Founders

Founder

EIRS is owned by Jitu Virwani, Chairman, Embassy Group, an enthusiastic rider himself. It was set up in 1996 and is run by Silva Storai, the only female jockey in the world with a record two-Derby-and-Bangalore-Guineas win.The Embassy Group commenced operations in 1993. With a track record of 29.8 million square feet of space, the Group offers world-class residential, commercial and mixed use developments.

Director

Italian-born Silva Storai, India’s only professional woman jockey (and the only woman jockey in the world to have won two Derbies) runs EIRS’ riding school with unsurpassed dedication and attention to detail.Her deep understanding of the psychology of the horse combined with years of experience has given her a rare and immeasurable skill in the starting of young thoroughbreds and their pre-training for racing. Ably assisted by carefully-trained riders, she is the guiding spirit behind the success of the riding school and the competition