The Kranji Race Track, Singapore
Posted on June 16, 2009 - Filed Under Sports, Travel
The Kranji Race Track is an amazing establishment, one that regularly picks the guests of the Singapore hotels up in cars, drives them to the tracks and them will bring them back at night. The only requirement is that two or more people are along for the ride. The track is on just about one hundred acres of land and contains not only the stables, but a veterinary clinic and a training center, state of the art, not to mention. The center is equipped, for the horses, with tread mills, track of both sand and surf, and a swimming pool. Again, the pool is for the horses! There are three tracks at Kranji , each varying in length. The tracks were so designed as to even take into account the drainage systems as the monsoon season is Singapore is quite dramatic, much like that in the Southwestern United state of Arizona. For even after the most severe downpour, the tracks are ready for the races in not time at all. International veterans of the sport, are filled with admiration and respect for this set of tracks in Singapore.
There is perhaps a misconception about the tracks. This is a glamorous location, proper dress is required and the lights and spectacles may give the impression that it is all about that glamour. However, the horses at the site of Kranji Race Track are cared for with diligence, love and respect. Aside from the swimming pool, the stables are filled with features that are downright extraordinary. The weather in Singapore can be muggy. More often times, it is more than muggy, with the sub-tropical environment being one that is extremely hot and humid. Horses that are not accustomed to these conditions are provided with air conditioned, climate monitored stalls. Laser therapy is provided for those, horses, with sore muscles and joints are tended to by some of the best large animal vets. Pine shavings in the stalls provides relief from dust, and the stalls themselves are quite large. The welfare of the animals and the safety of the jockeys is of great concern. It cost the country one billion dollars to build the tracks in 1999, and throughout the history, racing has been supported attended, and organized with the fervor of those enamored with sport, as well as those that are managing the venues.
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