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Derby Nacional

Derby Nacional
Grade I race
Location Hipódromo de Monterrico
Lima, Peru
Inaugurated 1903
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.jcp.org.pe
Race information
Distance 2,400 meters (11.93 furlongs)
Surface Dirt
Track left-handed
Qualification Three-year-olds
Weight Assigned
Purse S96,000

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 1 12 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, the race 1940 it was moved to the Hipódromo de San Felipe which hosted it untuil 1961 when it was shifted to its present location at Hipódromo de Monterrico.

Most wins by a jockey:

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