Indian Derby on April 5

Jain said despite many ups and down and a curtailed season cards,sponsors have chosen to honour their commitments. “The season will be as colourful as ever in terms of pomp and show,” he said.

The horses from Pune will start moving to the Mahalaxmi Race Course next week. “I met with the secretary of the Animal Husbandry Department and he has assured that the notification about movement and conduct of the races will be issued in couple of day as it is pending with legal department now,” informed Jain.

“So we expect the horse will start coming in from January 19.”

The Mumbai season now looks firmly in saddle with the prospectus for the first two days of racing on January 31 and February 1 has been approved and event the entries have started coming in.

Most of the 1200-odd horses have started track work in right earnest in Pune and will be ready to run once they arrive in Mumbai.