Capannelle Racecourse ( Italian : Ippodromo delle Capannelle ) is a horse racing venue in Rome , Italy . The course was constructed in 1881, and it was rebuilt in 1926 to a design by Paolo Vietti-Violi .
5-779: It was recently the venue of two Group 1 flat races – the Premio Lydia Tesio (downgraded to Group 2 in 2019) and the Premio Roma (downgraded to Group 2 in 2017). The track also stages the most valuable flat race in Italy, the Derby Italiano , which was downgraded to Group 2 status in 2009. Group 2 races include the Premio Ribot and the Premio Presidente della Repubblica . Group 3 races include
10-501: A horse racing venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Conditions races Conditions races are horse races in which the weights carried by the runners are laid down by the conditions attached to the race. Weights are allocated according to the sex of the runners, with female runners carrying less weight than males; the age of the runners, with younger horses receiving weight from older runners to allow for relative maturity, referred to as weight for age ; and
15-564: Is none of the following; a Handicap Race or a Novice Race, a race restricted to Maiden Horses, or a race governed by Selling or Claiming provisions." Conditions races are staged at all levels of horse racing. As all of the most important races in Europe are conditions races, the term may also refer to races for the very best horses, known as Group races . That is not the case in North America and Australia, where handicaps are included in
20-543: The Premio Tudini , Premio Carlo Chiesa , Premio Carlo e Francesco Aloisi , Premio Carlo d'Alessio , and Premio Guido Berardelli . It is also home ground of Italy's premier cricket club, Capannelle Roma. On September 8, 2019, the world's largest pizza party was held at the racecourse, where 1,146 people dined on pizza together. 41°49′25″N 12°34′09″E / 41.82361°N 12.56917°E / 41.82361; 12.56917 This article about
25-508: The quality of the runners, with horses that have won certain values of races giving weight to less successful entrants. Conditions races are distinct from handicap races , for which the weights carried are laid down by an official handicapper to equalise the difference in ability between the runners. In Great Britain, for example, the British Horseracing Authority 's rules define a conditions race as being one "which
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