Mr. Dung 'Lo Voi' builds a 100 million USD racetrack

In addition to horse racing, the owner of Dai Nam also wants the complex racetrack to develop many sports that are not yet available in the province and region.

According to Mr. Huynh Uy Dung, owner of Dai Nam tourist area (Binh Duong), Dai Nam racetrack is built on an area of ​​about 60-70 hectares, including horse racing villages on land, on grass; dog racing, large displacement motorbike racing, off-road racing, jet skiing with a race track designed to be about 1.5km long according to international standards. The grandstand area for spectators is built in a modular form that can serve 50,000 people. Depending on the time, it can be quickly and easily disassembled. The total cost of this project is estimated at about 100 million USD (more than 2,000 billion VND).

The owner of Dai Nam added that the idea of ​​building a racetrack for sports suddenly came to him and his wife when he and his wife watched a report on horse breeding and pondered over cases like Mr. Nguyen Van Tuong (80 years old, from Go Cong, Tien Giang), who many people in the horse breeding and training industry often call Nam Go Cong. He is one of the long-time horse breeders in the Southern region. Since 1989, when Phu Tho racetrack was in operation, because there was no place to raise horses, he went to Binh Hung Hoa area to rent land to build a horse farm. His herd of horses grew from a few and quickly grew to about 20. Currently, Mr. Nam has 9 racehorses, the rest are breeding horses and foals.

Dai Nam has brought in many precious horse breeds to raise and prepare to serve at Dai Nam racetrack.

“We brought Mr. Nam’s family and all these horses to Dai Nam, hoping that this place will be an environment that will help him pursue his passion. We will build a house so that he can have conditions to eat, live and have good conditions to take care of the horses,” said Mr. Huynh Uy Dung, adding that during the survey and measurement of racing horses according to international standards, Dai Nam found 297 horses that met the standards to participate in the racetrack.

In addition, the owner of Dai Nam also revealed that he is researching and collecting all types of antique horse-drawn carriages throughout the country. Then, he will restore these types, including the old hearses in Saigon and Dat Thu, to preserve traditional cultural values, serve for viewing and transporting tourists visiting here. It is expected that at the end of October, Dai Nam racetrack will officially come into operation.

“Hopefully in the future, Dai Nam racetrack will be a playground for many regional and international tournaments, thereby becoming an environment to search for talents, and Dai Nam is ready to coordinate with Binh Duong province to train and develop athletes to participate in domestic and international tournaments,” Mr. Dung expressed.

Mr. "Dung Lo Voi" next to the land that has just been plowed to build the Dai Nam racetrack worth 100 million USD.

Mr. Dung Lo Voi's Dai Nam horse racing track project is not the first in Vietnam. Phu Tho horse racing track was built by the French in 1932 and was once the second largest horse racing track in Asia. In June 2011, according to the policy of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, Phu Tho race track was closed to build a high-performance sports training and competition center.

Last June, Phu Yen province also granted an investment certificate for the Phu Yen horse racing track project to Golden Turf Club Pty Ltd, with a total investment capital of 100 million USD (more than 2,000 billion VND), deployed on an area of ​​more than 134 hectares in An Phu commune (Tuy Hoa city) and An Chan commune (Tuy An district), expected to come into operation in 2019.

In Binh Phuoc, the Australian Investment Group has received the approval of the Provincial People's Committee to open a horse racing track there. This project is planned with a total area of ​​100 hectares, including a commercial - service center, a health and medical care center for the elderly, sports facilities... The total initial capital is expected to be over 100 million USD.

In Lam Dong, the Provincial People's Committee approved the horse racing track project invested by Thien Ma - Madagui Horse Racing Company since 2014 with the goal of building a horse racing track, polo club and horse performance club of regional scale, serving tourism and sports, with an investment capital of approximately 517 billion VND.

According to VNE