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Record set at Mahalaxmi horse auction

Updated on: 05 February,2020 05:00 AM IST  | 

Record set at Mahalaxmi horse auction

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Hemal Ashar hemal@ mid- day. com A RECORD was created on Tuesday evening at the Royal Western India Turf Club ( RWITC) Mahalaxmi auction sale 2020, which is a sale of twoyear- old bloodstock, when a horse was sold for R 41.5 lakh. The buyer was Mumbaiu2019s Champak Zaveri.

Zavaray Poonawalla chairman RWITC said, u201c This is a record through the nearly 80- year- old history of auction sales. A horse has never gone at this high a price. We also had horses going for R 30 lakh and R 32 lakh, which are very, very high prices in this auction.u201d The horse bought by Champakbhai, as he is known at the race course, is full brother to Giant Star, trained by Malesh Narredu.


Champakbhai Zaveri ( extreme right) at the annual auction on Monday. He bought the horse for a record price on Tuesday evening. PIC/ ASH ISH RAJE Record set at Mahalaxmi horse auction Mumbaiu2019s Champak Zaveri buys horse for R 41.5 lakh; big bid makes history and sets new benchmark



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