Horse owners share one thing in common – the primal desire to win races, or they would not be in the onerous sport. While the demise of Singapore horse racing has brought its approximately 500 owners together – a working committee was even formed – it would seem they...
“Till now, I’ve never had a good night’s sleep. I have to take sleeping pills,” said the former amateur jockey who has been riding horses since she was 17 and became a horse owner after she returned from Australia in 1995.
“But if after five or seven years, the club is on the right track and is recognised as a sport, then the Government can review whether to close or continue.” “If a horse owner does not win a $1 million race, the expenses of a huge stable of horses will overwhelm him. My horses normally cost me between $50,000 and $200,000 and I pay about $4,000 a month for just one horse’s upkeep.
“Everything undergoes change, and some things simply come to an end. We have to accept them and move on. That’s life. Nothing lasts forever.”
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