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Should Indian Racing Fraternity Allow International

By Frankel | 14-Dec-2017

As far as I know, India does not have any invitational races which is open for horses round the globe. I think limiting the racing only to Indian owners/trainers will not help the sport develop much in the country. India needs to have a flagship event (like Royal Ascot/Melbourne Cup/Dubai carnival/Japan cup etc) where superstar horses from the globe can participate.

My suggestion will be make the Group 1 Invitation cup open to all horses around the globe and lets see if you can attract many participants. It will be great to see top horses running in Mumbai.

Thoughts?

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6 Replies

Hunter said ...

16-Dec-2017
Indian racing authorities should frame high-stakes races and invite owners abroad to send their wards to India to participate. Maybe, in initial years, our horses will take a beating. However, over the years gradually standards of the horses, the jockies' riding skills, training methods plus feeds and breeding programs. We have seen the same thing happen when Indian athletes started competing with international athletes in Tennis (Amrithraj brothers), Badminton (Saina and Sindhu), Wrestling, Boxing, Shooting and Formula racing. By being frogs in wells, we cannot hope to improve.

Manish said ...

15-Dec-2017
See what happened to Desert God, the indian champion horse.

Its running in Class IV. Do you really think, indian horses stand a chance.

Ayyarnet said ...

14-Dec-2017

Price money from Indian Race clubs may not be attractive for horses from other countries. Hence possibility is very rare.

Regards

ayyarnet

Againstodds said ...

14-Dec-2017

Good proposal sir. But initially among the equal may be better before reaching the next stage.

With respect & warm regards

Transparency said ...

14-Dec-2017
Gud Idea but then all the Invitations will b won by abroad participants and Bookies will lose heavy on it .

Rksh said ...

14-Dec-2017
Frankie

I already posted the same topic few weeks back....discussed by HTians ...Plz refer to the posting 3wks earlier

Regards