Clásico Estrellas Junior Sprint


The Clásico Estrellas Junior Sprint is a Group 3 thoroughbred horse race in Argentina that is part of the Carreras de las Estrellas and is open to two-year-old males. It is run over a distance of either on the turf at Hipódromo de San Isidro or on the dirt at the Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo.

History

The Clásico Estrellas Junior Sprint, along with the Gran Premio Estrellas Juvenile Fillies and Gran Premio Estrellas Juvenile, was one of the inaugural races of the Carreras de las Estrellas. It was originally run under the name of the Gran Premio Estrellas Produtos and was inaugurated as a Group 1 race.
The Clásico Estrellas Junior Sprint was not run in 2009 or 2010, returning in 2011. That first year back, it was run as an ungraded stakes race, being upgraded to listed the following year. The race was upgraded again to Group 3 in 2017.
Four horses have gone to win the Gran Premio Estrellas Sprint after winning the Clásico Estrellas Junior Sprint: Gold Spring, Mister Phone, Feel the Race, and Labrado.

Records

Speed record:
  • :53.06 – Rufus
Greatest winning margin:
Most wins by a jockey:
  • 4 – Jacinto R. Herrera
  • 4 – Pablo Gustavo Falero
  • 3 – Jorge Valdivieso
  • 3 – Wilson Rosario Moreyra
Most wins by a trainer:
Most wins by an owner:
Most wins by a breeder:

Winners

ƒ indicates a filly