Udupi: When horses came trotting to Milagres Cathedral grounds...
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Udupi, Mar 17: A horse riding demo at Milagres Cathedral grounds gave a rare thrilling experience of watching a live session by owner, Rayan Picardo, jockey of Bangalore turf club with jockey Alwyn Fernades to the gathered congregation of the parish after the 8 am mass on Sunday March 17.
Enthusiasts and equestrian sports lovers Alan and Sudheer Lewis and their team including Braan D’Souza, Peter Cornelio, Ozwald Cornelio, Prashant Anada, Shankar Shetty, Iqball, Prakash Naik and others recreated the pleasure of horse riding.
Dr Neri Cornelio, the principal of Milagres College addressed the gathering and explained about the venture of Rayan and his team. He elaborated the era of forefathers who had the luxury of riding horses and used Victoria’s (Jatka) transport in Udupi’s Tanga da Kadi now called Tangadangadi near Kalasanka. The Jatka Sawari came to an end during mid 20 century when the motor transport took over the roads of Udupi.
The parish community along with youths appreciated and said this was an opportunity for the interested students in Kallianpur for learning horse riding.
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Rayan thanked the Milagres Cathedral priests Fr Stany Lobo and Fr Prakash for their cooperation in providing space for the demo.