The Calcutta Cold Weather Season 2016-2017 commences from November 1, 2016. The meeting will comprise 28 racedays and will conclude after five months on March 29, 2017.  There are 198 races scheduled to be run during these months, of which 80 will be cup events.

The Club presently has approximately 483 horses in station including, 128 two-year-olds.  A further number of horses are expected to arrive in station to compete during the Season. As many as 20 trainers and 27 jockeys have been issued ‘A’ licenses. At the moment, there are 29 ‘B’ licensed jockeys and 13 apprentices who will be seen in action. A number of outstation Trainers have shown interest in racing their charges during the season which should make racing more competitive.

The advertised stake money for the season is a little more than Rs. 12.37 crore  A further sum of Rs. 22.75 lakh is the value of Cups and Trophies.

 The new sponsors are S Pathy of Sans Craintes Stud Farm, sponsoring The Calcutta Champion Sprint Trophy (Grade III) which will now be named as “The Sans Craintes Stud Farm Calcutta Champion Sprint Trophy (Grade III)”, Dashmesh Stud Farm sponsoring The Alokananda Stakes which will now be named as “The Dashmesh Stud Farm Alokananda Stakes” and the Eat India Company, sponsoring The Indian Champagne Stakes (Grade III) which will now be named as “The Eat India Company Champagne Stakes (Grade III)”. Eveready Industries India, Kunigal Stud Farm and the Bookmakers Association of Calcutta continue to support racing in Calcutta.

Outstation Runners

Outstation trainers desirous of maintaining a racing establishment at the RCTC may apply with the name,   rating and ownership of horses.   All applications will be vetted by the Racing Dept before permission is granted.

Trainers are advised that the animals intended to be stationed at Kolkata must be Rated 27 & above at the centre where they last raced and  have placed at least 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd or 4^th once in the current or the just concluded season.  Further, such horses should not exceed the age  of 6 yrs.  Three year old horses which have raced at least once at any centre are also permitted to be brought into station.  All relevant conditions of the Prospectus of the Calcutta Races will apply. Trainers will also be required to be in attendance on race days a minimum of 50 per cent of the time that their horses participate.

Horses Rated 27 and above at the centre where they last raced up to the age limit of six years and which have placed at least 1^s, 2^nd, 3^rd or 4^th once in the current or the just concluded season are permitted to be brought into station on an application made by the trainers.  Three-year-old horses which have raced at least once at any centre are also permitted to be brought in under this scheme.  Such horses may be purchased or owned by local owners or out station owners.  However, local owners will have first preference in availing of the scheme.  ‘A’ licensed trainers will be permitted to bring in up to 6 horses under the scheme.  The upper limit of  racing horses that a trainer may have under his charge has been revised to 70. Owners, both local and outstation, will be allowed to bring not more than five horses under the scheme.  A share in a horse will be considered as ownership of one animal.

The important races scheduled to be run during the season are  as under:-

The Mayfowl Cup                                                      12^th November, 2016
The Calcutta 1000 Guineas (Grade III)            -         19^th November, 2016  
The Hongkong Jockey Club Cup                                 29^th November, 2016
The Calcutta 2000 Guineas (Grade II)                         3^rd December, 2016  
The Indian Gold Vase                                                  9^th December, 2016
The Deepak Khaitan Memorial Calcutta Gold Cup (Gr.2) -  17^th December, 2016
The Calcutta Oaks (Grade III)                       -           17^th December, 2016
The Calcutta Juvenile Stakes                          -           17^th December, 2016
The Army Cup                                               -           24^th December, 2016
The Eveready RCTC Gold Vase                        -           1^st January, 2017       
The Kunigal Indian Produce Stakes                  -           1^st January, 2017
The Calcutta Bookmakers Association Cup      -           1^st January, 2017
The Sans Craintes Stud Farm Calcutta
Champion Sprint Trophy (Grade III)             -           7^th January, 2017
The  Calcutta Derby Stakes (Grade I)              -           8^th January, 2017
The Dashmesh Stud Farm Alokananda Stakes           8^th January, 2017
The Indian Champion Cup (Grade I)                      23^rd January, 2017
The Indian Champagne Stakes (Grade III)              23^rd January, 2017
The Queen Elizabeth II Cup (Grade III)                  11^th February, 2017
The Calcutta Million (Grade II)                                11^th February, 2017
The Governor’ Cup                                                   25^th February, 2017
The Calcutta St. Leger (Grade III)                            1^st March, 2017
The Grand Annual      Handicap                                8^th March, 2017