<div class="gmail_default">With the Maharashtra government finally clearing the way for horse racing to shift to Mahalaxmi racecourse from Pune, where it is presently being conducted, the managing committee of the Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC) Ltd, headed by chairman Zavaray S Poonawalla, in a meeting held at the Pune racecourse on&nbsp;<span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT154_com_zimbra_date" class="Object" role="link"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT160_com_zimbra_date" class="Object" role="link"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT166_com_zimbra_date" class="Object" role="link">Sunday</span></span></span>, has taken a decision to resume racing in Mumbai from&nbsp;<span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_date" class="Object" role="link"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT155_com_zimbra_date" class="Object" role="link"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT161_com_zimbra_date" class="Object" role="link"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT167_com_zimbra_date" class="Object" role="link">Sunday, February 28</span></span></span></span>.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default">It may be noted that owing to the COVID-19 pandemic situation which put restrictions on the movement of horses from Pune to Mumbai, and also because a part of the Mahalaxmi racecourse premises being used as a makeshift health facility, the Mumbai racing season 2020-21 was started at Pune racetrack on&nbsp;<span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT151_com_zimbra_date" class="Object" role="link"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT156_com_zimbra_date" class="Object" role="link"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT162_com_zimbra_date" class="Object" role="link"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT168_com_zimbra_date" class="Object" role="link">November 27</span></span></span></span>&nbsp;last year. So far, 103 races have been run over 13 race days, which also included the first two Classics of the season, namely, the Indian 1000 &amp; 2000 Guineas.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default">The remaining two Classics of the Mumbai racing season--the Indian Oaks &amp; the Indian Derby, however, will now be run at the Mahalaxmi racetrack on&nbsp;<span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT157_com_zimbra_date" class="Object" role="link"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT163_com_zimbra_date" class="Object" role="link"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT169_com_zimbra_date" class="Object" role="link">March 7</span></span></span>&nbsp;&amp; 21 respectively (both Sundays). The Indian Turf Invitation Cup, which the RWITC gets to host only once in five years, is slated to be run on&nbsp;<span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT152_com_zimbra_date" class="Object" role="link"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT158_com_zimbra_date" class="Object" role="link"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT164_com_zimbra_date" class="Object" role="link"><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT170_com_zimbra_date" class="Object" role="link">Sunday, April 18</span></span></span></span>.</div>

It may be noted that owing to the COVID-19 pandemic situation which put restrictions on the movement of horses from Pune to Mumbai.

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