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Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini
The Gran Premio Internacional Carlos Pellegrini is the most prestigious horse race in Argentina. It is run in December at the Hipódromo de San Isidro, near Buenos Aires. The race was tied for the 93rd highest rated Group/Grade 1 Race for three-year-olds and upwards in the 2020 Longines World Rankings, with a rating of 115.75. The Gran Premio Internacional Carlos Pellegrini is the fourth race in the Argentinian Quadruple Crown, and is part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series, with the winner gaining an automatic berth in the Breeders' Cup Turf. History The Gran Premio Internacional Carlos Pellegrini was first run in 1887, under the name of the Gran Premio Internacional. It was renamed the Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini in 1941, with the name then changing between the two until 1979, when it was run as the Gran Premio República Argentina. Since 1980, the race has been run as the Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini or Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini Internacional. The location has als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hipódromo De San Isidro
The Hipódromo de San Isidro is a horse racing track located in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina, owned by the Argentine Jockey Club. It is one of the largest and most important racetracks in the Americas. 120 racing days are held per year, on every Wednesday, every other Friday and Saturday, and some Sundays. The Hipódromo is located 22 km from Buenos Aires City. It has an area of 1.48 km2. Each December, the Hipódromo hosts the Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini, the most important horse race in Argentina. The Hipódromo de San Isidro hosts the annual Carlos Pellegrini Awards. History In 1926, the Argentine Jockey Club purchased 316 hectares for the purposes of building an additional racecourse to accompany its Hipódromo de Palermo. In 1930, a gulf course was completed on the property, designed by Allister Mckenzie. The course itself was built using the latest methods, with accompanying training tracks, stalls, and veterinary hospital building. On December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romántico (horse)
Romántico (September 3, 1935–1957) was a South American Thoroughbred racehorse. He twice won two major Argentinian and Uruguayan races: the Gran Premio José Pedro Ramírez (1939, 1940), and the Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini (1938, 1939). He also won the Gran Premio Nacional (Uruguay), Polla de Potrillos, and the Uruguayan Triple Crown, among others. Nicknamed ''El petizo sin par'', Romántico is considered the best Uruguayan thoroughbred of the 20th century. Background Romántico was bred by Haras Casupá de Uruguay, sired by Caboclo and out of the mare Rosaflor. He was sold at auction, and purchased by José "Pepito" Petraglia for $1,900 in promissory notes, set to expire in 90 days. During those 90 days, Petraglia was very impressed with the colt, but was unable to acquire the funds to pay off the promissory notes by himself. During a call with his friend Dr. Vecce, Petraglia convinced one of Dr. Vecce's patients to enter a partnership with him, eventually resulting in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Ricardo
Jorge Antonio Ricardo (born September 30, 1961, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a jockey in South American Thoroughbred horse racing who became the highest tally winning rider in the sport on 5 February 2007. He has since been passed by Canadian-born, California-based rider Russell Baze, but on 6 February 2018 he equaled Baze's record of 12,844 wins, and surpassed that record some six weeks later. Biography Ricardo was born into a jockey family; his father and two uncles were both jockeys. Since making his professional racing debut in 1976, he tallied 400 race wins in one year on five occasions and has been Brazil's leading tally-winning jockey for twenty-five consecutive years from 1982 through 2006. From 1982 to 2011, he has won 29 yearly riding titles – 26 in Brazil and 3 in Argentina. He won more than 160 Grade 1 races, including the “ Gran Premio Asociación Latinoamericana de Jockey Clubes e Hipódromos” on five occasions. The highest tally-winning horse he rode w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulamani
Sulamani (April 9, 1999 – February 18, 2017) was an Irish-bred thoroughbred race horse who competed and won in Dubai, Europe and North America. A great-grandson of English Triple Crown champion, Nijinsky, he made his racing debut in April 2002 at age three and finished seventh. Racing in France, he went on to win the prestigious Prix du Jockey Club and was second in the 2002 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. After his Arc placing, he was purchased by Godolphin Racing. As a four-year-old, Sulamani won the Dubai Sheema Classic but finished fourth in the June 2003 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and finished second in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. In the United States, he won two important races, the Arlington Million on a disqualification and the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Handicap, before finishing fifth in the 2003 Breeders' Cup Turf at Santa Anita Park. In his final season of racing, Sulamani won the Juddmonte International Stakes at York Racecourse in Engla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val Royal
Val Royal (April 7, 1996 – October 17, 2008) was a French-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who competed successfully in France and the United States and was best known for winning the 2001 Breeders' Cup Mile. Background Val Royal was bred and raced by Jean-Luc Lagardere. His dam was Vadlava, a daughter of 1981 French Derby winner Bikala. His sire, Royal Academy, won the 1990 Breeders' Cup Mile. Racing career France Val Royal made his racing debut at Longchamp Racecourse with a win on October 25, 1998. This was his only start at two. He began his three-year-old campaign in 1999 with a win in a Listed race at Chantilly Racecourse on May 3, then on May 20 won his first try in a Conditions race, capturing the 1,800 metres (1⅛ miles) Prix de Guiche at Longchamp. Sent to England for that country's most prestigious race, The Derby at 1½ miles on soft turf, Val Royal finished eleventh in a field of sixteen. Back in France, he earned a runner-up finish in the 1,800 metre Prix Daph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixties Icon
