The Hyderabad Derby
This weekend, the six of us Murli, Vyshnavi, Shashank, Fauzia, Mahi & I went to the Hyderabad Derby at Malakpet, Hyderabad. Murli and Vyshnavi had passes to the event, and had invited us. They had also invited Sanjay & Anu Khendry.
Traditionally, while races are held every weekend, the big derby's are held only twice a year. This years' derby was sponsored by Vijay Textiles.
The dress code for any of these events is strictly formal - trousers, shirts, blazers and a tie. While I did blanch at the thought of formal wear, having worn it for 2 and a half years continuously in the NDA (National Defence Academy), I decided to go through with it, for the experience.
We all piled into Shashank's car (an Opel Astra), and I drove. Boy, I don't remember the last time I drove an Opel. Vyshnavi's father is one of the Stewards in the racecourse, and as such we managed to get premium parking.
On reaching there, we made a beeline for the main hall. Apart from the horses and races, the racecourse is also famous for the food. Simply mind blowing. We had reached the place at about 1215 hrs, and as such, lunch was already served. The non-vegetarian section was exceptionally good, and so was the vegetarian stuff too. The food included Biryani, Haleem, Mirch ka Salan, Palak Paneer, Chicken and Mutton dishes, and a few more which I don't recollect as of now. The dessert section included Khubani ka Meetha, Ice cream and Rasmalai. Quite nice.
Post lunch, we moved into the VIP area, to witness the races. I can say this with conviction, it is a completely different world out there on the field. While it took us a while, and help from a kindly old gentleman there, to learn the basics of betting on the races, the emotions that run there are really something.
Right from the time that the horses are brought out on parade, and placed at the starting gate, to the time that the take off, clear the tracks and finish in the race, emotions run high amidst the crowd. People surge to the fences and shout out ecstatically.
We too tried our hand at betting on the horses - no large sums of money, smaller sums. Thankfully, while we didn't make any money, we ended up recovering whatever we had bet, so all in all it worked out OK.
7 comments:
Ramesh - Very nice to hear that you all experienced a Derby! We had recently been to our first one here as well. Its called the Cantebury Race Course! Doesn't it have a very "english" feel to the name?
But on the whole it was quite a thrilling experience and we seemed to enjoy yourselves a lot!
Yeah the betting was a small part of it (for us) but the overall experience made it even more worthwhile.
Hello Irn,
Thanks for dropping by. I looked up the Canterbury Race course in Sydney, and boy it sure has a whole lot of activities. And yes, it does have a very English feel to it!!
Definitely, the betting was a minuscule part of the whole experience for us too!! Overall we had a whale of a time, as I'm sure you too had.
Sure would've liked to see you in formals, Bachha!
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