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Winston Trim and his mother with Chairman of CHC Teo Ah Khing after
the groundbreaking of Pearl of the Caribbean project in 2016
温斯顿与母亲及张祖德摄于“加勒比海之珠”奠基礼仪式上

TURNING POINT Winston and my father were best friends and in January
Winston’s dream was not just for him as a horseman and 2016, on a family trip to St Lucia, he told me about a
lover of racing. It was a dream that would benefit his entire turning point in his quest to bring his dream to life. He
country by increasing the island’s connection with larger had garnered the full support of not only the government,
countries like the US and China, as well as providing which at the time was being led by Prime Minister Dr
education, training and jobs, not just in racing, but in Kenny Anthony and the St Lucia Labour Party, but also
related fields, such as hospitality, tourism, etc. of Teo Ah Khing of the China Horse Club, which meant
his lifelong project was finally starting to take off. As an
“This project was not just my Dad’s lifelong dream because American journalist working for a horse racing publication,
he loved horses, it was his dream because he was bringing I was very impressed by this update as the China Horse
what he experienced in the United States back to his home,” Club was making headlines worldwide for it’s numerous
Winston’s son, Winston Trim, Jr, said. “He worked to accomplishments and rapid rise in all facets of the
build a racetrack that would not only rival those around the international horse racing industry.
world, but would be a place for the people of St Lucia to
have opportunity and inspiration. It didn’t matter to him “Our group first got to really know the man who was
what his job there would be or how much money he would to be so instrumental in bringing us to St Lucia during
make, just that there would finally be a major horse racing a fact finding visit in early 2015,” Teo said of Winston.
track in St Lucia. And I say finally because it was a goal that “We were invited to St Lucia and connected to then
started from his own father, who built tracks on the island Prime Minister, the Honourable Kenny Anthony, and to
that had the right idea, but did not have my Dad’s energy Invest St Lucia through Winston. I didn’t know much
behind them.” about St Lucia before this visit, aside from hearing of

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