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Technical Specifications:
Location: Avenida del Libertador y Dorrego
Palermo district.
Opening: 1928
Buses: 10, 15, 29, 36, 55, 59, 60, 64, 118, 160, 166.
The polo horses (ponies) and players are considered the best ones in the world. This stadium is known as "the Cathedral of Polo".
The stadium holds 30.000 visitors and it is used for musical events, pato (sport played with a horse) and field hockey matches.
Among the most significant clubs of the country, we can enumerate "La Dolfina", "Indios Chapaleufú", "Ellerstina" and "La Aguada". The Argentine Open Championship begins at the end of November. This tournament is the most important at international level.
Technical Specifications:
Location: Avenida del Libertador 4101
Neighbourhood: Palermo
Opening: 1876
Buses: 10, 15, 29, 36, 55, 59, 60, 64, 118, 160, 166.
This race track is the most traditional in Latin America. Its sand track of 2400 meters is considered one of the most important in the world. During the day of its opening, the public transportation of the City of Buenos Aires -trains and trolleys- was overcrowded by the great number of visitors.
Since that moment, the turf has been very popular among Porteño people. Its most famous fan was Carlos Gardel, who usually sang at studs of Palermo but also he was owner of the horse called Lunático. Such horse was ridden by the Uruguayan Irineo Leguisamo, one of the most significant jockeys of the national race track history.
This race track has three platforms: the Special, the Official -this is the most sophisticated one, built in 1908 by the French Architect Dujarric- and the Paddock, near the boxes and the circle of exhibition.
In November, in Palermo the "Gran Premio Nacional, the great classic prize in Argentina and the last racecourse of the "Triple Corona" (composed by the race of colts and fillies and the Jockey Club) take place.
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