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.[3] In 1926, the Argentine Jockey Club purchased 316 hectares for the purposes of building an additional racecourse to accompany its Hipódromo de Palermo.The course itself was built using the latest methods, with accompanying training tracks, stalls, and veterinary hospital building.[5] Other amenities include a chemical laboratory that processes post-race samples from across the country,[6] a veterinary hospital[7] with a Center for Regenerative Veterinary Medicine,[8] a school for apprentice jockeys, a school for farriers,[5] an arboretum, and a sales floor for horses containing space for 3,600 people.
