HIPODROMO DE LA ZARZUELA and the AEPCC sign a collaboration agreement
14 April 2016 | Madrid
- As a result of this agreement, both parties will actively collaborate in promoting the horse racing industry in Spain
The Chairwoman of HIPODROMO DE LA ZARZUELA, Ms. Faina Zurita, and the President of the Spanish Association of Race Horse Owners (AEPCC), Mr. Reza Pazooki, signed today, at AEPCC’s main offices, a collaboration agreement for jointly promoting the development of horse racing in our country.
This agreement will serve for uniting and coordinating the efforts from both organizations in horse racing promotion and for achieving sponsors, as well for developing horse breeding in Spain, for which it is envisaged to work with the Thoroughbreds Spanish Breeders Association (ACPSIE) for the setup of working group for the industry which will be ready in a couple of weeks.
Furthermore, HIPÓDROMO DE LA ZARZUELA has undertaken to grant some areas in its facilities to the AEPCC, which will turn its main office in an owners club and will be able to set up an information stand during the race meetings; also a number of further actions have been envisaged in connection with the celebration of the Annual Poule Dinner for the Madrid Great Prize.
Within the framework of the above agreement, the parties contemplate the signing of specific agreements which contribute to improving this collaboration, such as eventual future discounts in the horse stabling fees at HZ for the AEPCC’s associates, subject to the Center’s minimum occupation figures and with the key goal of increasing our horse livestock.
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, the equivalent to 110 soccer fields, 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 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 a further ten companies, and indirect shareholdings in more than one hundred companies.