15 years of vacuum, Horse Racing held back in Boyolali

The race will be held in the village of Sukabumi, Cepogo, Boyolali, Friday-Sunday (17-19/2/2023) .

Chairman of the Indonesian Equestrian Sports Association (Pordasi) Boyolali, Sunandar Prihanto, revealed the race on Friday and Saturday there will be a preliminary round starting at around 13.00 WIB to 16.30 WIB. Then, on Sunday morning start will be used for the final.

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“So for the first day there is an opening ceremony, hopefully Forkopimda [Regional Leadership Communication Forum] will attend all. Then there is Mr. Regent as well, later in the opening there is a kind of parade around the horse ride by Forkopimda around in the field,” he explained when contacted Espos.id, Thursday (2/2/2023).

He revealed that the committee had prepared seven horses to be ridden by the officials of Forkopimda Boyolali who were present. Furthermore, he revealed on Sunday in addition to the finals there are also skydiving attractions to entertain the audience.

Nandar said it had been about 15 years of horse racing in Boyolali vacuum held for some reason. So, Pordasi Boyolali currently wants to revive again.

“The last was in Cepogo in the 2000s, there used to be a model of quality local racehorses and everything in the Java region. This is in Boyolali old vacuum because Pordasi baseball management does not exist and the trend also stops in Boyolali. This we preserve back, ” he said.

Nandar hopes that with the revival of horse racing in Boyolali can be scheduled regularly every year.

Moreover, the horse race held in Cepogo will be the opening part of the tradition of Grebeg Sadranan in the month of Ruwah in Cepogo for the following years. Pordasi has spread the invitation for the participants, community, and horse activists to participate in this race.

“For registration, you can go through WA and call the committee. Later, Wednesday (15/2/2023) there will be a measurement of the horses of the participants to determine the class of horse racing, voting, and technical meeting,” he said.

Some of the contact persons for registration for the horse racing competition titled Boyolali Cup 2023 include Sutarto at 0812 8251 5034, Swesti Siswaningrum at 0812 2976 9691, Sofyan at 0858 4829 0174, and email at pordasiboyolali@gmail.com.

He revealed that registrants will not be charged a free alias. Nandar wants this inaugural event to attract the enthusiasm of applicants. However, the organizers will get funding through ticket sales to the audience.

“The Daily is Rp10, 000, but the final is Rp15, 000 per person. If it continues to Rp30. 000 per person, ” he said.

Nandar revealed that until now there have been 35 horses registered from Purworejo, Kebumen, Cilacap, Semarang, Salatiga, Magelang, Yogyakarta, and several confirmations from East Java. There are 70 registered horses.

He also revealed that there have been millions of rupiah and trophies prepared by the committee for the winners of the race in 14 horse racing classes.