Thunder Of Hooves return to RCTC
After a break of nearly two long months, during which time racing came to a standstill at this centre, the thunder of hooves return on New Year's Day -much to the delight
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Nicola Brings The Curtain Down
Before our series on Super Dams draws to an end, it would be proper to make a few relevant and pertinent points about the breeding industry.
The Poonawalla S
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Calcutta Derby on March 1
The Royal Calcutta Turf Club confirmed that the Calcutta Winter Season will kick off on New Year's Day — traditionally the day when socialites of this metropolis ma
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Dusty Was A 'Champion' Dam
The late seventies saw the advent of a great broodmare Dusty. She won a race in England before going on to produce eight winners here. In conjunction with the sire Satinello,
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Celandine Produced A Special Set of Siblings
We continue with our list of non-performing mares who went on to become superlative dams. Celandine was one such dam who did not even race but produced a long list of 10
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The Powerful Charenzaccio Line
The last few dams we have dealt with produced champions without themselves performing notably on the track. The two broodmares Charenzaccio and Schiaparelli (a mother and dau
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Horses Looking Good at Kolkata
After two days of trotting and rolling their charges, most trainers and officials at this centre are hopeful that the winter meeting at Calcutta will commence on New Year'
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Bharath Singh To Return
It is reliably learnt that Robin Corner will be switching portfolios. After being a trainer here for more than three years, Corner will be acting as an advisor for RCTC from
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Unraced Dam with 'Astonish-ing' Progeny
It is a fact that progeny and performance are two unrelated entities. We saw in the case of Purita and her dam Pashmina, that they were both non-winners, yet they
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RCTC Remain Upbeat
Despite a delayed start to the Calcutta Winter Meeting due to over half the stable strength being affected by Pyrexia of an Unknown Origin (POU), the mood at the RCTC office
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Purita Produced The Best
She was no great shakes herself but she produced a colt which shook the Indian turf like none before him. She came at a time when the Indian breeding industry was yet to find
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Hennessy produced a surprise package
The mare Hennessy will be remembered for two reasons. Firstly, because she produced a brilliant Indian Derby winner in the form of Sir Bruce and secondly, because she was the
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