Zavaray Poonawalla has a problem. He just can`t stop thinking big even if the sport of horse racing is facing its worst existential crisis on account of insanely high level of taxation. No wonder Ram Shroff, chairman of stewards, thought of Zavaray for support when he conceived an ambitious weekend of racing as the grand finale to bring down the curtain on a very successful Mahalaxmi racing season 2022-23.

"This great sport needs support, and I am always there to give it to keep it afloat," Zavaray, the former race club chairman who will lend his name--and money--to five races over the "racing carnival" weekend, told mid-day.