Letter received from the RWITC regarding 90 days credit and reimbursement of Medical Costs.

17th February 2009

 

To,
Mr Geoffrey Nagpal
President
Western India Race Horse Owners' Association Ltd
Mumbai

 

Dear Sir,

 

Re: Request for 90 days time to clear the debit balances, etc:

 

I refer to your letter dated 5th January 2009 on the abovementioned subject.

 

Your letter referred to above was placed before and considered by the Committee of the Club.

 

With regard to clearance of debit balances, it was decided to give time to clear only outstanding BTF for the period of 1st November 2008 till 31st January 2009, latest by 28th February 2009 and all the other debits should be cleared immediately.

 

The Committee regretted its inability to comply with your request that the medical costs incurred owing to Equine Influenza be borne by the Club.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Secretary,
ROYAL WESTERN INDIA TURF CLUB LTD

 

Copy to: The Accounts Department

Arrival of 2 yr olds in Pune

WIRHOA has written to the RWITC requesting them to grant us permission at their earliest to allow 2 yr olds in Pune by March 1st, 2009.

 

Their response is awaited. Please check back for updates on the same.

Further EI Guidelines received from the Govt. of India

DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, RWITC., LTD.

(Approved by Govt of India)

 

6 Arjun Marg, Pune 411 001, Maharashtra.

 

Prof. P.K. Uppal

B. V.SC & AH.M V.Sc., Ph.D (Agra), PhD (Cantab) UK., Fax

FNA VSc, FIAA VR

Founder Professor & Head (B&M),IVRI

Founder Director, National Research Centre on Equines

Former Managing Director BIBCOL. Dept of Bio-Technology

 

Date:

2nd February 2009

 

To,

The Secretary, Bangalore Turf Club,

The Secretary, Hyderabad Race Club.

The Secretary, Royal Calcutta Turf Club.

The Secretary, Madras Race Club.

The Secretary, Mysore Race Club.

The Secretary, Delhi Race Club.

The Secretary, RWITC Ltd., Mumbai

 

Dear Sirs,

 

Furtherance to the guide lines issued regarding strategies on the control of Equine Influenza amongst various Turf Clubs the following guidelines are further proposed.

 

1. Any vaccination programme taken in the country amongst animals comes under the preview of Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying.

 

2. Any foreign antigen introduced through vaccination either live or killed requires scientific justification.

 

3. Horses which have suffered from equine influenza, they need not be burdened with EI vaccine at least for a period of six months.

 

4. Horses which have not suffered with the present equine influenza infection if protected, the vaccine regime need to be followed to provide sufficient protective antibodies. Excessive antigen load need to be avoided list horse become immuno tolerance.

 

With regards,

Prof. P.K. Uppal,

Technical Director.

 

c.c.: Shri Shivlal Daga, Coordinator, TAI

 

Notice from RWITC dated 2-2-09 regarding movement of horses

ROYAL WESTERN INDIA TURF CLUB LIMITED,MUMBAI / PUNE

 

NOTICE

 

 

RE: GUIDELINES FOR MOVEMENT OF THOROUGHBRED HORSES INTO

R.W.I.T.C. LTD. AT MUMBAI / PUNE.

 

 

All concerned may kindly note that:

 

A. All thorough-bred horses arriving at RWITC Ltd. Mumbai / Pune from the Stud Farms / Turf Authorities located in Glanders free States should possess the following documents:

 

1.      Passport;

2.      Valid EIA Certificate;

3.      A Health Certificate from the Senior / Chief Veterinary Officer where the horse last raced stating that the horse neither suffered nor showed any signs of infectious diseases like EIA, Glanders, African Horse Sickness and Dourine.

 

B.       All thorough-bred horses arriving at RWITC, Ltd. from the Stud Farms / Turf Authorities located in States where Glanders is either reported or notified should possess the following documents:

 

1.      Passport;

2.      Valid EIA Certificate;

3.      CFT Glanders Certificate from DRL, Pune or NRCE, Hissar (Validity period – 30 days).

4.      In case a horse is arriving from a Stud Farm – a Certificate from Deputy Director / Joint Director of Animal Husbandry Department of that location stating that there is No Glanders cases in that Stud Farm and also within the vicinity of 25 kms from the Stud Farm.

5.      In case a horse is arriving from another Turf Authority – a Health Certificate from the Senior / Chief Veterinary Officer where the horse last raced stating that the horse neither suffered nor showed any signs of infectious diseases like EIA, Glanders, African Horse Sickness and Dourine.

 

C.     All thorough-bred horses arriving at RWITC Ltd. from the Stud Farms / Turf Authorities should be administered with primary course of approved vaccinations against Equine Influenza comprising of at least 2 doses given in accordance with the manufacturers recommendation but not within 14 days of departure and bearing the Vaccination Certificate with the details of Date of Vaccination, Name of the Vaccine, Batch no. and Expiry date and duly signed by either Chief Veterinarian of the Stud Farm or Panel Veterinarian only and duly endorsed in the passport. Turf Authorities of India is permitting the use of Fluvac Innovator or Proteq Flu. It has been decided that all the 2 year-olds after arrival at Pune, will be given a dose of Fluvac Innovator by the Club Vet.

 

However if the Senior Veterinary Officer of a turf club certify that particular horse had suffered from Equine Influenza then that horse shall be exempted from vaccination for a period of 6 months from the date of onset of clinical signs of Equine Influenza.

 

D.       The onus would be on the Trainer concerned to ascertain from the RWITC Ltd. in advance of the documents required.

 

E.       Horses without necessary Certificates / passport endorsement will not be permitted to enter the race course under any circumstances.

 

F.       The Stewards may impose any fine or penalty for the breach of these Rules at their discretion

And They're Off

The Mumbai Season 2009 started off well with 2 days racing with as many as 10 races on both days and rather good fields. We saw some smart timings being clocked and most horses running true to form. Most felt that the break in the winter, which the horses got for the first time ever, did them a world of good. Horses looked well turned out in the paddock as well.