Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo

The Hipódromo de Palermo was first opened on 7 May 1876, as one of the first racecourses in the city of Buenos Aires. 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. Despite this, close to 10,000 people witnessed the first race ever disputed at the Hipódromo, won by the horse Resbaloso. The Argentine Jockey Club, formed in 1881, began to administrate the racecourse in 1884. Tattersalls de Palermo, an equine sales floor, was opened in 1898. The racecourse has been known by its current name of Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo since 1953. Prior to that, it was known as Hipódromo de Palermo. Night racing started in 1971, with the installation of an electrical lighting system on a racetrack. Seven hundred and fifty additional lights were added in 1992. On 5 August 1992, the racecourse was privatized and ownership given to Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo Sociedad Anónima (HAPSA), in an agreement originally set to last until 2027 and later extended to 2032. == Facilities ==

The racetrack occupies an area of . There are 1,473 stalls available for horses in training, including 1,231 permanently available for horses based at the track and 142 for horses coming from other locations. The course itself consists of three courses, made of eighty percent sand, fourteen percent limestone, and six percent clay, with a special natural drainage system that allows for normal racing to continue on rainy days. The main course is around, wide, from the final turn to the finish line, and a chute allowing for races as long as to be run on a straight line. Up to 21 horses can run in a race at a time. A turf course was added in 2011. The racecourse has two slot rooms containing a total of over one thousand slot machines and a restaurant. HAPSA has the authority to open up to four thousand five hundred slot machines. == Important races ==

Group I Races • Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires • Gran Premio Criadores • Gran Premio General San Martín • Gran Premio Gilberto Lerena • Gran Premio Jorge de Atucha • Gran Premio Maipú • Gran Premio Montevideo • Gran Premio Nacional • Gran Premio Polla de Potrillos • Gran Premio República Argentina • Gran Premio Selección Group II Races • Gran Premio Apertura • Gran Premio Arturo R. y A. Bullrich • Gran Premio Benito Villanueva • Gran Premio Carlos Tomkinson • Gran Premio Chacabuco • Gran Premio Chile • Gran Premio Comparación • Gran Premio Eduardo Casey • Gran Premio Francisco J. Beazley • Gran Premio General Belgrano • Gran Premio General Luis María Campos • Gran Premio Ignacio e I. F. Correas • Gran Premio Miguel A. y T. Juárez Celman • Gran Premio Miguel Cané • Gran Premio Otoño • Gran Premio Perú • Gran Premio Ramón Biaus • Gran Premio Santiago Luro • Gran Premio Saturnino J. Unzué • Gran Premio Venezuela • Gran Premio Vicente L. Casares Group III Races • Gran Premio Asociación Propietarios de Caballos de Carrera • Gran Premio Ayacucho • Gran Premio Buenos Aires • Gran Premio Carlos Casares • Gran Premio Círculo Propietarios de Caballerizas de SPC • Gran Premio Coronel Miguel F. Martínez • Gran Premio Coronel Pringles • Gran Premio Estados Unidos de América • Gran Premio General Dirtles • Gran Premio General Francisco B. Bosch • Gran Premio General Güemes • Gran Premio General Lavalle • Gran Premio Guillermo Kemmis • Gran Premio Inés Victorica Roca • Gran Premio Irlanda • Gran Premio Italia • Gran Premio Lotería de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires • Gran Premio Manuel J. Guiraldes • Gran Premio México • Gran Premio Old Man • Gran Premio Paraguay • Gran Premio Pedro E. y Manuel A. Crespo • Gran Premio República de Panamá • Gran Premio República Federativa de Brasil • Gran Premio República Oriental del Uruguay • Gran Premio Ricardo P. Sauze == References ==