The sole race-track, commonly called the Champ de Mars, is situated in a prestigious avenue in Port-Louis, the Capital City and is one of the oldest race-courses in the Southern Hemisphere.

During the past few years, 23 race-meetings were held every year with seven races per meeting. The first race-meeting usually starts in mid May and ends normally in late November. With an average of 9 horses per race, some going to a maximum of 12 starters, on average some 60 horses participate at each meeting, the real cracks, Division A horses being entered in the fourth race, which is considered as the main feature race of the day.

Most of the horses are being imported from South Africa but some are also acquired from Australia, England, and France. Each stable signs a foreign jockey, most of them from South Africa and Australia. Betting with bookmakers is a common habit for racegoers when punters expect to place their bet for a win only. Since the early 1990's, the Totalising System has been introduced and various betting combinations are now also available. The standard of horses in Mauritius may not be as high as in Europe or U.S., but the atmosphere during a race-meeting is definitely as electrifying as anywhere else in the world.

Season 2005

Important Cup Winners.

Date	Cup trophy	Horse	Jockey	Stakes (Rs)
22/05/2005	Duchess of York Cup	Hector	S.Rama	200 000
17/07/2005	Barbe Cup	Rhythmically	J.Lloyd	1 187 000
11/09/2005	Maiden Cup	Have Mercy	S.Mahadia	1 325 500
06/11/2005	Duke of York Cup	Rhythmically	K.Shea	1 722 000

Classement des ecuries (2005)

Eff- ectif Actuel	Eff- ectif Utilise	Wins	Ecuries	En- trees	1st Prize	2nd Prize	3rd Prize	4th Prize	Non places	Prix remportes Rs	Coupes	% 1st
33	40	27	P.Henry	211	63	35	25	11	77	7 898 000	63	29.8
26	31	20	G.Fok	213	32	42	24	5	110	5 009 000	32	15.0
26	29	12	Gujadhur	189	22	28	18	12	109	3 047 000	22	11.6
23	28	11	G.Rousset	183	19	23	26	13	102	3 028 000	19	10.3
34	40	13	S.Henry	223	22	21	24	9	147	2 920 500	22	09.8
21	25	8	A.Perdrau	138	13	21	19	7	78	2 189 500	13	09.4
29	35	12	R.Gujadhur	206	17	9	28	12	140	2 034 500	17	08.2
23	23	8	H.Maigrot	108	14	13	11	5	65	1 808 000	14	12.9
18	25	8	V.Allet	121	10	18	23	9	61	1 794 000	10	08.2
17	21	9	M.Ramdin	110	12	11	13	13	61	1 625 000	12	10.9
21	24	2	S.Ramdour	122	3	10	12	5	92	863 500	3	02.4
16	16	4	C.Ramdin	95	5	3	4	12	71	618 500	5	05.2
286	337	134	TOTAL	1919	232	234	227	113	1113	32 835 500	232	-

Classement des jockeys (2005)

