COVID SCARE AT BANGALORE RACE CLUB

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

 The Bangalore Turf Club was closed on 17 Aug after 10 jockeys returned positive for the Corona Virus.

the BTC had cancelled the riding licence of all the jockeys recently and it is learnt that 55 jockeys were the fresh applicants for the same.The BTC has made it mandatory for the jockeys to submit a covid negative report for obtaining the rising licence.

The premises of the club have been sanitised well since the 10 applicants returned positive in the test.These 10 persons have been advised to home quarantine for three weeks and subsequently prove the negativity in Corona Test.

B TC has also approached the Karnataka Govt for permission to conduct spectator less racing in line with the plan of RWITC.

DELAY IN RWITC RACING & ZEYN MIRZA SHOWN THE DOOR BY URBB

Monday, August 17, 2020

 1.

The RWITC Committee in its latest meeting have decided to cancel the planned races scheduled for 23 Aug and 30 Aug respectively as they could not obtain licence and permissions from the Govt.

2.The club however is making the best effort  to start racing on 06 sep and hope to continue further rices on weekends.

3. THE CLUB HAS ALSO DEFFERED THE MORNING TRIALS (MOCK RACES) DUE TO INCESSANT RAINS, THESE WILL BE HELD LATER.



ZEYN MIRZA who had a long association with Vijay Mallya has been deprived  of all powers by the management of URBB(Owners of Kunigal Stud Farm).Hereafter he will not be authorised to sell or buy anything on behalf  of his employers. He has also been debarred from signing any sale forms on behalf of the company.About a year ago Zeyn Mirza was removed from his job in URBB. At that time there were differences between him and the management who had allowed him to continue .but now he has been shown the door.


DAVID ALLAN EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT INDIAN RACING

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

'I might not be going back' - David Allan expresses fears for racing in India

Description: David Allan: the most successful foreign jockey in India's racing history

David Allan: the most successful foreign jockey in India's racing history

Martin Lynch

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By Andrew DietzUPDATED 10:00AM, AUG 3 2020

  

David Allan, the most successful foreign jockey in India's racing history, fears his days riding in the country may be over as the sport struggles to find a way out of the Covid-19 shutdown.

While racing has resumed in many countries, the nine racecourses in India have not been able to reopen even behind closed doors, leaving the already fragile industry in further peril. 

Racing in India was plunged into crisis before the pandemic due to the imposition of a new Goods and Services Tax by the government.

Betting on racing was one of the sectors forced to pay 28 per cent, representing a massive hike for organisations like the Mysore Race Club and Bangalore Turf Club. 

"It's not looking good and it doesn't look like I'll be going back," said Allan.

"I've been keeping on top of it and some of the tracks are trying to get going again, but I can't see where the funding is going to come from.

"There are no betting shops, like we have here, and they're trying to get racing online, but the government doesn't seem particularly keen and hasn't passed anything through."

Allan, who returned from his 11th winter spell in India earlier this year, surpassed former champion apprentice Sandy Barclay as the most successful foreign rider in the country two years ago.

He has landed the Indian Derby – a race also won by the likes of Richard Hughes, Mick Kinane and Walter Swinburn – three times including in successive years in 2016 and 2017.

Plans for a return of racing later this month have been drafted, but the financial state of a sport reliant on vibrant on-course betting remains uncertain.

Tegbir Brar, a leading owner-breeder in Punjab, said: "We weren't in good shape before the coronavirus and everything we've done wrong for the past 30-40 years has come to a head. 

"I'm sure racing will start again, we're just waiting for the government to give it the go-ahead. When it does I just hope we can get permission to go online as that would be a big thing for the industry."

On the far-reaching implications of the Indian racing crisis, Brar added: "The sales in Britain and the US are popular with breeders in India, but given the current climate I don't see people coming out and spending money this year."

 


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