Hipódromo de San Isidro
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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 (or 1,400 m using a diagonal). 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 (the highest recorded figure was 102,600 attendants, in 1952).
Each December the Hipódromo hosts the Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini, the most important horse race in Argentina.
Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...
track
Race track
A race track is a purpose-built facility for racing of animals , automobiles, motorcycles or athletes. A race track may also feature grandstands or concourses. Some motorsport tracks are called speedways.A racetrack is a permanent facility or building...
located in San Isidro, Buenos Aires
San Isidro, Buenos Aires
San Isidro, Buenos Aires is a municipality in Greater Buenos Aires and one of the most affluent municipalities in Argentina. It is located in San Isidro Partido in the Buenos Aires Province....
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. It is owned by the Jockey Club. It was inaugurated on 8 December 1935 and is one of the largest in the Americas
Americas
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The Hipódromo is located 22 km from Buenos Aires City
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
. 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 (or 1,400 m using a diagonal). 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 (the highest recorded figure was 102,600 attendants, in 1952).
Each December the Hipódromo hosts the Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini, the most important horse race in Argentina.