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‘Once Dr Cyrus Poonawalla trusts you, he backs you to the hilt'
Updated On: 26 September, 2023 09:30 AM IST | Mumbai | Prakash Gosavi
Interview with bloodstock agent Gaurav Rampal, who buys stallions for Poonawalla Stud Farm in Pune
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Dr Cyrus Poonawalla (right) posing with his equine star Chindit after winning a race at Sandown Park, London. Also in the pic: (left to right): Jockey Pat Dobbs, senior lawyer Satish Maneshinde, bloodstock agent Gaurav Rampal and trainer Richard Hannon
The world knows Dr Cyrus Poonawalla as the man whose company (Serum Institute of India, Pune) is the largest producer of vaccines. Closer to home he is also famous as a top breeder of quality racehorses. His friends know him as a successful businessman who, over four decades, built a huge empire which is known as the Poonawalla group. But bloodstock agent Gaurav Rampal, who buys stallions for Poonawalla`s stud farm, gives us a glimpse of the personal side, and describes "patience" as the greatest virtue of his wealthy client. For Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, Gaurav recently bought Chindit, who reeled off two races in a row in the UK in the new owner`s racing silks in quick succession (the Gr 3, Superior Mile Stakes at Haydock on September 9 and the Chasemore Farm Fortune Stakes at Sandown Park on September 20), and might complete a hat-trick on September 29, before coming to India to do stud duty.
mid-day.com spoke with Gaurav Rampal about Chindit making headlines, after being bought by Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, winning two races in quick succession.
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