Updated On: 16 September, 2013 12:43 AM IST | | Prakash Gosavi
Pesi Shroff's mother Tehmina breathed her last on Friday morning at Mumbai, and barely 48 hours later the champion horse trainer was back at his job at the Pune racecourse, saddling runners, giving instructions and leg-up to his jockeys ufffd and as usual, winning races and stake money for his owners.
“If you knew my mother, you shouldn’t be surprised; she herself kept a busy day even at the age of 83. This is the only way I could have paid tribute to her, by doing what I ought to do, and more importantly, doing what she loved watching me do,” Shroff told this correspondent later in the evening.u00a0

This one’s for you, mom: Yana Trophy winner Silver Arrowu00a0(P Trevor up) is followed by trainer Pesi Shroff (in a suit) and assistant trainer Vishal Gaekwad (blue shirt) at the Pune racetrack yesterdayu00a0