Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo

The Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo is a horse racing track in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires. It is located in the Palermo district, on Avenida del Libertador, across from the Polo Stadium.

The track is 2,400 meters long and one of the most famous horse race tracks in the country.

The Hipódromo was inaugurated on May 7, 1876; the first national derby was held here in 1884.

Speaking at the opening ceremony were not enough trains and trams to transport the large crowd that wanted to participate in the event. At the 10,000 spectators witnessed, as " Resbaloso " won the first race on the track.

1898 Tattersall de Palermo was opened, there to sell racehorses.

The original grandstand was built in 1908 replaced by a tribune in the Beaux- Arts style, designed by Louis Faure Dujarric.

1947, a technique called photo- chart has been introduced. This was the exact moment when the horses crossed the finish line, recorded photographically and doubt could be easily dispelled.

In 1971, the race track electric lighting, thereby races were well into the night possible.