| Class: | Grade I |
| Horse Race: | Derby Nacional |
| Location: | Hipódromo de Monterrico Lima, Peru |
| Inaugurated: | 1903 |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Distance: | 2,400 meters (11.93 furlongs) |
| Surface: | Dirt |
| Track: | left-handed |
| Qualification: | Three-year-olds |
| Weight: | Assigned |
| Purse: | S51,200 |
The Derby Nacional is a Peruvian Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Hipódromo de Monterrico in Lima, Peru. Open to three-year-olds, the Peruvian Derby is raced on dirt over a distance of 2400 metres (approximately miles). Held in late November/early December, it is the third leg of the Peruvian Quadruple Crown.
The race was inaugurated in 1903 at Hipódromo de Santa Beatriz, for two- and three-year-olds bred in Peru, run over a distance of 1200 meters. The next year, the race was restricted to three-year-olds only.[1]
In 1940, the race moved to the Hipódromo de San Felipe, where it ran until 1961 when it was moved to its present location at the Hipódromo de Monterrico.The race was originally restricted to Peruvian-bred horses only.[2]
In 1908, jockey Frank Guiturriz fell off of the prohibitive favorite Orquida, who was owned by then-president of Peru, Augusto B. Leguía. This left Turf to win the race. Guiturriz, as well as Turf's trainer, John Casella, and jockey, R. Díaz, were arrested under suspicion that Guiturriz had fallen off intentionally in order to throw the race. Guiturriz was later ruled off the turf for life.[3]
By 1914, the Derby Nacional was considered the most important race in the Peruvian racing calendar.[4]
The 1995 edition brought out a record attendance of 50,000 people.[5]
Speed record (since 2003):
Largest winning margin (since 2007):
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
Most wins by an owner:
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Breeder | Time | Margin | Distance | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Poseidon | Juan Suarez Villarroel | Pedro Solari | Haras Rancho Fátima | 2:34.47 | length | 2400 meters | [6] | |
| 2022 | Paradigma | Esvin Requejo | Juan Suarez Villarroel | Stud Black Label | Haras San Pablo | 2:35.79 | length | [7] | |
| 2021 | Super Nao | José Reyes | Alfonso Arias | Ju-Ya | Haras Firmamento | 2:34.85 | 6 lengths | [8] | |
| 2020 | Novillero | Martín Chuan | Juan Suarez Villarroel | Stud Black Label | Haras Rancho Sur | 2:36.88 | Nose | [9] | |
| 2019 | Barón Rojo | Jorge Salas | Unicornio | Haras Gina Santa Rosa | 2:37.00 | 4 lengths | [10] | ||
| 2018 | Ancelotti | Alfonso Arias | Voghera | Haras San Pablo | 2:37.54 | 1 lengths | [11] | ||
| 2017 | Golden Leaf | Martín Chuan | Juan Suarez Villarroel | Starbucks | Haras La Quebrada | 2:35.97 | 3 lengths | [12] | |
| 2016 | Huracán Américo | Miguel Vilcarima | Arturo Morales | Stud Doña Licha | Dr. K. K. Jayaraman & Dr. V. Devi Jayaraman[13] | 2:34.37 | 2 lengths | [14] | |
| 2015 | Nieto Mireyo | José Monteza | Juan Suarez Villarroel | Cateluca | Haras Los Azahares | 2:32.55 | length | [15] | |
