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🏆Son of Dali🏆 wins another Gr2 and his 16th career win. One of the best sprinter in 🇮🇳, probably one of the best ever. Sound/Consistent/FAST #Dali #MukteshwarStud #NewApproachBloodstock

"Mukteshwar Stud just landed a major coup with Cairo (Quality Road) joining their stallion roster. Get ready for a whole new 'Dynasty' in Indian racing!" All the best to his new connections. I hope he's a huge success 🙌 #NewApproachBloodstock

Horse Racing in India: Tradition, Tourism, and the Case for Fair GST. Horse racing in India is one of the oldest and most distinguished sporting traditions, combining heritage, tourism, and livelihoods in a way few industries can. From the historic courses of Kolkata and Mumbai to the thriving turf clubs of Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Chennai, racing has long been a cultural institution, attracting visitors, supporting equine breeding, and sustaining thousands of families. Yet today, this legacy faces a grave crisis—not because of waning public interest or diminished competitiveness, but because of a tax regime that threatens its very survival. Since October 2023, horse racing has been subject to a 28 percent Goods and Services Tax levied on the full face value of bets placed. This rate does not merely tax winnings or the commission retained by clubs; it taxes every rupee that enters the pool, thereby penalising the legitimate and regulated form of wagering that underpins the sport. The consequences of this structure are already stark. In Hyderabad, official betting collections that once stood at ₹1,271 crore in 2016–17 have collapsed to a mere ₹141 crore in 2024–25, even as the parallel illegal betting market has swelled to over ₹2,000 crore annually. In Mumbai too, the Royal Western India Turf Club has seen official tote collections decline from around ₹15 crore in earlier years to barely ₹2–3 crore today, with punters preferring unregulated bookmaking avenues that escape taxation. Nationally, the trend is unmistakable: government revenue from racing, which had touched ₹3,274 crore in 2014–15, has dwindled to less than half that amount within five years of GST implementation. This is not just a story of numbers but of livelihoods and heritage under siege. The equine population in Hyderabad alone has fallen from over a thousand horses to around 650, as owners are unable to meet the costs of upkeep—now estimated at nearly ₹35,000 per month per horse. Trainers, jockeys, syces, farriers, veterinarians, breeders, and a host of ancillary workers are being forced to abandon their profession, leaving behind an entire ecosystem that once flourished around the sport. The cascading effect is felt in rural areas that supply feed and breeding services, in urban tourism where racecourses attract visitors, and in state treasuries that lose revenue to underground markets. To equate horse racing with games of pure chance is to misunderstand its nature and its jurisprudential recognition. The Supreme Court in K.R. Lakshmanan v. State of Tamil Nadu (1996) categorically recognised racing as a game of skill, requiring analysis of form, pedigree, track conditions, weather, handicapping, and jockeyship. Bettors engage in statistical study, pedigree research, and performance evaluation—skills that distinguish the sport from online money games or casinos, which the government itself has recently moved to prohibit through the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025. While unregulated online games are deemed harmful because of their addictive and opaque design, horse racing remains a licensed, supervised, and historically significant sporting activity. It is therefore inappropriate to punish it with the same or harsher tax treatment than those activities the government itself has sought to ban. @shivens @dashmeshstud @gautamlala @sanjay_facets @indiaracedotcom @angads110 @RaceMirror @Racebuzzlive #horseracing #equestrian #Legacy #Horseracinghistory #GSTReforms

Sovereign King stuns Stormy Sea and Red Bishop in a tight finish. A confident piece of riding from jockey Antony Raj S in the Colts Championship Stakes (Gr.1) Trained by @AdhirajsinghJ

Sovereign King Stuns Rivals, Classics Buzz Begins racingpulse.in/code/stpage.as…

TIME AND TIDE [Dali (USA) - Starlet (IND) by Eljohar (IRE)] wins The Zavaray S Poonawalla Sprinters' Cup G1 J: A Sandesh T: Adhiraj Singh Jodha . . @RaceMadras @AdhirajsinghJ @BachhawatVikram @rwitcmumbai @angads110 #TimeAndTide #SprintersCup

Madras: Race 5 1️⃣ TIME AND TIDE * J: A Sandesh T: Adhiraj Singh Jodha O: Bachhawat Farms Pvt. Ltd . 2️⃣ Meropi 3️⃣ Masato 4️⃣ Miss American Pie . . #TimeAndTide #ASandesh #AdhirajSinghJodha #Madras #Chennai #IndianRacing #MadrasRaces #MRC #RaceMirror #SprintersCup

Elusive Art wins the Gool S Poonawalla Million (Gr.3)

#Dali Another Gr3 win for Dali 👏 🙌 Dali is certainly the #SireOnFire at the moment in India 🇮🇳 Congratulations to Mukteshwar Stud @angads110 #NewApproachBloodstock

Touch of grey Wins The HPSL Indian St. Leger (Gr.1) @Surajsn1 .

Grade 3 🏆Winner🏆 for DALI by Scat Daddy, purchased privately from @coolmorestud for Mukteshwar Stud @angads110 First season champion sire by Scat Daddy, is going strength to strength in India 🇮🇳 Congratulations to the connections 🥂 #NewApproachBloodstock

Unbeaten Divine Prophecy thwarts Spanish Eyes in a tight finish in the Deccan Fillies Championship Stakes (Gr.3)

Chesney Charm wins again, and this time under a well-timed ride by Rosso Ryan @WolvesRaces

Masato prevailing over Ranquelino in a hard fought finish in the Mysore Colts Trial Stakes. Trainer - Prasanna Kumar Jockey Suraj Narredu Bred at Mukteshwar Stud

Grey Wind by Top Class (USA) - Earl Grey wins the Nilgiris 1000 Guineas (Gr.3) trained by Deepesh Narredu and ridden by Hindu Singh

Ooty: Race 4 1️⃣ GREY WIND J: Hindu Singh T: Deepesh Narredu . 2️⃣ This Is Gold 3️⃣ Gold Ride * 4️⃣ Light The World . . #Nilgiris1000Guineas #GreyWind #HinduSingh #DeepeshNarredu #Ooty #Udhagamandalam #IndianRacing #OotyRaces #MRC #RaceMirror @ramshroff @angads110

Mumbai: Race 6 1️⃣ TIME AND TIDE * J: P S Chouhan T: Adhiraj Singh Jodha . 2️⃣ Market King 3️⃣ Siege Courageous 4️⃣ Magileto . . #TimeAndTide #PSChouhan #AdhirajSinghJodha #Mumbai #HorseRacing #MumbaiRaces #RWITC #IndianRacing #Bombay #MahalaxmiRacecourse #RaceMirror

Time And Tide Wins The Zavaray S Poonawalla Sprinters' Cup (Gr.1) @BachhawatVikram

Time And Tide wins the Zavaray S Poonawalla Sprinters Cup(Gr.1) trained by Adhiraj Singh Jodha and ridden by P S Chouhan. @AdhirajsinghJ @jockeypschouhan @angads110 #timeandtide #adhirajsjodha #sprinterscup2024 #rctc

Madras: Race 7 1️⃣ TOUCH OF GREY * J: Suraj Narredu T: Satish Narredu . 2️⃣ Knotty Charmer 3️⃣ Ruling Dynasty 4️⃣ Magnus . . #TouchOfGrey #SurajNarredu #SatishNarredu #Madras #Chennai #IndianRacing #MadrasRaces #MRC #RaceMirror @Surajsn1 @angads110 @ParamrajTohana