Horse Racing: 2019 Season

The Zarzuela Hippodrome, that celebrates its 78^th anniversary opens the 2019 season with the spring races and ends with the autumn season in December.

Between 3^rd of March and 9^th of June, the races will be held every Sunday morning on the turf tracks. From 15^th to 29^th of June they will be held on Saturdays. In the summer season, the races will be held in the evenings and the the autumn season in the mornings again on Sundays until 1^st of December.

The spring and fall shows will have 6 to 7 races, while the summer and the special closing show will have from 3 to 5. All of them will provide an exciting adrenalin-packed show, especially the ones held on 29^th of June, the day of the Gran Premio de Madrid, and on October 20^th, when Gran Premio Memorial Duque de Toledo is held.

The evening shows on 4^th, 11^th, 18^th and 25^th of July and 1^st and 8^th of August will be held on fibersand tracks. The rest of the races will be held on turf tracks, except those on 22^nd of June (premios 109 and 110) and 29^th of June (premios 113 and 114).

2019 SEASON RACES CALENDAR

- Spring Season (mornings):

• Sunday, 3 March: 7 races
• Sunday, 10 March: 7 races
• Sunday, 17 March: 6 races
• Sunday, 24 March: 7 races
• Sunday, 31 March: 6 races
• Sunday, 7 April: 7 races
• Sunday, 14 April: 6 races
• Sunday, 21 April: 7 races, includes Gran Premio de Albuquerque in A Category (first prize: € 24,000)
• Sunday, 28 April: 6 races
• Sunday, 5 May: 7 races, includes Gran Premio Cimera in A Category for Colt Poule (first prize: € 30,000)
• Sunday, 12 May: 6 races
• Sunday, 19 May: 7 races
• Sunday, 26 May: 6 races, includes Gran Premio Beamonte, Oaks español in A Category for fillies (first prize: € 30,000)
• Sunday, 2 June: 6 races
• Sunday, 9 June: 6 races
• Saturday, 15 June 6 races, includes Gran Premio Urquijo in A Category (first prize: € 24,000)
• Saturday, 22 June 8 races, includes Gran Premio Claudio Carudel in A Category (first prize: € 30,000)
• Saturday, 29 June 8 races, includes Centenary of the Gran Premio de Madrid in A Category (first prize: € 50,000)

- Summer Season (evenings):

• Thursday, 4 July 5 races
• Thursday, 11 July 5 races
• Thursday, 18 July 5 races
• Thursday, 25 July 5 races
• Thursday, 1 August: 5 races
• Thursday, 8 August: 5 races

- Fall season (mornings):

• Sunday, 15 September: 6 races
• Sunday, 22 September: 7 races
• Sunday, 29 September: 6 races
• Sunday, 6 October: 7 races
• Sunday, 13 October: 7 races, includes Gran Premio de la Hispanidad in A Category (first prize: € 30,000)
• Sunday, 20 October: 7 races, includes Gran Premio Subasta ACPSIE 2018 in A Category (first prize: € 27,000), Gran Premio Ruban DE B Category (first prize: € 18.000), and Gran Premio Memorial Duque de Toledo (first prize: € 45.000)
• Sunday, 27 October: 7 races
• Sunday, 3 November: 7 races, includes Gran Premio 78 Aniversario Hipódromo de la Zarzuela A Category Mares (first prize: € 24,000)
• Sunday, 10 November: 7 races, includes Gran Premio Nacional in A Category (first prize: € 24,000)
• Sunday, 17 November: 7 races
• Sunday, 24 November: 7 races, includes Gran Premio Antonio Blasco in A Category (first prize: € 24,000)
• Sunday, 1 December: 7 races, includes Gran Premio Villamejor in A Category (first prize: € 30,000)