A race for Chinese racing fans, the 2015 Singapore CECF Racing Carnival will be commence on the 21st and 22nd Feb during the Chinese New Year at Kranji Racecourse.
The China Horse Club organized and sponsor this event from 2014 onward and this is the second year of cooperation with Singapore Turf Club. From 2015 on, the CHC will sponsor the race with the highest purse of 3.05 million Singapore Dollars in 173 years of Singapore racing history.
This is the first time for CECF Racing Carnivals going overseas. With the success of 2013 Hohhot Meeting and 2014 Shanghai Meeting, Chinese racing fans are given a chance to taste the joy of Singapore racing culture.
The opening ceremony for the CECF carnival will be at the night of 21st Feb. An auctioning event for charity will be held by selling liquors and paintings from Chinese horse painter, Mao Wenbiao and Li Xiaoling, as well as from English horse painter Huw Williams.
The racing day is scheduled on the 22nd Feb. The running of the $3.05m CECF Singapore Cup will be the highlights of the CECF racing day.
Outside the race track, there will be opening high-end brand shops and investment forum provided to all participants.
“With our research, there will be 600 million Chinese going for vocation and an estimate of 3-5 billions expenditure during their trips. Even though China has a 5000 year of horse culture, with the long-time faulted, the Chinese racing is way behind the international standard. We organized this event to attract Chinese racing fans to Singapore where the mature horse racing ecosystem has built. So they are able to participate in racing events during their tours. ” said the Chairman of CHC, Mr. Teo Ah Khing.
A new group 3 level race with a purse of 200,000 Singapore Dollars will be run on the day. The CHC will bring 8-10 race horse from elsewhere and race them in Singapore after the CECF carnival.
Mr. Teo Ah Khing was an architect for a chief of a tribe in Dubai for 7 year and he designed the construction of the 2010 grand opening of Dubai Meydan Racecourse. He became a fan of racing from then on.
“We choose Singapore simply because betting is not allowed in Mainland China.” The chairman said.
“It will be trilled if we attract 1000 chinese racing fans to Singapore during CNY. If we receive positive feedbacks, we would like to organize another similar event during the Chinese National Day Holidays.”
“This is an opportunity to bring Chinese racing fans to the world. And we hope to bring worldwide racing fans to China in the future.”