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Also at Son Pardo: Gran Final of the Mallorca show-jumping league (FHIB), Sun 4 Oct · programme at fhbalear.com →
Next highlight: Gran Premi del Criador, Mon 12 Oct. →
Trotter and sulky on the Son Pardo trackTwo sulkies trotting at Son PardoTrotter at full trot at Son Pardo
Island of trotters

Son PardoTrot!

93% of Spain's registered trotters live in the Balearics · 1,556 races in 2025

Sulkies flat out, porcella from the buffet, a bet at the window. Mallorca’s own horse sport – ten minutes from Palma, free entry.

See race days →To the buffet
Race days, autumn 2026

Your race calendar

Swipe. Post times appear the day before in the Federació Balear de Trot programme. As of 26 Sept 2026.

How a race day works

9 races. 1 lunch.

  1. 11:142.650 m
  2. 11:463.150 m
  3. 12:182.650 m
  4. 12:502.650 m
  5. 13:22Grand Prix · 25.000 €
  6. BreakBuffet & porcella
  7. 15:55Afternoon
  8. 16:20
  9. 16:45
  10. 17:10Last race
  11. 🏆Prize-giving
AutostartA car with folding wings leads the field and releases it at speed.
Trot onlyBreak into a canter and you lose ground, or you’re out.
1’13″6per kilometre: Helios Pierji’s winning time in the 2026 Grand Prix des Baleares.
Summer: nightsFrom late June, racing under floodlights at Son Pardo and Manacor.
1.556races in the Balearics in 2025
915trotters racing
509drivers
€2.5mprize money offered
Roast suckling pig being carved
Frit mallorquíMallorcan porcella roasted in the oven
Buffet del Hipòdrom

First porcella, then the home straight.

PorcellaFrit mallorquíArroz brutPaella ciegaRabo de toroCaracolesMigas

For many, the buffet of Mallorcan cooking is the real reason to go: lunch first, races in the afternoon. Porcella can also be ordered to take away.

12:30–16:30according to the restaurant (Instagram)
971 485 111Bookings & porcella

Dishes from the restaurant’s own posts; check days, menu and price before you go.

Betting for first-timers

Back your number.

1

Get the programme

Every horse has a number, plus its driver and best time per kilometre.

2

Pick a number

By colour, name or gut feeling. A small stake is plenty.

3

Bet at the window

Number, bet type, stake. Then head to the rail and cheer.

Betting 18+ only. On LAE days the races are also part of Spain’s national horse-racing pools, Lototurf and Quíntuple Plus. Please bet responsibly.

Atmosphere

Goosebumps on sand.

Driver focused in the sulky
Focus
Trotter with the Tramuntana behind
Tramuntana behind
Neck and neck on the track
Neck and neck
Trotter passing the pines
Past the pines
Driver and trotter
Driver and trotter
Driver in front of the grandstand
By the grandstand
Trotter with Palma on the skyline
Palma on the skyline
At full trot
At full trot
Trotter on the straight
The straight
Son Pardo

10 min from Palma

Carretera de Sóller (Ma-11), km 3.5. Car, taxi or EMT bus (EMT route planner).

Free entry on ordinary race days.

Manacor

Saturdays in the east

Palma–Artà road, km 48. Mostly Saturdays, summer evenings under floodlights.

Bring

Hat, water, cash

The stand is sunny and bets are placed at the window. And always watch one race from the rail.

Sources: Institut de l’Esport Hípic de Mallorca (instituthipicdemallorca.com, @instituthm) · Federació Balear de Trot (calendar, programme 26.09.2026, 2025 statistics) · Restaurant Buffet Son Pardo (@spardomallorca). As of 26 Sept 2026, subject to change.
Race photos: Irene Matas Pery (Pixabay), Son Pardo · Porcella: Chixoy, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Frit mallorquí: EnGuillem, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Suckling pig: fevol (Pixabay).