We are hopeful of racing starting on 31st Jan 09. Currently the recommendation from the Animal Husbandry Dept. Pune to end the ban on 19th Jan 09 is with the Mantralaya Mumbai and has to follow procedure before publication which includes the Minister's signature. Efforts by Mr. Vivek Jain, Mr. Shivlal Daga and Mr. Khushroo Dhunjibhoy have to be acknowledged.
The rumour that Mrs. Maneka Gandhi was against bringing forward the end of the ban from 15th Feb to 19th Jan is untrue and she is currently not involved in this matter.
We expect horses to move on or around 20th to 21st Jan. The horses are well. Yesterday 13th Jan - 1104 horses were in work, out of which 401 were on the inner sand with several doing fast work.
The Prospectus is being finalized with racing starting on 31st Jan and 1st Feb. And the season going up to 3rd May with 27 race days as against 43 last year. Most of the sponsors have stood by the Club and we will see most of the sponsored races being run. ALL THE INDIAN CLASSICS ARE BEING RUN.
The main Classics are being held as follows,
Indian 1000
Indian 2000
Indian Oaks 29th March
and lastly the Indian
All the graded races will be run except The Gool S. Poonawalla. The Poonawalla Breeders Multi-Million will be run on 22nd March. The Indian St. Leger will be run in Pune 2009. A decision from the sponsor of the Shapoorji Pallonji Juvenile millions is awaited after which it will be known if they are being run this season or postponed to Pune 2009. All these decisions have been made keeping in mind the dates for the various sponsors and after due deliberation and inputs from the Prospectus Core Group consisting of Mr. Vivek Jain, Mr Geoffrey Nagpal(WIRHOA), Mr. Gautam Lala(WIRHOA), Mr. Hoshang Nazir(WIRHOA), The Handicapper & Mr. Rehanullah Khan(Trainers' representative of WITA).
All is in place to start racing. We are only awaiting the lifting of the ban. The only other uncertainty is the members stand being ready and usable with the requisite permissions.
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