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| Sunday, 31 March 2002 |
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Horse racing comes alive in Nuwara Eliya by LAL GUNESEKERA A fascinating five days of thoroughbreds, three-quarter breds, half cross breds and locally bred thoroughbreds (three years) will be seen racing in Nuwara-Eliya on April 6, 10, 14, 17 and 20. This will be the ninth meet within one year and this revival is due to a few dedicated owners who have persevered over the last decade to keep horse racing alive. The infusion of Indian thoroughbreds has made this possible. There are about 100 thoroughbreds racing. The owners invited eight top Indian jockeys to ride last year which saw keen competition adding to the thrills and spills, and the spectators witnessed some excellent riding and close finishes. This year, more new horses have arrived and the daily meet of eight races a day will see them compete for the many cups given by the sponsors. The Governor's Cup day on April 14, SriLankan Airlines will sponsor eight races, and they hope to fly in 150 guests from overseas, and there are prizes for the Best Hat, Best Dressed Lady and Best Dressed Gentleman. The main event for the Class I thoroughbred horses on April 6 sponsored by E. W. Balasuriya and Company for the Sporting Times Cup and the race for the maiden thoroughbred horses sponsored by Ceylon Cold Stores for the Lemonade Breeders Cup are scheduled. The main event for thoroughbred horses Class I on April 10 is sponsored by Ceylon Chocolates for Kandos Upali Wijewardene Cup, while the Class II thoroughbred horse race is sponsored by Scan Products for the Sunquick Cup. Class I half-bred race is sponsored by R. R. Printers (Pvt) Limited for the Racing Special Cup. The main event for the day on April 14 which is the one mile Class I thoroughbred race is sponsored by SriLankan Airlines for the SriLankan Airlines Governor's Cup, while the main event on April 17 is sponsored by Green Lanka Shipping Limited for the Green Lanka Shipping Cup. Other races are sponsored by U. W. Sumathipala and Sons for Sporting Star Cup and Union Assurance Limited for the Union Assurance Cup. The main event on April 20 is sponsored by Grand Hotel, Nuwara Eliya for the Grand Hotel Cup, while MTV and MBC Networks are sponsoring the MTV/MBC Cup. |
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