Centro Equestre Vale do Lima

PONTE DE LIMA 'IN THE RACE' BY RACECOURSE TO STRENGTHEN EQUESTRIAN DESTINATION

 

The municipality of the project is to "take advantage of municipal equipment and infrastructure already exist. 
The Mayor of Ponte de Lima said today that the city "is in the running" for a hippodrome, to organize betting horses and called on the government to "do not give sequence to a project" the former executive.
"Do not miss this opportunity, take advantage of the momentum built by the previous government, give sequence to this project, and to launch the calls for tender for the construction of a racetrack network that will be investments many important for the country because it will be back in the economy" he said the mayor, Victor Mendes (CDS-PP).
The mayor, who told reporters on the sidelines of the presentation of the seven equestrian events will be held in Ponte de Lima between April and August, referred to the announcement made in 2014 by the previous government to launch public tenders for racecourses where they can organize bets in horse racing after the adoption of an open regime for license without granting exclusive to the games 'online'.
"The previous government to approve the horse betting took an important step towards the creation of a network of racetracks that will revolutionize this whole row of horse similar to what happens in other countries", stated Victor Mendes.