| 2014 | Liberal | Iván Quispe | Camilo Traverso II | The Fathers | Haras Los Azahares | 2:36.22 | length | [16] | |
| 2013 | Camilín Camilón | Martín Chuan | Juan Suarez Villarroel | Cateluca | Haras El Catorce | 2:38.22 | 1 length | [17] | |
| 2012 | Kung Fu Mambo | Carlos Javier Herrera | Arturo Morales | Stud Doña Licha | Haras Futuro S.R.L. | 2:32 | 5 lengths | [18] | |
| 2011 | Fly Lexis Fly | Carlos Javier Herrera | Arturo Morales | Stud Doña Licha | Haras Eco | 2:32 | 10 lengths | [19] | |
| 2010 | Fahed Jr | Félix Banda | Stud Soribel | Haras Gina Santa Rosa | 2:36 | length | [20] | ||
| 2009 | Koko Mambo | Carlos Javier Herrera | Juan Suarez Villarroel | Stud Black Label | Haras San Pablo | 2:35 | 5 lengths | [21] | |
| 2008 | Lady Shatzi ƒ | Ivan Quispe | Sabino Arias | Stud Altamar | Haras San Pablo | 2:35 | length | [22] | |
| 2007 | Tomcito | Benjamin Padilla | Juan V. Suárez | Stud Jet Set | Chesapeake Farm & Darley[23] | 2:35 | 3 lengths | [24] | |
| 2006 | Muller | Victor Fernandez | Augusto Olivares | Stud El Catorce | Haras La Quebrada[25] | 2:36.57 | |||
| 2005 | Fletcher | Carlos Trujillo | Jorge Salas | Myrna | 2:33 | ||||
| 2004 | Nicolas | Juan R. Torres | Jorge Toutín | Stud Thani | 2:38 | ||||
| 2003 | La Sami ƒ | Carlos Hernández | Juan V. Suárez | H. Rancho Fátima | 2:37 | ||||
| 2002 | Kiana ƒ | Félix Banda | Gloria | ||||||
| 2001 | Shawshank | Benjamin Padilla | Carlos Gastañeta | T.K. | |||||
| 2000 | Sharaf | Renzo Morales | Félix Banda | R.W.K. | |||||
| 1999 | Batuka ƒ | Carlos Gastañeta | Jones-Falhgren | ||||||
| 1998 | Grozny | David Cora | Fernando Chang | Temsa | 2:30 | ||||
| 1997 | Capitan Garfio | José Sierra | Jaime Fuchs | Haras Santa María | 2:35.61 | ||||
| 1996 | Kamel | Manuel Aguilar | Miguel Drago | Temsa | |||||
| 1995 | Quicklift | David Cora | Carlos Gastañeta | Carl J | |||||
| 1994 | Janfranco | Luis Ranilla | Camilo Traverso | Gina | |||||
| 1993 | Tia Gigi ƒ | Pedro Cerón | Camilo Traverso | Angela Silvia | |||||
| 1992 | Stash | Adolfo Morales | Eduardo Pianezzi | Azul Marino | |||||
| 1991 | Musicale | Christian Aragón | Juan Arriagada | Haras Santa María | |||||
| 1990 | Mari July ƒ | Luis Gonzáles | Augusto Soto | Gina | |||||
| 1989 | That Police | E. Herrera | Miguel Salas II | Los Haras | 2:33 | ||||
| 1988 | El Duce | Yuri Yuranga | Jorge Salas | San Miguel | |||||
| 1987 | Clochard | M. Becerra | Alfonso Arias | FFLV | 2:34 | ||||
| 1986 | Mi Colorao | Arturo Morales | J. Morales | Mi Laurita | |||||
| 1985 | Ophyusca ƒ | Luis Gonzáles | Jorge Salas | Linhanyen | |||||
| 1984 | Galeno | Pedro Cerón | Luis Melgar | Nancy | |||||
| 1983 | Furioso | P. Mendoza | Miguel Arteta | Delta | |||||
| 1982 | Piggot | Aníbal Prado | Miguel Arteta | San Juan | |||||
| 1981 | Don Ramón | Melanio Rojas | Juan V. Suárez | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1980 | Lady Embassy ƒ | Arnaldo Unsihuay | Juan Suárez | Santa Marina | |||||
| 1979 | Vaduz | Gonzalo Rojas | José Valenzuela | Couet | |||||
