SINGAPORE, June 15 — Racehorse owners and trainers in Singapore intend to write a formal appeal to the Government to postpone the scheduled closure of the Singapore Turf Club...
SINGAPORE, June 15 — Racehorse owners and trainers in Singapore intend to write a formal appeal to the Government to postpone the scheduled closure of the Singapore Turf Club in 2027, and to ask for fair compensation packages for the horse racing fraternity.
“And who knows, if miracles happen, the Government may look at the whole situation differently,” said Low, 60. The meeting was not open for media coverage but for most of the evening, Clements could be seen gesturing passionately while addressing the attendees who were seated. “I feel like it’s murder to the people who have been in this industry. Do you think the people there can change their skill sets so easily?”“Was there any invitation by the club to talk to the owners? Zero. We spend so much money to buy horses to support the turf club and this is what happened,” said horse owner Freddy Goh, 73, who recently purchased a one-year-old horse from Australia.
Goh and other horse owners told TODAY that in late 2022, they were informed by STC of plans to reintroduce several feature races that were curtailed during the Covid-19 pandemic back into the calendar.“It gave us false hope. We bought the horses, and then the bombshell came that the club is going to close,” Mr Goh said.
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