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No Invitation Cup Weekend Races In 2026?

By Come On | 18-Dec-2025

Hi Frinds,

What most of us were fearing for has finally come true. Yes, the Mysore Race Club - scheduled to host the Invitation Cup in March 2026 - is closing down for a full three months after a two-year-old at this Centre has tested positive for Glanders. With Bangalore and Hyderabad already going to 'sleep' and Madras Race Club now a thing of the past, things really do not augur well for Indian racing. Maybe, Mumbai's current season can be extended upto April so that punters can feel like getting compensated in some manner for the prolonged absence of Bangalore and Mysore at least up to March. Hard to imagine the plight of owners and trainers just as we keep wondering if this is the end of the raid for horse racing in India.

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Precisely_that said ...

19-Dec-2025

There have been instances when Invitation was held later. The invitation cup won by Autonomy was held in October because of equine influenza. 

So invitation is not a bigger challenge. 

Question is how can careless attitude of few affect the entire industry? What will the clubs do to overcome this attitude? 

And what actions will be taken against the people with such attitude?

Lalwani = Chennai said ...

19-Dec-2025

MARCH INVITATION :

No Idea Where It Be Held But Likely Change In Name Possible

Can Or May be Named [ STATION CUP ]

What Do You Feel

Passion And Patience said ...

18-Dec-2025

The chances of conducting  INVITATION  2026 looks difficult , but  may be conduct in November, December 2026 . And 2027 will be  as usual .(In 2021 Mumbai Conducted Invitation weekend in December due to pandemic) .

Racing will continue..not to worry.

Fan Of Suraj said ...

18-Dec-2025

I think invitation races held in Hyderabad 

3 months of quarantine of horse over before January in Hyderabad 

It's possible I. Hyderabad 

If in Hyderabad one horse race star of night from rh sequeria it's one horse race don't think about it

Jp said ...

18-Dec-2025

During corona 2021 a farce Invitation cup race was conducted in Mumbai and Alluring Silver won the race at the expense of Juliette. The winner finished 3rd in the Derby ridden by PSC. Immortality which won the Derby was ridden by Suraj. Immortality before the Derby was ridden by PSC only in all it's 3 wins.Now Suraj rides AS and PSC rode Parisian. This is how the jockeys declaration goes and the winning results. It is good there are no races in 3 centres.

M B M said ...

18-Dec-2025

It is very sad to know about the racing positions in Bangalore and mysore 

But racing should servive 

We have surpassed the corona days

Likewise racing will survive 

Let us support for the coming good days

Hk said ...

18-Dec-2025

Invitation weekend should move to Pune season 2025, so after MAY again the horses can join for the Cup.

Chikonda Sheyker said ...

18-Dec-2025

Invitation cup will be hosted at RWITC without any doubt in it 

The runners will be from from Mumbai, pune & Kolkata ,madras ,Mysore , Hyderabad, banglore 

Glanders will be ending soon just in a 15 days of spam

Golimar said ...

18-Dec-2025

Invitation shouldn't be conducted, without any invitees what is the use of conducting it? Moreover the same horses would be competing during Indian Derby weekend and Poonawalla racing carnival, it will be a farce to see the same bunch competing again for the third time in the name of invitational races.

Dancing Dynamite said ...

18-Dec-2025

The invitation cup can be in Mumbai.   But whom will they invite? Kolkata and may be delhi.

Banerjee said ...

18-Dec-2025

PROVIDENCE does play a vital role.The way the trusted professionals were takeing the public for a ride with shady tactics .especially with favourites.well some one had to step in and teach them a lesson.

Sankar Vavintaparthy said ...

18-Dec-2025

Invitation races should run in Mumbai 

Nan said ...

18-Dec-2025

Never lose hope in hardships.. Light is always at end of tunnel, believe and keep going forward should be motto for indian racing.

All of us should encourage rwitc and rctc for conducting racing with more racedays in the given circumstances.. 

Hopefully invitation races dont cancel and take place in operating centre..

Lets all unite and show support to keep racing moving forward