Australia's presence in China was underlined on Sunday, when Australian-bred horses took star billing at one of that country's most important Thoroughbred race meetings, winning five out of the seven races on the program, reports www.breednet.com.au.It says: The success came at the annual China International Racing Festival, which was conducted by the China Equestrian Association (CEA) in Wuhan, a city of 9 million situated between Hong Kong and Beijing. The Aus-bred winners won over distances r
Australia's presence in China was underlined on Sunday, when Australian-bred horses took star billing at one of that country's most important Thoroughbred race meetings, winning five out of the seven races on the program, reports www.breednet.com.au.
It says: The success came at the annual China International Racing Festival, which was conducted by the China Equestrian Association (CEA) in Wuhan, a city of 9 million situated between Hong Kong and Beijing. The Aus-bred winners won over distances ranging from 1000m to 5000m and from 2YO to Open class.
Attending as a guest of the CEA, Aushorse Marketing Chief Executive Peter McGauran said that it was another sign of Australia's growing presence in the Chinese market.
"It was competitive and highly professional racing in front of an enthusiastic crowd of 6,000 cheering spectators" McGauran said.
The Wuhan race course is one of Asia's newest and largest with a seven story high, 200 metre long grandstand and state of the art IT. The giant TV screen is equal to the best in the world and 11 cameras are positioned around the track to record the action. No gambling is allowed.