| 1978 | Morada Y Oro ƒ | Guillermo Herrera | Juan Suárez | Moradito | |||||
| 1977 | Profesor | Juan Castellanos | A. Miranda | Salva | |||||
| 1976 | Le Vodkatine | Arturo Morales | Juan Suárez | Stud Barlovento | |||||
| 1975 | Asombro | Antonio Aburto | Juan Suárez | Monty | 2:34 | ||||
| 1974 | Primero de Mayo | José Valdivia | Juan Suárez | Stud Barlovento | |||||
| 1973 | Santorín | Arturo Morales | Juan Suárez | Stud Barlovento | 2:30 | ||||
| 1972 | Rascal | Arturo Morales | Luis Palma | Recta Final | |||||
| 1971 | Rafael | Sergio Vera | C. Pianezzi | Tania | |||||
| 1970 | Palatino | Gonzalo Rojas | Juan Suárez | Stud Barlovento | |||||
| 1969 | Tabasco | Jaime Garrido | M. Acevedo | San Martín | |||||
| 1968 | Trastévere | Sergio Vera | Juan Suárez | Stud Barlovento | |||||
| 1967 | Tanino | Ricardo Cárdenas | A. Cano | Emilito | |||||
| 1966 | Arrabal | Ricardo Cárdenas | Erasmo Quiñones | Ica | |||||
| 1965 | Fusión | C. Farmer | C. Pianezzi | San Esteban | |||||
| 1964 | Giuglio | Luis Alberto Díaz | Segundo Saravia | Austria | |||||
| 1963 | Polaris | J. Valdivia | A. Salas | Stud Barlovento | |||||
| 1962 | Daré | M. Mendoza | E. Gastaldo | Sin Ruido | |||||
| 1961 | Kores | C. Rojas | E. Hernández II | Manolo | 2:32 | ||||
| 1960 | Pérfida ƒ | Antonio Vásquez | Ambrossio Malnatti | Quaker State | 2500 meters | ||||
| 1959 | Pamplona ƒ | Antonio Vásquez | Ambrossio Malnatti | Quaker State | |||||
| 1958 | Ruby Silver | J. Atala | Juan Fuentes | Morococha | |||||
| 1957 | Perigord | Antonio Vásquez | Ambrossio Malnatti | Quaker State | |||||
| 1956 | Pencil | Antonio Vásquez | Ambrossio Malnatti | Quaker State | |||||
| 1955 | Río Pallanga | Antonio Marchesini | Alejandro Hernández Laredo | Antonio Chopitea | |||||
| 1954 | Pirulín | R. Salazar | Ambrossio Malnatti | Pasamayo | |||||
| 1953 | Sherbet | Antonio Vásquez | Ambrossio Malnatti | Quaker State | |||||
| 1952 | Alí Khan | Luis Alberto Díaz | A. Echevarría | Victoria | 2400 meters | ||||
| 1951 | Chantilly | Antonio Vásquez | R. Castelli | Sans Souci | |||||
| 1950 | Llanero | Antonio Vásquez | Segundo Saravia | Los Criollos | |||||
| 1949 | Pavero | Luis Alberto Díaz | Ambrossio Malnatti | Pasamayo | |||||
| 1948 | Imperio * | Alfonso Carbonell | Manuel Castelli | Blue White | 2000 meters | ||||
| Daiquirí * | A. Poblete | Roberto Castelli | Cuba | ||||||
| 1947 | Premier | Juan Luis Díaz | C. Gonzales | Alcatraz | 2400 meters | ||||
| 1946 | Superior | Juan Luis Díaz | Juan Fuentes | Tradiciones | |||||
| 1945 | Ripley | Alfonso Carbonell | R. Ferrando | Reunión | 2000 meters | ||||
| 1944 | Monona ƒ | H. Herrera | J. Torres | Cuzco | |||||
| 1943 | Gran Dama ƒ | Alfonso Carbonell | A. Ávila | Huascarán | |||||
| 1942 | El Vino | J. Bravo | E. Hernández | Los Andrés | |||||
| 1941 | Pulgarín | O. Ulloa | Santiago Ferrando | El Látigo | |||||
| 1940 | Partícula ƒ | E. Canales | Santiago Ferrando | El Látigo | |||||
| 1939 | Corday | Juan Luis Díaz | Segundo Saravia | Santa Bárbara | |||||
