The Royal Calcutta Turf Club (RCTC) has traditionally been a rendezvous on New Year’s Day for socialites of this city. It is an afternoon when the serious railbirds and their four-legged pals must take a backseat. It may be a day when the fairer sex flaunt their trendy headgear and fashion designer put on so as to add colour to the festive environment.
Though bleary-eyed after attending the late-night bashes at various golf equipment, well-dressed males and colourfully clad girls of all ages trooped in in the course of the turnstiles properly before the primary race at midday on Tuesday. Visitors had been standing shoulder to shoulder within the stands by the third race of the day.
Among the overflowing audience, had been various ladies in their twenties and thirties, who sported huge organza hats in lime, peach and indigo shades, which reminded many of the Royal Ascot meet in the UK where such headgear is repeatedly noticed once a year. One perky damsel quipped this was a ‘get dressed practice session’ for the Queen Elizabeth II Cup in February when RCTC traditionally organises a competition for women sporting essentially the most attractive headgear.
With the chilly climate taking part in its phase, this 12 months’s mega match witnessed an attendance of over 22,000. Speaking to the TOI, secretary Kanchan Jana stated it was a very encouraging determine considering the truth that it was a Tuesday. “Though there were no celebrities round, the group this 12 months was younger and extra vibrant, and had been determined to experience their New Year Day trip. The turnstiles never stopped as visitors poured in by the masses. The totalisator counters had been jingling with cash all through. The tote collection of just about Rs 1.23 crore was nearly double that of every other day,” he added.
Jana also identified that a leading resort chain had arrange their stall within the sprawling food courtroom for the primary time and this inevitably added a marginally of sophistication. No prizes for guessing that the food courtroom and lawn bars did brisk trade. The ladies, and even some gents had been noticed tapping their ft to the oldies and different gold discs of the seventies and eighties that the DJ appeared so keen on.
Selfies had been the order of the day as elegant good phones and I-phones vied with every different for consideration as well-manicured arms had been noticed preserving them up.
The race for the distinguished RCTC Gold Vase equipped an acceptable climax to the day’s complaints with Midnight Phantom bagging the highest spot. Those of you looking for an encore are instructed to make it to the similar venue Sunday after next when the Calcutta Derby is scheduled to be run. That needs to be a race price looking forward to as it's positive to set the adrenalin flowing.
Though bleary-eyed after attending the late-night bashes at various golf equipment, well-dressed males and colourfully clad girls of all ages trooped in in the course of the turnstiles properly before the primary race at midday on Tuesday. Visitors had been standing shoulder to shoulder within the stands by the third race of the day.
Among the overflowing audience, had been various ladies in their twenties and thirties, who sported huge organza hats in lime, peach and indigo shades, which reminded many of the Royal Ascot meet in the UK where such headgear is repeatedly noticed once a year. One perky damsel quipped this was a ‘get dressed practice session’ for the Queen Elizabeth II Cup in February when RCTC traditionally organises a competition for women sporting essentially the most attractive headgear.
With the chilly climate taking part in its phase, this 12 months’s mega match witnessed an attendance of over 22,000. Speaking to the TOI, secretary Kanchan Jana stated it was a very encouraging determine considering the truth that it was a Tuesday. “Though there were no celebrities round, the group this 12 months was younger and extra vibrant, and had been determined to experience their New Year Day trip. The turnstiles never stopped as visitors poured in by the masses. The totalisator counters had been jingling with cash all through. The tote collection of just about Rs 1.23 crore was nearly double that of every other day,” he added.
Jana also identified that a leading resort chain had arrange their stall within the sprawling food courtroom for the primary time and this inevitably added a marginally of sophistication. No prizes for guessing that the food courtroom and lawn bars did brisk trade. The ladies, and even some gents had been noticed tapping their ft to the oldies and different gold discs of the seventies and eighties that the DJ appeared so keen on.
Selfies had been the order of the day as elegant good phones and I-phones vied with every different for consideration as well-manicured arms had been noticed preserving them up.
The race for the distinguished RCTC Gold Vase equipped an acceptable climax to the day’s complaints with Midnight Phantom bagging the highest spot. Those of you looking for an encore are instructed to make it to the similar venue Sunday after next when the Calcutta Derby is scheduled to be run. That needs to be a race price looking forward to as it's positive to set the adrenalin flowing.
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Reviewed by Kailash
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January 02, 2019
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