Bengaluru winter meeting to have total prize money of ₹13.96 crore

The 24-race-day Bengaluru winter meeting, which commenced on November 1 (though the opening day’s races were cancelled due to a paucity of entries), will have races scheduled predominantly on Fridays and Saturdays.

The total prize money for the season is ₹13.96 crore. The minimum guaranteed stakes for the 1000 Guineas, 2000 Guineas and Oaks will be ₹50 lakh each, while the Winter Derby will carry ₹1.5 crore in prize money.

Zavaray S. Poonawalla will contribute 30% of the aforementioned stakes for the Classics.