| 1938 | Berolina ƒ | J. Bravo | Juan Fuentes | Sajonia | |||||
| 1937 | Savoia ƒ | Isaías Gonzáles | J. Torres | Italia | |||||
| 1936 | Don Manuel | Ceferino Gonzáles | F. Lara | Pisco | |||||
| 1935 | Rocketeer | Ceferino Gonzáles | D. Vial | Santa Catalina | |||||
| 1934 | La Viña ƒ | L. Fuentes | A. Fernández | San Isidro | |||||
| 1933 | Don Augusto | L. Fuentes | A. Ávila | Victoria | |||||
| 1932 | Cirano III | Ceferino Gonzáles | J. Herrera | Constancia | |||||
| 1931 | Travieso | J. Orellana | Santiago Ferrando | Teresita | |||||
| 1930 | Zelim | Ceferino Gonzáles | J. Pianezzi | Eclipse | |||||
| 1929 | Lucifer | A. Silva | Santiago Ferrando | Alianza | 2:05 | [26] | |||
| 1928 | Aramis | Ceferino Gonzáles | J. Pianezzi | Miraflores | |||||
| 1927 | Primorosa ƒ | Juan Orellana | V. Castro | Don Ventura | Haras Santa Elena[27] | 2:06 | 2000 meters | [28] | |
| 1926 | Golpe | E. Terán | Santiago Ferrando | Alianza | |||||
| 1925 | Misterio | Isaías Gonzáles | Ambrossio Malnatti | Versalles | |||||
| 1924 | Irlandés | Isaías Gonzáles | A. Rodríguez | La Granja | Haras San Ignacio | 2:07 | [29] | ||
| 1923 | Fiorina ƒ | J. Ferrea | P. Bagú | Omega | 1800 meters | ||||
| 1922 | Carmela ƒ | I. Gonzáles | V. Castro | Porte Bonheur | Haras Lobatón | 1:56 | 3 lengths | [30] | |
| 1921 | Céfiro | Juan Orellana | Santiago Ferrando | Alianza | Haras Vilcahuaura | 1:59 | 1 length | [31] | |
| 1920 | Altanero | A. Solís | Ambrossio Malnatti | Lima | Haras Cayaltí | 1:59 | 4 lengths | [32] | |
| 1919 | Peruano | P. Costa | R. Gómez | Latino | Haras Lobatón[33] | ||||
| 1918 | La Beata ƒ | José Herrera | Carlos Lara | Porte Bonheur | Haras Cayaltí | 1:57 | Several lengths | [34] | |
| 1917 | Ruso | J. Castro | A. Casella | Latino | Haras Cayaltí | 1:58 | 1 length | [35] | |
| 1916 | Revoltoso | F. Muñoz | Carlos Lara | Porte Bonheur | Haras Lobatón | 1:53 | 1 lengths | 1700 meters | [36] |
| 1915 | Hércules | Isaías Gonzáles | Foción Mariátegui | Oasis | Haras Vilcahuaura | 1:56 | 1 lengths | ||
| 1914 | Alarmista ƒ | Isaías Gonzáles | E. Bermúdez | Rienzi | 2:00 | 4 lengths | 1800 meters | [37] | |
| 1913 | Pekín | J. Orellana | E. Bermúdez | Rienzi | 1:55 | 4 lengths | 1700 meters | ||
| 1912 | Sereno | S. Ryan | A. Coloma | Lima | 1:53 | Head | |||
| 1911 | Demócrata | F. Muñoz | Carlos Lara | Porte Bonheur | 1:54 | 3 lengths | |||
| 1910 | Pisco | J. Contreras | P. Longori | Cayaltí | 1:45 | Head | 1600 meters | ||
| 1909 | Argentina ƒ | J. Contreras | P. Longori | Cayaltí | 1:28 | 3 lengths | 1300 meters | ||
| 1908 | Turf | A. Díaz | R. Díaz | Cayaltí | 1:17 | length | 1200 meters | ||
| 1907 | Bridge | F. Muñoz | D. Casella | Cayalti | 1:17 | 4 lengths | |||
| 1906 | Rienzi | Luis Benites | J. Ramsing | Alianza | 1:17 | 2 lengths | |||
| 1905 | Troya II ƒ | Frank Gutiérrez | J. Ramsing | Alianza | 1:17 | 2 lengths | |||
| 1904 | Año Nuevo | Luis Benites | Luis Zavala | Peruano | 1:24 | length | |||
| 1903 | Mizpah ƒ | Luis Benites | Carlos Zárate | Mizpah | 1:21 | length | |||