Sunday, September 27, 2009

Pony Racing Ends in Tanjung Aru .

Tanjung Aru bids farewell to the pony racing it hosted for the past hunderd years today, Sunday , 27th September 2009 .














The final race meeting culminating with the Gold Cup 2009 drew the curtain on the racing activities at the Royal Turf Club racecourse here. It is to make way for the expansion of the Kota Kinabalu International Airport...Racing started in Tanjung Aru in 1908 by the Jesselton Turf Club. The Gold Cup was eventually won by Diamond Star ridden by Jockey Iduan in the time of 129.6 sec. which would be remembered as the last pony to win the Cup in the 100-year history of the Tanjung Aru tracks...

7 comments:

Tommy said...

ooh...I am going to miss the Tanjung Aru track..

StellaClaire-Richard said...

no more tg aru track after this..

Anonymous said...

it is going to be history ..

Anonymous said...

This photos would be of good use to remember this racecourse existed at this place "once upon a time". Good shots.

Anonymous said...

Huh! I didn't realise how beautiful this place is until I see this photo,.. such a beautiful view with the blue sea at the back. Good shots.

krgoh said...

lagi 10 tahun dadi boleh jual gambar ribu ribu suda

Anonymous said...

krgoh, 10 tahun is too long, these shots are already good enough to start with... hehehe