Team Dhunjibhoy wins Race for Change at RWITC

MUMBAI, India - Dec. 19, 2014 - PRLog -- Mumbai, December 18, 2014: Team Dhunjibhoy won the elections to the Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC).

In a keenly contested election Team Dhunjibhoy won five out of nine seats for the management committee.

Reacting to the results, Mr. Dhunjibhoy said, "Team Race for Change sincerely thanks all RWITC members for their continued faith in us. We shall now work vigorously to execute the manifesto. And work towards transparency.  I seek cooperation of all members and the committee members. Let's work as one team- Team RWITC."

About RWITC

The Royal Western India Turf Club Limited (RWITC), one of the oldest and most well-known horse racing Clubs in the country, is a company limited by guarantee and regulated by its Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Club.

From the beginning, it has been an exclusive Club enjoying the patronage of socialites and eminent personalities alike. It had about 7566 members as on 30th June 2010.

The Club hosts racing at two race courses: at the Mahalaxmi Race Course, Mumbai from November to April and at 6, Arjun Marg, Pune from July to October - in all a total of around 70 race days in a year. In Mumbai, Thursdays and Sundays are race days from November to March and Saturdays and Sundays in April. In Pune, races are held on Saturdays and Sundays.

The oval-shaped 2400-metre Mahalaxmi race track, rated one of the best in Asia, has an even surface and a three-furlong (600 metre) straight. There is also a straight chute that allows races up to 1600 metres to be run with only the home run. The race course was originally built under the direction and supervision of Major JE Hughes around 1883.

By and by, modern apparatus to facilitate fair and clean racing and to weed out human error as well as malpractice such as automated starting stalls, photo-finish cameras, split-second electronic timers and close-circuit television systems to watch the action on the track from more than one angle have been installed at both the race courses.