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After years of dithering implicit the shifting of racing activities connected the more-than-a-century-old Bangalore Turf Club (BTC) premises, the Karnataka authorities connected Thursday approved granting 110 acres successful the historical Kunigal Stud Farm, astir 60 kms from here, to laic a caller racing way and determination the racing activities there.
The BTC volition beryllium fixed 2 years deadline to vacate the existent premises successful High Grounds country and determination to the Stud Farm.
Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil said successful the post-Cabinet briefing, “The existing turf nine successful Bengaluru volition beryllium turned into a lung space. The turf nine has been asked to determination to the caller premises wrong 2 years. The onshore astatine Kunigal Stud Farm volition beryllium fixed connected a 29 years lease with an hold installation of different 29 years”.
Heritage building
The Minister said that the BTC volition beryllium allowed to clasp 4 acres connected the existent premises that person a practice gathering and different infrastructure to tally the club. The lease magnitude volition beryllium 2.5% of the guidance worth of the onshore astatine some places - 110 acres successful Kunigal and 4 acres successful Bengaluru. The BTC has agreed to displacement racing activities to Kunigal successful 2 years, the Cabinet enactment said.
The BTC functioned connected 83 acres successful Bengaluru, granted by the erstwhile Maharaja of Mysore successful 1923, and the lease play had ended successful 2009. Since then, governments person been asking the BTC to vacate the onshore successful the City centre. In caller years, the tug-of-war betwixt the nine and the authorities had ended successful cancellation of races successful highest racing season, and eventually, the BTC agreed to displacement racing activities to Kunigal Stud Farm successful October 2025.
Over 2 centuries
The Kunigal Stud Farm is 232 years aged and is known for breeding horses, and the workplace is equipped with veterinary hospital, stables, paddock and different structures. While the authorities had extended the lease of Kunigal Stud Farm from 2023 to United Racing and Bloodstock Breeders, an earlier connection - present dropped - to make a township had drawn ire from the locals and racing enthusiasts.
