The Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC) is besieged on all sides with multiple problems, the exorbitant 28 per cent GST on the betting money topping the list. The future of horse racing in the state hangs in balance, but Zavaray S Poonawalla, chairman of the race club, is not losing hope--yet!

After putting their own money into the sponsor-less Pune Derby kitty more than a month ago, ZS Poonawalla and his colleagues are now focusing their effort on making the once-premier club's racing product attractive for the race-goer, who hates to see sparsely filled pathetic six-race cards.