Gran Premio de Madrid

It was first called the Gran Premio de Madrid, changed to the Gran Premio Nacional, and then La Copa de su Majesdad el Rey.

The modern-day Gran Premio de Madrid is considered to have been instituted in 1919, first held at Casa Real el Hipódromo de Aranjuez/Legamarejo; it was opened to older horses, and intended as an international race.

It was moved to the Hipódromo de la Castellana until that racecourse closed in 1933.

In 1933 it returned to its original venue at Aranjuez, and in 1934-35 was run at San Sebastián.

La Zarzuela went bankrupt in 1994, and the race was not held until new management re-opened the course in 2006.