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domingo, 2 de enero de 2011
Recordando a uno de los mejores pedigree que ha corrido en Venezuela, la campeona Gelinotte, hija de Never Bend...
Sabia Ud que en el hipodromo Hialeah Park, reabierto en Noviembre del 2009 corrieron y ganaron unos "caballitos" como los destacados en rojo
- 1920 Missouri cattleman James Bright and aviation pioneer Glenn Curtis donate land for community use and help acquire building funds for construction of public buildings, facilities and racetrack.
- 1922 First pari-mutuel greyhound track in America opened at Hialeah by Miami Kennel Club and Owen Smith, inventor of the conveyor that allowed a mechanical rabbit to move inside a circular track.
- 1924 Joseph Smoot, Bright and Curtis establish Miami Jockey Club and construct grandstand.
- 1925 On Jan. 15, Hialeah Park opens as the Miami Jockey Club.
- 1926 Great Hurricane of 1926 damages Hialeah.
- 1930 Joseph Widener buys Hialeah.
- 1930 Widener takes architect Lester Geisler on a tour of tracks throughout Europe and the United States to better redesign Hialeah.
- 1932 The 'new' Hialeah opens on Jan. 14.
- 1933 Hialeah installs totalisator system. Racing on grass begins.
- 1934 First flamingos imported from Cuba.
- 1935 Seabiscuit makes his racing debut. Black Helen wins Florida Derby.
- 1936 First photo finish camera installed.
- 1938 War Admiral wins the Widener Handicap.
- 1946 Winston Churchill visits.
- 1948 Citation wins Flamingo Stakes.
- 1954 Eugene Mori buys Hialeah.
- 1956 A crowd of 42,366 come to see Nashua. Eddie Arcaro rides third Widener winner.
- 1957 Bold Ruler wins Flamingo Stakes. Flamingo Fountain is built.
- 1960 Bill Hartack is leading jockey for fourth time in five years.
- 1963 Woody Stephens trains his second Flamingo Stakes winner in Never Bend (Padre de Gelinotte!).
- 1964 Northern Dancer wins Flamingo Stakes. Flamingo Terrace is added.
- 1965 A statue of Citation, executed in Florence, Italy, is unveiled. It weighs 5,995 pounds and is mounted on a base of marble.
- 1969 Diane Crump becomes first female jockey at major U.S., track.
- 1972 John Galbreath and associates buy Hialeah.
- 1974 Forego wins the first of consecutive Widener Handicaps.
- 1977 John Brunetti purchases Hialeah Park. Seattle Slew wins Flamingo Stakes.
- 1979 Hialeah is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Spectacular Bid wins Flamingo Stakes by record 12 lengths.
- 1980 John Henry wins Hialeah Turf Cup.
- 1983 Nijinsky's Secret wins the first of consecutive Hialeah Turf Cups.
- 1986 Trainer D. Wayne Lukas wins second consecutive Flamingo Stakes with Talinum. Turkoman sets a track record in Widener Handicap.
- 1988 Hialeah is deemed eligible for designation as a National Historic Landmark by the Secretary of the Interior.
- 2001 Hialeah runs its last thoroughbred race.
- 2009 A new era begins Nov. 28 when Hialeah Park reopens.
Hipismo y mucho mas......Sabia ud que....
... La célebre frase Elemental, mi querido Watson nunca llegó a aparecer en ninguna obra de Conan Doyle sobre Sherlock Holmes? 1
... el idioma de origen europeo más hablado en Sudáfrica no es el inglés, sino el afrikáans? 2
... la montaña más alta del sistema solar es el Olimpo, un volcán marciano que tiene una altura de 27 kilómetros, tres veces mayor que el monte Everest? 3