Horse racing in India

Racing is restricted to Indian-bred racehorses, India has a well-established breeding industry with stallions imported from around the world.

The showpiece event is open to Indian horses who are 4 years old and over, invited from all the turf authorities, and carries a winner's prize of ₹ 10,000,000.

Indian Racing has witnessed champion horses in recent history in the name of Desert God, Quasar, Alaindair, Be Safe, In the Spotlight, etc...While Desert God(Burden Of Proof - Running Flame By Steinbeck) is the highest stakes earner of Indian Racing till date, In the Spotlight(Alnasr Alwasheek - Radiate) is the highest stakes earning filly in Indian Racing till date.

[citation needed] Others to perform well have been Southern Regent, who won twice in England when way past his prime at the age of 9.

[citation needed] Quarantine restrictions and apathy on the part of the Indian Government have kept these opportunities to race abroad very minimal.

[citation needed] Own opinion who represented India in the Japan Cup in 1980 at 7 old and although he finished 13th he beat his record despite the race track being anti-clockwise.

[citation needed] Famous trainers over the years have been: Rashid Byramji, S.S.Attaollahi, J S Dhariwal, Pesi Shroff, S.M.

David, Haskell David, Lawrence Fownes, Prasanna Kumar, Bezan Chenoy Famous Indian jockeys include Pesi Shroff, Vasant Shinde, Pandu Khade, Shamu Chavan, Kheem Singh, Aslam Kader, B Prakash, Sinclair Marshall, Robin Corner, Warren Singh, C Rajendra, Lloyd Marshall, Mohammed Dastagir(chinna), M Narredu, Richard Alford, E Alford, C Alford, B Sreekanth, K P G Appu, Suraj Narredu, P S Chouhan, A Sandesh, Trevor Patel, Akshay Kumar, S.John, C.S.Jodha Y S Srinath, Karl Umrigar[8] During the winter season, many foreign jockeys also come to India.

In recent years this has included the likes of David Allan, Sandy Barclay, Christophe Lemaire, Johnny Murtagh, Seamus Heffernan, Jim Crowley, Frankie Dettori, Pat Eddery, Richard Hughes, Stéphane Pasquier, Martin Dwyer, Colm O'Donoghue, Joseph O'Brien, Chris Hayes, Lester Piggott, Johnny Murtagh, Joe Mercer, Mick Kinane, Walter Swinburn, David Egan, Leigh Roche, Nicky Mackay and numerous others have ridden in India.