Thursday’s fixture at the Royal Calcutta Turf Club (RCTC) will feature six races on 20 August, with the opening contest scheduled for 2:30 PM. The programme will cover distances from 1,100 metres to 2,000 metres, while total prize money across the card will range from Rs.3,00,000 to Rs.13,56,000. The meeting will include five handicap contests and a three-year-old sprint.
Calcutta Race Cards 20 August
The action will get underway with The Arcade Handicap at 2:30 PM. The Class IV contest will be for horses rated 21-46 and will be run over 2,000 metres for total prize money of Rs.4,00,000. BLACK DIAMOND, GOODWILL, KSEPIMAN, CASCADE and SANAYA will be scheduled to compete, with the race also set to provide the longest distance on the card.
Attention will then turn to The Dominate Handicap at 3:00 PM. The Class IV contest will bring together horses rated 41-66 over 1,600 metres, with total prize money of Rs.5,00,000. THIS IS GOLD, UPPER STREET, CHAMPAGNESUPERNOVA and ADMIRINGLY will be scheduled to line up in the second race.
The programme will then move into The Avaglow Handicap at 3:30 PM. The Class III contest will feature horses rated 61-86 and will cover 1,600 metres for total prize money of Rs.5,50,000. HEART, RAFFAELLO, AABUSHAN, GOLDEN WARRIOR and TOGO will make up the scheduled field for the third race.
The meeting’s principal prize-money attraction will arrive with The Calcutta Juvenile Sprint at 4:00 PM. Restricted to three-year-old horses, the 1,100-metre contest will carry total prize money of Rs.13,56,000, making it the most valuable race of the six-race fixture. SAIKO, SILVER DREAM, LUTHER, CIELO and CATHERINE will be scheduled to compete in the juvenile contest.
The penultimate race will see The Super Sunrise Cup take place at 4:30 PM. The Class II contest will be open to horses rated 81 and above and will be contested over 1,100 metres for total prize money of Rs.7,50,000. PANTAZI, BLACKSTONE and VICTORIA CROSS will form the scheduled field for the fifth race.
The six-race programme will round off with The Jeweller Handicap at 5:00 PM. The Class V contest will be for horses rated 1-26 and will cover 1,200 metres for total prize money of Rs.3,00,000. ADEYA, GOLDEN GLORY, LAAMIKA, ROSALIA, WINSANGEL, JUNGLE CRUISE, GODSEND DIVINE, CASHABAN, DUBAI PRINCE and DIAMOND GOLD will be scheduled to compete in the final contest, which will feature the largest field of the meeting.
The Calcutta Race Cards 20 August will feature six races at the Royal Calcutta Turf Club, covering distances from 1,100 metres to 2,000 metres, with the Calcutta Juvenile Sprint carrying the highest prize money of Rs.13,56,000.
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