Rank	Jockeys	Montes	Wins	2nd Prize	3rd Prize	4th Prize	Non places	% 1st
1	J.Lloyd (Natal)	144	53	29	15	8	39	36.8
2	R.Joorawon (Mauritius)	150	23	15	21	22	69	15.3
3	Y.Emamdee (Mauritius)	134	18	31	20	7	58	13.4
4	F.Herholdt (Transvaal)	94	18	28	8	3	37	19.1
5	S.Mahadia (Mauritius)	131	14	8	15	7	87	10.6
6	D.Craven (AUS)	79	13	9	8	4	45	16.4
7	R.Boutanive (Mauritius)	97	11	16	17	8	45	11.3
8	K.Jupp (Natal)	81	11	12	7	6	45	13.5
9	S.Rama (Mauritius)	96	10	10	10	4	62	10.4
10	K.Shea (Natal)	39	8	9	6	2	14	20.5
11	V.Naiko (Mauritius)	100	8	7	12	6	67	08.0
12	A.Whelan (UK)	50	7	9	12	0	22	14.0
13	N.Teeha (Mauritius)	78	6	6	8	8	50	07.6
14	V.A.Bundhoo (Mauritius)	58	6	2	7	4	39	10.3
15	J.Claite (Perth)	88	4	5	8	9	62	04.5
16	J.Taylor (AUS)	29	4	4	4	1	16	13.7
17	W.Smith (IRE)	42	3	4	7	3	25	07.1
18	B.Stanley (SYD)	44	3	3	7	0	31	06.8
19	P.Whitmore (Transvaal)	34	3	1	2	1	27	08.8
20	C.Daby (Mauritius)	61	2	3	5	3	48	03.2
21	S.Bussunt (Mauritius)	51	2	2	7	1	39	03.9
22	S.Jones (Mauritius)	21	2	0	2	0	17	09.5
23	B.Sooful (Mauritius)	50	1	3	5	1	40	02.0
24	V.Venkaya (Mauritius)	40	1	3	2	1	33	02.5
25	R.H.Rawa (Mauritius)	25	1	2	1	1	20	04.0
26	P.Botha (C)	27	0	5	5	1	16	00.0
27	G.Lemius (FR)	15	0	4	0	0	11	00.0
28	N.Nagadoo (Mauritius)	10	0	2	1	0	7	00.0
29	N.Roebuck (Cape Town)	13	0	1	2	2	8	00.0
30	B.Wachill (Perth)	24	0	1	1	0	22	00.0
31	S.Bundhoo (Mauritius)	2	0	0	1	0	1	00.0
32	M.Chinapiel (Mauritius)	2	0	0	1	0	1	00.0
33	V.Ponnen (Mauritius)	2	0	0	0	0	2	00.0
33	D.Ramburn (Mauritius)	1	0	0	0	0	1	00.0
33	B.Bhaugeerothee (Mauritius)	3	0	0	0	0	3	00.0
33	K.Ghunowa (Mauritius)	1	0	0	0	0	1	00.0
33	J.Luxe (Mauritius)	3	0	0	0	0	3	00.0
TOTAL		1919	232	234	227	113	1113	-

Classement des chevaux (2005)

Horse		couru	1st Prize	2nd Prize	3rd Prize	4th Prize	Non place	Prix Rs	Prix accumules	Pts
1. Have Mercy	G.Fok	10	3	2	0	0	5	841 000	1 428 500	214.75
2. Rythmically	P.Henry	6	2	3	0	0	1	833 000	833 000	199.75
3. Ubusuku	G.Rousset	7	3	2	1	0	1	497 000	497 000	164.00
4. Big Breeze	P.Henry	8	5	2	0	1	0	492 000	492 000	164.25
5. Yankee Bell	Gujadhur	8	6	1	0	0	1	455 000	455 000	146.25
6. Telaroyal	S.Henry	8	5	2	1	0	0	443 000	443 000	134.75
7. Splendid Man	G.Fok	8	3	2	3	0	0	438 000	438 000	138.25
8. Hector	P.Henry	5	3	0	2	0	0	434 000	434 000	163.75
9. Flavius	P.Henry	6	2	4	0	0	0	410 000	410 000	126.00
10. Rambo Royale	G.Rousset	7	3	3	1	0	0	406 000	749 000	126.75
11. Germany On	P.Henry	5	3	1	1	0	0	397 000	755 000	143.50
12. Sterling Silver	R.Gujadhur	7	4	1	2	0	0	390 000	612 000	132.50
12. Raise a Ratoon	P.Henry	7	2	2	3	0	0	390 000	832 000	126.75
14. London Gold	G.Fok	6	2	2	2	0	0	379 000	379 000	121.25
15. Young Warrior	P.Henry	5	3	0	0	0	2	370 000	905 000	141.50
15. Heliotrope	G.Rousset	5	4	0	1	0	0	370 000	370 000	125.25
17. World Focus	A.Perdrau	7	2	1	1	0	3	364 000	1 825 500	132.00
18. Finbar Finnegan	G.Rousset	8	2	4	1	0	1	357 000	871 500	-
19. Mr Magoo	P.Henry	7	4	1	1	1	0	348 000	523 000	-
20. Methodical Man	V.Allet	7	3	1	1	0	2	330 000	604 000	-
21. Intsu	G.Fok	7	4	2	0	0	1	329 000	359 000	-
22. Gypsey Rover	P.Henry	4	1	3	0	0	0	328 000	987 000	-
23. Leatherman	P.Henry	8	4	1	2	0	1	322 000	322 000	-
24. Joshua Tree	G.Fok	9	1	3	2	0	3	317 000	932 500	-
25. Articflo	S.Henry	7	2	2	0	0	3	315 000	1 250 000	-

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