Photo by Manette Benitez, Top Prize - Exhibit Competition

Also featured are the top 3 winners of the On The Spot competition.

Photo by Leo Riingen, Top Prize - On The Spot Competition

Exhibit will run from August 22 – 28, 2011.

PRIDE AND GLORY: RACING AT SAN LAZARO
A Photography Exhibit on Thoroughbred Racing

Horse Racing is the collaboration of two athletes, man and horse. Unlike games of chance, it is a game of skill where the road to success is long and hard, requiring passion, pride and perseverance.

The Manila Jockey Club (MJC), Southeast Asia’s oldest racing club founded in 1867, in partnership with the Camera Club of the Philippines (CCP), the oldest photographic society in Asia established in 1928, is proud to present “PRIDE AND GLORY: RACING AT SAN LAZARO”, an exhibit on thoroughbred racing, showcasing images captured through the lenses of CCP members.

The modern thoroughbred is said to be the perfect athlete. Witness the spectacle as these four legged animals gallop at full speed and power their way to the finish line.

Basking in the glory of the winner’s circle does not by itself make a good jockey. A great jockey is one who is fearless and has strength of character, and at the same time connected in mind and heart to his mount.

From the time the horses and jockeys conclude their morning runs up to the instant they burst out of the starting gates, every magnificent moment is captured and immortalized through the wonder of photography. At the country’s premier race course, the 77-hectare San Lazaro Leisure and Business Park with its twin oval dirt track, world-class turf building and fine dining facilities, racing at San Lazaro is guaranteed to be a thrilling and memorable experience.
The exhibition will run from the 22nd to the 28th of August 2011 at the South Court, Ground Floor of the Power Plant Mall.