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Rising Sun Turf Club does not require approval for race

Dear Editor,

In relation to a notice in two daily newspapers – Stabroek News and Kaieteur News on the 9th October 2008 about the Rising Sun Turf Club tracks by my good friend Vickram Odit, the president of the racing authority, I wish to clarify the issues as raised by him.

Rising Sun Turf Club is a registered club since 1974 with its own rules and regulations and does not require any approval or sanction from a Gymkhana Racing Authority.

The directors of Rising Sun Turf Club have been racing horses for over fifty years from D’Urban Park to Trinidad and Barbados so much so that whatever rules and regulations we may have forgotten they, the directors of the so-called authority are yet to learn.

The club also has its own officials and qualified advisers who are sufficiently familiar with the rules of racing and the management thereof to competently officiate same.

Furthermore, persons ought properly to consider their own affairs before embarking on criticism of others when they are unfit to do so.

To repeat, the club is a registered independent body so please put your house in order before you tread on rugged terrain.

Yours faithfully,
I Habibulla
President
Rising Sun Turf Club
Rising Sun

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3 Responses to “Rising Sun Turf Club does not require approval for race”

paul narine
on October 12th, 2008 7:00 pm

being a registered club does not mean that that approval does not have to be granted before a race is done –because approval was not requested before does not make it right to not to ever seek approval

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Caesar
on October 12th, 2008 8:57 pm

Missimg the point here completely. The horses should also be checked for doping.

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Leon Jameson Suseran
on October 13th, 2008 7:11 pm

We all saw the numerous publicity in the media the entire week condemning the races that were eventually successfully held– it’s really ridiculous– to prevent people — families– from going out to have fun at the races due to petty differences!

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