Mysore Racing Season to offer Rs 5.04 crore stakes money

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Mysore, Aug 20 (UNI) More than 700 horses are expected to participate during the 20-day Mysore racing season that begins here on August 23 with an increased stakes amount of Rs 5.04 crore.

Briefing newspersons Mysore Race Club Chairman Chaduranga Kanthataraj Urs said today that trainers from Bangalore and other racing centres in the country would be bringing their wards for the races. All jockeys licensed by the Bangalore Club as well as jockeys of other centres would be seen in action.

He said that two new sweepstakes races had been added for the first time. This included Maharaja's Gold Cup and the Mysore Dasara Sprint Championship.

The new grand stand was expected to be completed by September.

The Karnataka government had allotted 15 acres of the land near the race course for the construction of the new horse stables and it would be ready by next year, he said.

The important race days are, Mysore Million Gr-III (Aug 24), KROA Mysore 1000 Guineas (Sep 14), Maharaja's Gold Cup (Sep 21), Fernhill's Palace Mysore 2000 Guineas (Oct 5), Governor's Gold Cup (Oct 12), F K Irani Memorial Gold Cup (Oct 4), Mysore Dasara Sprint Championship (Oct 19), Daisy Appoo Cup (Oct 28) and Mysore Derby (Oct 28).

UNI

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