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Horse Track Attractions In Argentina

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Argentina , officially named the Argentine Republic , is a country located mostly in the southern half of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. With a mainland area of 2,780,400 km2 , Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world, the fourth largest in the Americas, and the largest Spanish-speaking nation. The sovereign state is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city , Buenos Aires, which is the federal capit...
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Horse Track Attractions In Argentina

  • 1. Hipodromo de San Isidro San Isidro
    The Hipódromo de San Isidro is a horse racing track located in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is owned by the Jockey Club. It was inaugurated on 8 December 1935 and is one of the largest in the Americas. The Hipódromo is located 22 km from Buenos Aires City. It has an area of 1.48 km². The grass track is 2,783 m long and 45 m wide, allowing for thousand-metre races without turns . There is an inner sand track, inaugurated in 1994, which measures 2,590 m in length by 31 m in width. The covered surface amounts to 32,000 m² and allows for an attendance of about 100,000 . Each December the Hipódromo hosts the Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini, the most important horse race in Argentina.
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  • 3. Hipodromo Argentino de Palermo Buenos Aires
    Hipodromo Argentino de Palermo is located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. One of the most prominent horse racing venues in Argentina, its installations include a 2,400 meters track suitable for races in all weather. The establishment was founded on May 7, 1876, as the first racecourse in Buenos Aires, and the first National Derby was held there in 1884. On its inauguration, the trains and streetcars of Buenos Aires were not enough to transport the large number of people who wanted to attend the event. However, close to 10,000 people witnessed the first race ever disputed at the Hipódromo, which was won by the horse Resbaloso. A sales floor for racing thoroughbreds, Tattersall de Palermo, was opened in 1898. The original viewing stands were replaced by a Beaux Arts tribune designed by Louis Fa...
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  • 4. Campo Argentino de Polo Buenos Aires
    The Campo Argentino del Polo , popularly known as The Cathedral of Polo, is a multi-purpose stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is currently used mostly for polo, pato and field hockey matches.The stadium, opened in 1928, holds up to 30,000 people and is located in the Palermo neighbourhood, on Del Libertador Avenue, close to Hipódromo Argentino.This is a unique polo field, situated ten minutes away from downtown Buenos Aires, and is considered the most complete, modern and comfortable for spectators in the sport.. The Campo Argentino, is the home to the Campeonato Argentino Abierto de Polo, the most important polo event in the world, held there since 1928. It is organized by the Asociación Argentina de Polo.
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