Jockey Club de Rosario is an

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club from

Rosario, Santa Fe Rosario () is the largest city in the central Argentine province of Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous city in the country, and is also the most p ...

. One of the richest clubs in the country, Jockey Club possesses its own

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s and

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s. Counting more than 1,500 members, JCR enter representative teams in

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and polo competitions.

History

Jockey Club de Rosario was founded on September 18, 1900, by horse racing enthusiasts from all over Santa Fe Province. The club soon gained a reputation due to its horse riding activities and its hippodrome has been hosted the "Gran Premio Jockey Club de Rosario", one of the most important horse races in Argentina. The club's first order of business was to find a location suitable for the building of racecourse. A plot of land from parque de la Independencia was donated by then governor Luis Lamas and work promptly began. On December 8, 1901, Hipódromo de Rosario was opened with an attendance of 3,000 people. Although the club still uses the racecourse today, its administration reverted to the Municipality of Rosario in 2006. In 1905, the club's statute changed from a commercial entity to a

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. That same year Jockey Club merged with Asociación Fenix and became a sports club. The first disciplina practiced at the club, apart from horse racing, was

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. Many other sports would soon follow. In 1916, the

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club's headquarters were inaugurated. Designed by architect E. Le Monnier, the building is regarded today as one of the finest examples of Art Deco in Argentina. In 1922 the club acquired 110

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s (around 270 acres) on Córdoba and Wilde streets and started building sports fields there. Nicknamed "Country", this is where Jockey Club's main sporting installations are located today, including 17 tennis courts, a golf course and half a dozen rugby and football pitches. Thanks to its new location Jockey club experimented with new sports. Polo started at the club in 1938, golf in 1956 and show jumping a year later. Jockey Club began playing rugby in 1953 and affiliated to the

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that same year. The team currently plays in the

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, having won that championship in 2001 and 2017.

Sports

Although founded as an equestrian club, Jockey Club quickly would incorporate other sports activities, such as

, polo,

and

. The rugby union team is one of the most successful clubs of the Argentine Litoral region, having won many

titles and one

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title in 1997.

Titles

Rugby union

(1): 1997 *

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(2): 2000, 2002 *

(14): 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2017

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