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• The horse races, which will be staged in the morning from 11:30 am onward, will end on November 27th
• During this Season, the horse racetrack will distribute 1,280,900 € in prize-money. Of the 11 race meetings organized, the ones which raise the most interest are those of October 9th, the Gran Premio de La Hispanidad; of October 23rd, “Día de los Campeones”; and of November 13th, the Gran Premio 75º Aniversario
• Continuing with the celebration of its 75th anniversary, this autumn it is envisaged the inauguration of the Museo Torroja and the publication of an annivesary book

Next Sunday, September 18th, the horse racetracks of HIPODROMO DE LA ZARZUELA will reopen its doors to the public for staging the autumn Season. In this way, it will bring to a close its 75th anniversary, which will take place on November 27th.

Along this final stage, which will award the amount of 1,289,000 € in prize-money, around 70 horse races will be contested in the capital, distributed in 11 race meetings, of which eight will have Great Prizes. The most outstanding events in the autumn will take place on October 9th, with the dispute of the Gran Premio de La Hispanidad; on October 23rd, with the “Día de los Campeones” – the second most important race meeting of the year, with almost 200,000 € in prize-money; and on November 13th, with the celebration of the Gran Premio 75º Aniversario, endowed with 51,000 €, 30,000 of which will be for the winner.

After the success obtained by the Nights at the Horse Racetrack, the race meetings will return to their usual time during the day, with races from 11:30 am. “After the good reception given to the Nights, we hope that Madrid’s inhabitants will continue attending such an unique leisure plan in the capital, in which they will be able to enjoy the emotion of the sport, of leisure, and the gastronomy in just one go“, added Mr. Gerardo Torres, Director for Racing at Hipódromo de La Zarzuela.

In this Season, the horse racetrack will continue betting on an offer for all audiences; the emotion of horse racing; the gastronomic offer provided by its food trucks, which it will renovate every Sunday; children’s games for the little ones (ponies, children’s workshops, and bouncy castles); and La Huella Market, a market on fashion and complements which will bring different brands in each of its visits to the facilities, the first of which will take place on September 18th itself.

Furthermore, Hipódromo de La Zarzuela, in keeping with its solidarity commitments, will host next Sunday September 25th, a flea market of Disney world with charitable purposes.In 2016, Hipódromo de La Zarzuela reaches its 75th anniversary since its first opening in 1941, and as a result, during this year it has been carrying out a number of activities for celebrating this. In the spring, the Madrid’s horse racetrack inaugurated the new pelousse –a large prairie, with a surface of almost 6,000 square meters located between the stands and the track and which allows a first-row watching of the races – and appointed its Ambassadors among renowned professionals from different fields and who were singled out for their passion for horses, such as Mr. Cayetano Martínez de Irujo, Ms. Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada, Mr. David Meca, Mr. Miguel Ángel Perera, or Ms. Carmen Jordá. During the autumn, it is envisaged that the celebration will continue with the inauguration of the Museo Torroja, which will highlight the work carried out by this engineer, who was the author of the horse racetrack’s building, National Prize of Architecture, and the publication of an anniversary commemorative book.

Hipódromo de La Zarzuela constitutes, without any doubt, one of the most emblematic places in Madrid, and it has been part of the life of Madrid’s society of the last Century. Its grand stands, which were designed by the architects Mr. Carlos Arniches and Mr. Martín Domínguez and by the engineer Mr. Eduardo Torroja, have been declared as heritage of cultural interest (BIC in Spanish), and are regarded as one of the masterpieces of Madrid’s architecture in the 20th Century, since they constituted a large progress for its time.

About Hipódromo de La Zarzuela

Hipódromo de La Zarzuela is part of Patrimonio Histórico Nacional, and its grandstands are regarded as one of Madrid’s twentieth Century architectural masterpieces. The facility covers a 110-hectare surface with a high ecological value, and it has first-level facilities on a privileged location within the city of Madrid, which means that the horse racetracks constitute the most important green lung of the Spanish capital, together with the historical El Retiro Park. Hipódromo de La Zarzuela celebrates this year its 75th anniversary of existence. For more information about Madrid’s horse racetracks and its history click here.

HIPÓDROMO DE LA ZARZUELA belongs to Grupo SEPI, a corporate holding, which is made up by a total of 16 state-owned companies in which it has direct, majority shareholding participations, with a workforce of around 73,000 professionals in 2014; the Spanish state-owned television and radio corporation, Corporación Radiotelevisión Española, which is attached to SEPI, and one public foundation. Equally, SEPI has direct minority shareholdings in another ten companies, and indirect ones in more than another one hundred companies.