São Paulo Jockey Club

The São Paulo Jockey Club is an entity founded on March 14, 1875, under the name of Club de Corridas Paulistano that manages and owns the Cidade Jardim Racecourse. On January 25, 1941, the current track was inaugurated in Cidade Jardim, in the Morumbi district of São Paulo, in order to correspond to modern times, serving as a stage for different events such as fairs, fashion shows, some parties, among others.

The land on which the current São Paulo Jockey Club stands was donated by the Cidade Jardim Company, which saw the need for a larger space to meet the demands of the public. The racecourse was built between 1937 and 1941 on the banks of the Pinheiros River, which was not yet straightened at the time. The project was designed by Elisário Bahiana and later remodeled by French architect Henri Sajous.

Despite the location of the new racecourse, the club's headquarters still remained near its original venue in Rosário Street. From there, it moved to São Bento Street in 1917, then to 15 de Novembro Street, Antônio Prado Square and finally, in the 1960s, to its current location on Boa Vista Street, in the Central Zone. The Jockey Club also has the Campinas Training Center, where the Boa Vista Racecourse was located.