Hipódromo Son Pardo

Monuments | Palma de Mallorca

In the last years of the 20's, between the construction of the racetracks of Buenos Aires and "Es Molí de Manacor", the importation of trotters and the bureaucratic paraphernalia, had prospered considerably, but something was still missing that would motivate a firm, classic line, a constitution like the French "Le Grand Prix d'Amerique" or the North American "Classic Grand Cap USA", something that would last a lifetime. And the creation of the National Grand Prix for three year olds, entire, born and bred in Spain, was the right decision. This project prospered and it was only necessary to wait for the first products to emerge in a few years. In the meantime, trials and races were held with healed trotters of different ages, in view of what was to be the classic race. The importation of mares and horses of better class began to develop what was to be the most important support for trotting in Spain: horse breeding. The Royal Equestrian Society of Mallorca had more and more pretensions to evolve in all its sectors, mainly in the importation of good stallions. They were totally convinced that horse breeding had to be the backbone of the sport of trotting. It was at the beginning of the decade of the 30's when it began to prosper, with the aim of reaching what was called the standardbred race, which is currently the classic race of the Grand Prix National. Once the code of trotting races was approved, two very influential official events took place and therefore worthy of being recorded in history. These were the presentation of the "Official Bulletin of Trotting Races". On September 25, 1930, the committee presided over by Gabriel Villalonga y Oliver. At the same time the appointment of the president of the Royal Equestrian Society of Mallorca was made public: Mr. Antonio Moncada Cánovas de Mora, in April 1931.