Gran Premio Jockey Club (Argentina)

The Gran Premio Jockey Club (previously Premio Jockey Club, Gran Premio Productos Argentinos) is a Group 1 flat horse race in Argentina open to three-year-olds run over a distance of 2000 metres (1.2 mi) at Hipódromo de San Isidro.

[1] The Gran Premio Jockey Club was first run in 1883 as the principal race organized by the Jockey Club de Buenos Aires.

[3] It was originally run at the Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo.

[2] The race was moved to Hipódromo de San Isidro in 1955.

[3] The Gran Premio Jockey Club has been run over a variety of distances:[3] In 1982, Fort de France set a world record for 2000 meters that lasted for over twenty years in winning the Gran Premio Jockey Club in a time of 1:57.1.