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C H R O N O F H O R S E . C O M FA L L 2 014 111 the hosting rights to the subsequent championship to the nation of that year's winning rider. But as D'Inzeo won on his home soil, the FEI decided to forego a second consecu- tive championship in Italy, instead awarding the Games to the homeland of the second-ranked rider. So it was that in 1966, the best horses and riders of the time from around the world arrived in Buenos Aires. e competition—which even then featured the thrilling format of a four-rider finale with an exchange of horses—was an enormous success. Frenchman Pierre Jonqueres d'Oriola led the victory gallop and received construction of stables for 120 horses, grandstands, an indoor riding school and training and competition grounds. In 1959, under the presidency of Major Oscar Goulu, the club made its final move, to its current location. Apart from the Club Hipico Argentino, the city has two other rid- ing groups—Club Aleman and Club Hipico de Buenos Aires—but the CHA certainly has the best facilities. Today it boasts two indoor arenas, a large sand show jumping arena and a lovely turf grand prix field, as well as a training arena, a large clubhouse with a restaurant that offers al fresco dining, a children's play area, a huge open-air swimming pool, a gym, showers, and a store selling equestrian products. Members are renowned for their elegance, aristocratic air and their passion for highly polished boots; there are even full-time staff mem- bers on hand in the changing rooms to grease and polish footwear. During the 1960s, Argentina's sporting standards ranked among the best in worldwide equitation, thanks to the interest aroused in the country when Carlos Delia began his success- ful ventures in competitions around Europe. e champion Argentine horseman was a leading figure in the international scene of the decade. Like all riders of that time, Delia was a military horseman, and at one time he was ranked as the country's second-highest general. But show jumping seemed his true calling, and in 1960 he was runner-up to Italian Raimondo D'Inzeo at the World Championships in Venice. At that time, the Fédération Equestre Internationale would award