Capannelle Racecourse(Italian:Ippodromo delle Capannelle) is ahorse racingvenue inRome,Italy.The course was constructed in 1881, and it was rebuilt in 1926 to a design byPaolo Vietti-Violi.
It was recently the venue of twoGroup 1flat races– thePremio Lydia Tesio(downgraded to Group 2 in 2019) and thePremio Roma(downgraded to Group 2 in 2017). The track also stages the most valuable flat race in Italy, theDerby Italiano,which was downgraded to Group 2 status in 2009.
Group 2 races include thePremio Ribotand thePremio Presidente della Repubblica.Group 3 races include thePremio Tudini,Premio Carlo Chiesa,Premio Carlo e Francesco Aloisi,Premio Carlo d'Alessio,andPremio Guido Berardelli.
It is also home ground of Italy's premier cricket club, Capannelle Roma.
On September 8, 2019, the world's largestpizza partywas held at the racecourse, where 1,146 people dined on pizza together.[1]
References
edit- ^"Rome makes world record for biggest pizza party".Wanted In Rome.September 9, 2019.RetrievedSeptember 27,2021.
- capannelleippodromo.it–"L'Ippodromo" (in Italian)
- capannelleippodromo.it–"La Storia" (in Italian)
- initaly–"Remembering Italy – Capannelle Race Course"
- racingandsports.au–"Italian Derby Downgraded"
- rccc.it–Roma Capannelle Cricket Club
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