brogi	1:09.70
2003	Clifden	John Egan	Mark Wallace	1:09.80
2004	Shifting Place [a]	Luca Maniezzi	Riccardo Menichetti	1:10.70
2005	Guest Connections	Olivier Peslier	Mick Channon	1:10.20
2006	Golden Titus	Stefano Landi	Armando Renzoni	1:10.80
2007	Magritte	Carlo Fiocchi	Riccardo Menichetti	1:12.50
2008	Lui Rei	Umberto Rispoli	Armando Renzoni	1:10.10
2009	Orpen Shadow	Dario Vargiu	Bruno Grizzetti	1:10.20
2010	Blu Constellation	Mirco Demuro	Vittorio Caruso	1:14.00
2011	Vedelago	Mario Esposito	Luigi Polito	1:10.70
2012	Chilworth Icon	Sam Hitchcott	Mick Channon	1:11.60
2013	Arpinati	Mario Eposito	Stefano Botti	1:10.90
2014	Fontanelice	Mirco Demuro	Stefano Botti	1:11.00
2015	Ottone	Fabio Branca	Bruno Grizetti & Luigi Riccardi	1:11.00
2016	Hargeisa	Carlo Fioccha	Mario Hofer	1:10.50
2017	Ipompieridiviggiu	Dario Vargiu	Il Cavallo In Testa	1:11.70
2018	You Better Run	Silvano Mulas	Luciano Vitabile	1:09.60
2019	Malotru	Andrea Atzeni	Marco Botti	1:09.70
2020	Aria Importante	Carlo Fiocchi	Grizzetti Galoppo	1:10.00
2021	Windstormblack	Gabriele Cannarella	Sebastiano Guerrieri	1:09.00
2022	Bottle Of Bubbles	Dario Di Tocco	Florian Guyader	1:09.30

^a Obe Gold finished first in 2004, but he was relegated to second place following a stewards' inquiry.

Earlier winners

• 1975: Northern Spring
• 1976: West In
• 1977: El Muleta
• 1978: Ladislao di Oppelm
• 1979: My Pardo
• 1980: Erodoto
• 1981: Grease
• 1982: Faith Guest
• 1983: Executive Man
• 1984: Balqis
• 1985: Assisi del Santo
• 1986: Stay Low
• 1987: Rey Carlos

See also

• List of Italian flat horse races

References

• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
  • 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

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• galopp-sieger.de – Premio Primi Passi.
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Premio Primi Passi (2016).
• pedigreequery.com – Premio Primi Passi – Milano San Siro.

1. "European Pattern Committee announces changes to the 2025 European programme of Flat black type races". British Horseracing Authority. 2025-02-18. Retrieved 2025-12-04.