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Article: On the racing road: Peru: A ridiculous linguistic mix-up finds us in the winners circle for pictures with bemused connections; Racing in Peru: Racecourses 2 Racedays 260 Races 2,216 Total purses $3.86m Mares 703 Foals 470 (Figures for 2003).(Sports)
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- The Racing Post (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 17, 2005
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Byline: Nicholas Godfrey
TIME to cross the equator, now to South America, specifically Peru, land of Incas, and Inca Kola*, Andes and Amazon jungle - and Monterrico racecourse in Lima.
While the sport is well established around the continent, horseracing has not been immune to its extreme economic problems. The region's most prestigious weight-for-age contest, the Gran P remio Latinoamericano, suffered a five-year hiatus before being reinstated in 2004 with prize-money of $200,000, though this hardly ranks as a major crisis set alongside the related evils ...