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Gran Premio Nacional (Argentina)
The Gran Premio Nacional, or Argentine Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in Argentina open to three-year-olds run over a distance of at Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo. It is the third race in the Argentinian Triple Crown and is one of the oldest and most influential races in Latin American racing. History The Gran Premio Nacional has been run at Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo annually since 1884. By 1923, the year the Uruguayan entry Sisley won, the purse was worth $40,000. In 1933, the favorite Hasta Hoy was attacked by masked men the night before the race. His attendant was held at gunpoint while Hasta Hoy's abdomen was stabbed. Hasta Hoy was left unable to run, leaving Requiebro and Tamesis to dead heat for first in a field of ten, the smallest in the race up to that point. In 2022, SIS (Sports Information Services) began sponsoring the race. Records (since 1988) Speed record: * 2:31.65 – Chullo (1997) Largest margin of victory: * 15 lengths – Great Escape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hipódromo Argentino De Palermo
The Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo is a horse racing course located in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and one of the most important in the country, hosting 120 days of racing and 1,400 races every year. Races are hosted three days a week, with about nine races per racing day. The property is open to the public free of charge twenty-four hours a day. Its dirt course is considered one of the best in the world, and the track is one of the most modern in South America. The Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo also hosts music concerts, attracting twenty to twenty-five thousand attendants, and culinary fairs, attracting ten to twenty thousand attendants. Musicians that have played include Alejandro Sanz, Fito Paez, Lisandro Aristimuño, Divididos, David Bisbal, Katy Perry, Maroon 5, Måneskin and TINI. These events are hosted in the hippodrome park (), in the middle of the track. Adidas also hosts running training events at the park. History The Hipódromo de Palermo was first opened on Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
He Runs Away
He or HE may refer to: Language * He (pronoun), an English pronoun * He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ * He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets * He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' in Ukrainian * Hebrew language (ISO 639-1 code: he) Places * He County, Anhui, China * He River, or Hejiang (贺江), a tributary of the Xi River in Guangxi and Guangdong * Hebei, abbreviated as ''HE'', a province of China (Guobiao abbreviation HE) * Hesse, abbreviated as ''HE'', a state of Germany People * He (surname), Chinese surname, sometimes transcribed Hé or Ho; includes a list of notable individuals so named * Zheng He (1371–1433), Chinese admiral * He (和) and He (合), collectively known as 和合二仙 ('' He-He er xian'', "Two immortals He"), two Taoist immortals known as the "Immortals of Harmony and Unity" * Immortal Woman He, or He Xiangu, one of the Eight Immortals of Taoism Arts, entertainment, and media * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gentlemen (horse)
Gentlemen (foaled 1992) is an Argentinian Thoroughbred racehorse. He was the Champion Three-Year-Old Colt in Argentina and then raced successfully in the United States. Background Gentlemen is a chestnut horse bred at the Haras de la Pomme in Argentina. He was sired by Robin des Bois, an American-bred, French-trained son of Nureyev. Racing career Racing at age three in 1995, Gentlemen won the Gran Premio Nacional, (Argentine Derby) and Gran Premio Polla de Potrillos (Argentine 2000 Guineas). Gentlemen was brought to race in the United States in 1996, under California trainer Richard Mandella. Although he was ineligible for the Breeders' Cup, Gentlemen met with considerable success. In 1997 he was arguably the best racehorse in North America. On May 10 he captured the Pimlico Special at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland conceding three pounds to Skip Away. In June he won the Hollywood Gold Cup by four lengths from the Brazilian champion Siphon with the future Arl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forty Licks (horse)
''Forty Licks'' is a double compilation album by the Rolling Stones. A 40-year career-spanning retrospective, ''Forty Licks'' is notable for being the first retrospective to combine their formative Decca/ London era of the 1960s, now licensed by ABKCO Records (on disc one), with their self-owned post-1970 material, distributed at the time by Virgin/ EMI but now distributed by ABKCO's own distributor Universal Music Group (on mostly disc two). Four new songs are included on the second disc. The album was a commercial success, as it reached No. 2 on both UK and US charts. Concurrently with the album's release, the Stones embarked on the successful, year-long international Licks Tour, which would result in the subsequent '' Live Licks'' album being released in 2004. Background In 1970, the Rolling Stones had an acrimonious break-up with their former manager, Allen Klein, and their former record label, Decca Records (who licensed their recordings to London Records for relea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eu Tambem
