Horseracing is one of the main hobbies of the Mauritians. Every year horseracing is held at the Champs de Mars. The champs de mars is located at Port Louis and forms part of its history.

Horseracing is held mostly on Saturdays as from month of May to November.

Most of the stables sign jockeys from South Africa, France, or England, although there are a few Mauritian jockeys. As Mauritius does not have a breeding programme, most horses are imported from South Africa, France or England.

On a horseracing day punters surround the bookies. Race day is also big business for the food sellers where the spectators can buy a large variety of food. Specialised horseracing magazines are printed for each meeting.

The real excitement start just after noon with the first race. The crowd stand into the stands to overlook the paddock ring where the horses parade before each race and from where they can assess each horse's chance of victory. Race goers begin to depart from the ground around 5pm just after the last and eighth race.

This sums up a day's racing at the Champ de Mars.