Horses were introducted to this part of the world mainly by the Spaniards. The first ones came with the Conquerors and after that, and thanks to these great plains, the horse became the best friend to the man in the new world.
Through this mixture of civilizations the Argentine horses -named criollos- became the best transportation for the new Argentine thanks to its tireless endurance.
In the first quarter of the past century Argentine cattle barons purchased from England and France the best thoroughbred horses of that moment, champions from England like Diamond Jubelee and Cyllene among many others that placed Argentina as an important thoroughbred horse breeder country.
Many Argentine bred horses won important races around the globe, about which we´ll later inform in this blog .
Criollos, plus the best English Thoroughbred, became an explosive coctail to create the Argentine polo horses, but a patient and passionate love of Argentine horsemen for these horses gave the secret element for this worldly known success.
Darwin, Tesio and other talented connoisseurs came to this country and saw the vast Pampas and their people. Be a part of this incredible journey for horse lovers.

Coming soon

This blog will place you in the Argentine Pampas, one of the most extensive plains in the world where these horses are raised in the most natural way.

Argentina is a horse country, you will see in this page how these horses are bred for these sports.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

How to see Argentine Racetracks (Hipodromo Argentino de Palermo and San Isidro) info and videos

Hipodromo Argentino de Palermo Racetrack: www.palermo.com.ar Find the “informacion hipica” label, then click there and find at your left side of the screen, the button named “calendario y resultados” and click there , a year box will appear and you can see the calendar too, click to open in the date, then the racing day result will be displayed, and, if available, videos of the race can be seen.

Also you can see the information of a given horse so you can track his racing record. Look in the same label “informacion hipica”, in the same left buttons, look for -performance de SPC-, then a box opens where you have to type the name of the horse, click and the info is shown (very useful)

Hipodromo de San Isidro (Turf track): www.hipodromosanisidro.com , find the label “carreras” and click there, it opens other labels and there click over “resultados” , where you can see the year button or the current year results named “resultados anteriores 2007”. Click to open and then a calendar will open with the result of each racing program, where the word “video” is displayed if available.