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been described as a ''sui generis'' political entity (without precedent or comparison) combining the characteristics of both a federation and a confederation. Containing 5.8per cent of the world population in 2020, the EU generated a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of around trillion in 2021, constituting approximately 18per cent of global nominal GDP. Additionally, all EU states but Bulgaria have a very high Human Development Index according to the United Nations Development Programme. Its cornerstone, the Customs Union, paved the way to establishing an internal single market based on standardised legal framework and legislation that applies in all member states in those matters, and only those matters, where the states have agree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tecla Shiner
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Tecla is a female given name. Notable people with the name include: * Tecla Insolia (born 2004), Italian actress and singer * Tecla Marinescu (born 1960), Romanian sprint canoer * Tecla Namachanja Wanjala (born 1962), Kenyan peace activist * Tecla Pettenuzzo (born 1999), Italian footballer * Tecla San Andres Ziga (1906–1992), Filipina senator * Tecla Scarano (1894–1978), Italian actress and singer * Tecla Tofano (1927–1995), Venezuelan artist * Tecla Tum, Kenyan politician * Tecla Vigna (died 1927), Italian-American opera singer and teacher See also * Tecla house * Tekla (given name) * Thecla (other) * Thekla (other) Thekla ( grc-gre, Θέκλα, ''Thékla'', ) is a Greek feminine given name made famous by Saint Thecla, a 1st-century Christian martyr. In English, it is more commonly romanized as Thecla. In modern Russian language it is known as Fekla and consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storm Chispazo
A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body. It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), heavy precipitation ( snowstorm, rainstorm), heavy freezing rain ( ice storm), strong winds ( tropical cyclone, windstorm), wind transporting some substance through the atmosphere such as in a dust storm, among other forms of severe weather. Storms have the potential to harm lives and property via storm surge, heavy rain or snow causing flooding or road impassibility, lightning, wildfires, and vertical and horizontal wind shear. Systems with significant rainfall and duration help alleviate drought in places they move through. Heavy snowfall can allow special recreational activities to take place which would not be possible otherwise, such as skiing and snowmobiling. The English word comes from Proto-Germanic ''*sturmaz' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Expressive Halo
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Expressivity, expressiveness, and expressive power may refer to: * Expressivity (genetics), variations in a phenotype among individuals carrying a particular genotype *Expressive loa, a type of loanword in phono-semantic matching * Expressive power (computer science) of a programming language * Expressive suppression, an aspect of emotion regulation *Expressive therapies, the use of creative arts as therapy * Expressive timing, musical phenomenon See also * Expression (other) Expression may refer to: Linguistics * Expression (linguistics), a word, phrase, or sentence * Fixed expression, a form of words with a specific meaning * Idiom, a type of fixed expression * Metaphorical expression, a particular word, phrase, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lange (horse)
Lange may refer to: People * Lange (surname), a German surname *Lange (musician) (born 1974), British DJ *Lange (Brazilian footballer) (born 1966), Brazilian footballer Companies * Lange (ski boots), a producer of ski boots used in alpine (downhill) skiing * Lange Aviation, manufacturer of gliders * Lange Textbooks, an imprint of McGraw-Hill Education * A. Lange & Söhne, watchmakers Places * Lange (crater), a crater on Mercury * Lange Island, Bastian Islands * Lange Peak, Antarctica * Lange, Estonia, village in Haaslava Parish, Tartu County, Estonia * Lange, Western Australia * Langhe, a region in Piedmont, Italy * Lange, a tributary of the Oker in Germany * ''Lange Eylant'', the Dutch term for Long Island Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United Sta ... See also * Lang (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indy Point
Indy may refer to: Computing and technology *Indy (software), used for Internet access to music *Internet Direct, or "Indy", a software library *SGI Indy, a computer workstation Periodicals *''The Indy'', shorthand for newspapers that include "Independent" in their name, e.g.: **''The Independent (Newfoundland)'', published in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada **''The Independent'', a daily British newspaper **''The College Hill Independent'', published in Providence, Rhode Island **''The Indydependent'', a newspaper published by the Independent Media Center (also known as "Indymedia" or "Indy Media") Sports *Indianapolis 500, also known as "Indy 500", a car race *Indy Eleven, Indianapolis' United Soccer League team *Indy Fuel, Indianapolis' ECHL ice hockey team *Indy grab, a board-sport maneuver Other uses *Indy (gene), a fruit-fly longevity gene * ''Indy'' (album), the second EP by Motograter *Independence High School (San Jose, California), also referred to as Indy, a public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
