SARGA.CO – The Bank Nagari Sawahlunto Derby XVIII 2025 Horse Racing Championship was successfully held at the Kandi Horse Racing Track in Sawahlunto on Sunday, 7 December 2025.
The event was participated in by 57 horses from various regions in West Sumatra, North Sumatra, Central Java, and the Special Region of Yogyakarta. The Bank Nagari Sawahlunto Derby XVIII 2025 featured 11 race classes, with the Sawahlunto Derby as the main highlight.
In this prestigious event, a horse from Bukittinggi named Milea Guti emerged as the champion of the Derby class (1,500 meters) with a recorded time of 1 minute 44 seconds, scoring 63 points.
Following behind were Carolina from Payakumbuh in second place and Sir Orbit from Bukittinggi in third.
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Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Irsal Adam, stated that the Sawahlunto Derby is one of the largest horse racing events in West Sumatra, with a total prize pool of IDR 150 million.
The Kandi Horse Racing Track, which has a 1,400-meter national-standard track, can accommodate up to 12 horses in a single race. The venue has also hosted the national-level Sawahlunto Derby 16 times since 2006, as well as three National Championships in 2006, 2010, and 2023.
The Sawahlunto City Government hopes that horse racing events can increase tourist visits, boost MSMEs (small and medium enterprises), and trigger the revival of the local horse breeding industry.
Sawahlunto’s tourism sector continues to be promoted through regional-scale sporting events so that this historic mining town becomes increasingly recognized as a cultural tourism and sport tourism destination.
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