Grande Prêmio Bento Gonçalves

Grande Prêmio Bento Gonçalves
ClassGroup 2
LocationHipodromo do Cristal
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Inaugurated1909
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1+12 Miles (12 Furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds and up
WeightAssigned

The Grande Prêmio Bento Gonçalves is a Group II left-handed flat race for three-year-olds and up in Brazil. It is the most important race in the state of Estado do Rio Grande do Sul.

Disputed over (actually) 2400 meters, every November at Hipodromo do Cristal.

The Grande Prêmio Bento Gonçalves is the oldest horse race in Brazil, having first been run in 1909.