Horse Racing kicks-off the season with style in Nuwara Eliya
April 10, 2010 04:43 pm
The Turf Club of Sri Lanka is all ready to set ablaze the Nuwara Eliya Race Course tracks with its much-awaited Races this Avurudu Season.
With a grand history that dates back to 1840, horse-racing
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Roundly acknowledged as the ‘Epsom’ of Sri Lanka, the annual Nuwara Eliya Races presented by the Turf Club undoubtedly is the highlight and buzz-word for breathtaking excitement and thrills for not only sportsmen, but for all who throng Sri Lanka’s ‘Little
This year’s Governor’s Cup competition promises to be a
thrilling one. With last two years champion Double Eagle in good form aiming to
make a hat trick of wins equalling the record set by “
The “Queen’s Cup” featured on the 24th will have the cream of the Class II thoroughbreds vying for this prestigious cup over a distance of 10 furlongs and we feel that the two new Geldings “Strength to Succeed” and “Attorney” will battle this race out.
The “Sunquick Cup” too will be run in the Class I category and will be keenly contested by the thoroughbreds in that class. Amongst the trophies, the blue ribbon event will undoubtedly be the Governor’s Cup sponsored by DFCC & Vardhana Banks. This race will be the highlight on the 14th of April and the feature race on 24th will be the Queen’s cup sponsored by George Steuart & Company on the Company’s 175th Anniversary. The Sunquick Cup for Class I sponsored by Scan Industries will be held on 17th April followed by 5 other Cups also sponsored by CW Mackie & Company for the entire 17th.
Other Trophies on offer will be the “Mobitel Cup” (sponsored by Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd, “Mackwoods Labukelle Cup” (sponsored by Agalawatte Plantations PLC), “Sumathi Cup” (Sumathi Group), “Sporting Times Trophy” (E.W. Balasuriya & Co), “Lemonade
Trophy” (
Special Sponsorships are given by Mr. Upali Jayasinghe and Wickramaratne
Group of Companies. Multilac Paints sponsored the Club for the total
requirement for the paints to repaint the club premises in Nuwara Eliya and would
continue to supply us with paints as and when required,
The models for the fashion show will be sponsored by Mrs. Shanika Soza and the show itself will be conducted by Zsaid Images.
For the icing on the cake, the ‘Best Filly Contest (Ladies), ‘Best Stallion’ (Gents) and ‘Best Hat’ (Ladies) contest which will be held in international style on the l4th will walk away with handsome prizes from our sponsors.
With the season blossoming into its best, all roads will certainly lead to the Race Course in Nuwara Eliya this holiday season. So, reserve your dates for the races; jump the saddle and giddy-up for the action in ‘Little England’.