Sixties Icon (foaled 14 February 2003), is a retired British Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire. In a career which lasted from April 2006 until November 2008, he ran seventeen times and won eight races. He recorded his most important victory when winning the Classic St. Leger Stakes as a three-year-old. He won five other Group Races before being retired to stud. Background Sixties Icon is a bay horse bred by the Newmarket-based Lordship Stud. He is exceptionally well-bred, being sired by the 2001 Epsom Derby winner Galileo out of the 2000 Epsom Oaks winner Love Divine. In October 2004, Sixties Icon was sent as a yearling to the Tattersalls sales at Newmarket, where he was bought for 230,000 guineas by John Warren Bloodstock. The colt was sent into training with Jeremy Noseda at Newmarket. Racing career 2006: three-year-old season Sixties Icon began his racing career by finishing sixth of the twelve runners in maiden race at Newmarket in April 2006. Three weeks late he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Mercato
Il Mercato is a retired Argentinian Thoroughbred racehorse who was 2018 Argentinian Horse of the Year. He won two of his seven races, including the G1 Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini, and never finished worse than third. Background Il Mercato was bred by Haras La Pasion and foaled on September 11, 2015. Il Mercato was considered well-bred, with his sire Not For Sale being a champion sire in Argentina and his dam the daughter of Rubia Pretty, one of the foundation mares of the Haras La Pasion, and part of a notable Argentinian family. Based on his morning works, even before he ran his first race, Il Mercato was very highly regarded as a two-year-old. He was trained by the father-son pair of Juan Carlos Maldotti and Juan Sebastián Maldotti, although only the latter was credited as his trainer in official reports. Racing career Il Mercato debuted in the Clásico José B. Zubiaurre at the Hipódromo de San Isidro as the strong favorite. He ran well, but not to the expectations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John F Kennedy (horse)
John F Kennedy (7 February 2012 - 27 January 2022) was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and a stallion stood in Argentina. He was beaten as an odds on favourite on his debut but won his next two races, the latter being the Juvenile Turf Stakes that turned out to be the last win in his racing career. At the end of 2014 he had been one of the antepost favourites for the 2015 Epsom Derby, though he did not run in it after all. Background John F Kennedy's sire was leading sire Galileo and his dam was a dual group 1 winning filly Rumplestiltskin. He was a full brother of Tapestry, the winner of the 2014 Yorkshire Oaks. He was bred from the highly successful Galileo Danehill cross which has produced horses including Frankel, Roderic O'Connor and Teofilo. He was named after the 35th President of the United States John F Kennedy. Racing career 2014: two-year-old season John F Kennedy's career began in a Maiden race over a Mile at Leopardstown Racecourse. He began odds on fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cityscape (horse)
Cityscape (foaled 2 February 2006) is a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, who raced in England, Ireland, Hong Kong, France, Dubai, Canada and Italy and was twice rated among the top 40 racehorses in the world. As a juvenile in 2018 he showed promising form, winning one minor race and finishing second in the Royal Lodge Stakes but in the following spring after finishing second in the Greenham Stakes he ran unplaced in the 2000 Guineas and missed the rest of the year through injury. In 2010 he returned the track and won the Superior Mile and the Joel Stakes. As a five-year-old he emerged as a top-class performer, winning the Solonaway Stakes and the Prix Perth as well as being placed in the Queen Anne Stakes and the Hong Kong Mile. On his first appearance of 2012 he recorded his biggest success when he was an emphatic winner of the Dubai Duty Free Stakes and went on to be placed in the Prix Jacques Le Marois, Woodbine Mile and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. At the end of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horse Trainer
A horse trainer is a person who tends to horses and teaches them different disciplines. Some of the responsibilities trainers have are caring for the animals' physical needs, as well as teaching them submissive behaviors and/or coaching them for events, which may include contests and other riding purposes. The level of education and the yearly salary they can earn for this profession may differ depending on where the person is employed. History Horse domestication by the Botai culture in Kazakhstan dates to about 3500 BC. Written records of horse training as a pursuit has been documented as early as 1350 BC, by Kikkuli, the Hurrian "master horse trainer" of the Hittite Empire. Another source of early recorded history of horse training as a discipline comes from the Greek writer Xenophon, in his treatise On Horsemanship. Writing circa 350 BC, Xenophon addressed starting young horses, selecting older animals, and proper grooming and bridling. He discussed different approache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irineo Leguisamo
Irineo Leguisamo (Arerunguá, Salto, Uruguay, 20 October 1903 - Buenos Aires, 2 December 1985) was a Uruguayan jockey. Also known as ''El Pulpo'' ("the octopus"), ''El Eximio'' ("the illustrious") or ''El Maestro'' ("the master"), he competed for over 57 years at racecourses in Uruguay and Argentina and was considered the foremost South American rider of the 20th century. As of 2020, Leguisamo holds the record at Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini with 10 wins. In popular culture * Leguisamo was a close friend of tango singer Carlos Gardel, whose tango song '' Por una cabeza'' is about horse racing. * He is mentioned in '' Se dice de mí'', a milonga by Francisco Canaro and Ivo Pelay (1954), sung by Tita Merello Laura Ana "Tita" Merello (11 October 1904 – 24 December 2002) was an Argentine film actress, tango dancer and singer of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema (1940–1960). In her 6 decades in Argentine entertainment, at the time of her death, sh .... * In 1925, Tita Mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jockey
A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase (horse racing), steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing. The word "jockey" originated from England and was used to describe the individual who rode horses in racing. They must be light, typically around a weight of 100-120 lb., and physically fit. They are typically self-employed and are paid a small fee from the horse trainer and a percentage of the horse's winnings. Jockeys are mainly male, though there are some well-known female jockeys too. The job has a very high risk of debilitating or life-threatening injuries. Etymology The word is by origin a diminutive of ''jock'', the Northern England, Northern English or Scottish people, Scots colloquial equivalent of the first name ''John (name), John'', which is also used generically for "boy" or "fellow" (compare ''Jack (name), Jack'', ''Richard, Dick''), at least since 1529. A familiar instance of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
