Wuhan gets horses back on track
By Gong Zhengzheng | China Daily | Updated: 2008-11-26 07:45
WUHAN: A commercial horse race meeting, approved by the government, will be held here on Saturday, the first on the mainland since the formation of the People's Republic, the Changjiang Daily reported yesterday.
The meeting will feature seven races and offer prizes totaling 120,000 yuan ($17,500), the Wuhan-based paper said.
From now on, two meetings, featuring five to seven races, will be held every week, the event's organizers were quoted as saying.
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