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Mumbai racing season begins at Pune
Updated On: 27 November, 2020 07:42 AM IST | Mumbai | Prakash Gosavi
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Not even the man or woman who first coined the phrase "expect the unexpected" must have imagined this. Today, the Mumbai racing season 2020-21 begins at Pune, with hundreds of horses which traveled from Mumbai to Pune more than six months ago very eager to jump out of the starting gates. The fact that all these horses have been working on the exercise track for so long should ensure they have the best possible fitness to get going. And that, ladies and gentlemen, promises exciting, competitive racing on the track--a proverbial siliver lining to the dark cloud hanging over horse racing.
In a short video clip released on the eve of the season's start, the Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC) chairman Zavaray Poonawalla, who sounded genuinely optimistic, assured the racing fraternity that his team is all set to beat the odds presently stacked against the sport that indirectly supports over a hundred thousand jobs requiring special skills.
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