The 24-day Bengaluru summer meeting will begin on May 20 and conclude on August 4 with the racing being held primarily on the weekends besides over the last week.
Briefing the media, Shivakumar Kheny, chairman and senior steward of Bangalore Turf Club, stated the prize cash estimated to bepaid in the course of the meeting can be roughly ₹18.4 crore as towards ₹14.41. crore for the 2022 summer meeting.
The added cash for the Bangalore Summer Derby is ₹1 crore with the membership guaranteeing a complete prize cash of ₹2 crore and the added cash for the Fillies Championship Stakes and the Colts Championship Stakes shall be ₹25 lakh every with the membership guaranteeing a prize cash of ₹50 lakh.
For three races — D.T. Racing & Breeding LLP Juvenile Million (sponsored by D.R. Thacker), Coromandel Gromor BTC Anniversary Cup (sponsored by Coromandel Gromor) and the Hooves Of Steel Sumangala TMT Million (sponsored by Sumangala Steel Ltd) — the added cash shall be ₹12 lakh inclusive of the membership’s contribution of ₹6 lakh and an equal contribution by the sponsor.
With 742 horses, together with 165 from outstation, stabled within the BTC premises, 650 are anticipated to take part. Nearly 50 trainers and 100 jockeys are additionally anticipated to take part.
The Board of Appeal, reconstituted efficient from the graduation of meeting, is S. Chockalingam (chairman), Y. Jagannath, Kenneth Pinto, Okay.R. Prakash, I.S.N. Prasad and C.H. Pratap Reddy.
Racing dates: May: 20 and 21, 27 and 28; June: 3 and 4, 10 and 11, 17 and 18, 24 and 25; July: 1 and2, 8 and 9, 15 and 16, 22 and 23, 29 and 30; August: 3 and 4.
