All roads will lead to the Mahalaxmi Racecourse this weekend (April 1 & 2) to witness RWITC’s Indian Racing Carnival, sponsored by Mr. Zavaray S. Poonawalla in affiliation with Bookmyshow.
The two-day night occasion, to mark the finale of the Mumbai racing season, boasts a powerful complete of 14 million/multi-million races for horses in all age teams and courses with a whopping stakesmoney of ₹3 crores.
Five glamour races
The C.N. Wadia Gold Cup (Gr. 2) (2,400m) powered by Mr. Zavaray S. Poonawalla, The Maharaja Sir Harisinghji Trophy (Gr.3) (1,600m) powered by Mr. Zavaray S. Poonawalla, the Zavaray S. Poonawalla Sprinters’ Challenge (1,200m), the Zavaray S. Poonawalla Juvenile Million (1,600m) and the RWITC Ltd Juvenile Multi-Million (1,400m) for maiden 3-year-olds are probably the most anticipated races of the carnival.
A novel function of the carnival is the coach and jockey championship, the place knowledgeable’s efficiency will be judged over 10 choose races throughout the weekend, primarily based on a factors system. The successful coach and jockey will every obtain ₹1 lakh.
Mr. Zavaray S. Poonawalla stated “the Indian Racing Carnival’s idea was moved by Ram Shroff and is like a replica of the Indian Turf Invitation weekend that we are trying to stage here. I hope we can make it much better next time. I would like to thank the Committee of RWITC for granting us the clearance to put up a good programme. Hopefully it’s a great impetus for racing to improve further.”
Ram Shroff, chairman, Stewards of the Club, stated “ This is the concept which I had in my mind for the last few years and with the support of Mr. Surendra Sanas, RWITC chairman and the committee Members, finally managed to achieve this great concept of Indian Racing Carnival. We are expecting around 36 outstation horses from all over the country which will compete with the Western India horses over the weekend here.”
Bumper prize
A MG Hector can be received on Sunday in a contest of ability. All entrants to the Members and First Enclosure will get a kind the place one has to predict the primary 4 placings in ending order of the C.N. Wadia Gold Cup.
For patrons who place a wager of ₹500 or extra on the membership’s totalizators on the racecourse over the weekend, there’ll be a fortunate draw with improbable prizes up for grabs, together with motorbikes, good TVs and smartphones.