The Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC) will stage a nine-race programme in Pune Meeting on Sunday, 2 August, with the meeting set to begin at 1:00 PM and continue through to 5:00 PM. The card will feature handicap contests, maiden races and terms events, with races scheduled over distances from 1,000 metres to 2,000 metres. The meeting will offer total prize money of Rs. 80 lakh, while The Eve Champion Trophy will provide the highest prize of Rs. 15,00,000.
Pune Race Cards 2 August
The opening contest, The Royal Princess Plate, will be scheduled for 1:00 PM and will be a Class III handicap for Indian horses rated 40 to 66. The race will be run over 1,600 metres and will carry total prize money of Rs. 6,50,000. Dreamer, Oliver, Spanish Eyes, Rambler and Matisse will be among the expected runners, along with others.
The second race, The Dr. P. K. Sardeshmukh Maharaj Trophy DIV II, will get underway at 1:30 PM. The 1,200-metre contest will be for three-year-old maiden Indian horses and will offer total prize money of Rs. 12,00,000. Desert Diamond, Fire Away, Golden Axl, Yinsiruk, Lumineer and Magenta will be among the expected runners, with other horses also set to feature.
The programme will continue at 2:00 PM with The August Handicap, a Class IV contest for three-year-old horses rated 20 to 46. The race will cover 1,400 metres and will carry total prize money of Rs. 12,00,000. Alpha Strike, Golden Eye, Hermanus, Spectra and Snow Girl will be among the expected runners.
The fourth race, The Orange Flame Plate, will be scheduled for 2:30 PM. The Class IV handicap for Indian horses rated 20 to 46 will be contested over 1,400 metres, with total prize money of Rs. 5,50,000 on offer. Algonquin, Lord And Master, Merchant Of Venice, Nostalgia and Staria will be among the expected runners, alongside others.
The fifth contest, The Golfing Plate, will be due off at 3:00 PM and will provide a Class III handicap for Indian horses rated 40 to 66. The race will be run over a distance of 1,000 metres and will carry total prize money of Rs. 6,50,000. Manor House, Storm Cloud, Eastern Monarch, El Moran, Don Julio and Wind Dancer will be among the expected runners.
The Altaf Hussain Million will follow at 3:30 PM and will provide the meeting’s Class II handicap. The contest will be open to horses rated 60 to 86 and will be run over 1,400 metres for total prize money of Rs. 10,00,000. Ardakan, Thundering Phoenix, Chagall, Earth and Opus Dei will be among the expected runners.
The feature race, The Eve Champion Trophy, will take place at 4:00 PM. The terms contest will be open to horses aged four years and over and will be run over 2,000 metres. The race will carry total prize money of Rs. 15,00,000, the highest on the programme. Dream Alliance, Kings Gambit, Red Bishop and Azalea will be among the expected runners.
The Dr. P. K. Sardeshmukh Maharaj Trophy DIV I will be staged at 4:30 PM as the eighth race on the card. The terms contest will be restricted to three-year-old maiden Indian horses and will cover 1,200 metres. Total prize money will be Rs. 12,00,000, with Coffee At Eleven, Gonzalo, Manuel, Rainbow Connection, Echo and Frenzy among the expected runners, alongside others.
The meeting will conclude with The Zephyr Bay Plate at 5:00 PM. The Class V handicap will be for Indian horses aged four years and over rated 1 to 26 and will be contested over 1,600 metres. The race will carry total prize money of Rs. 5,00,000, with Her Charge, Whisper, Flash Mob, Royal Champ and Marlboro Man among the expected runners.
The Pune Race Cards 2 August will feature a nine-race programme at RWITC, with contests from 1,000 metres to 2,000 metres and total prize money of Rs. 80 lakh. The Eve Champion Trophy will headline the card with Rs. 15,00,000 on offer.
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