Registration extended to Friday for Rising Sun Turf Club meet on July 9
Jul 06, 2017 , http://www.kaieteurnewsonline....club-meet-on-july-9/
The Rising Sun Turf Club in collaboration with the Guyana Association of Women’s Police grand one day horserace meet fixed for this Sunday, July 9 at the Rising Sun West Coast, Berbice track, will go ahead as planned once the weather holds, and as a consequence the organisers have extended registration to tomorrow, Friday July 7.
The event was rescheduled from June 25 due to the weather.
According to Compton Sancho of the organisers, the track is in very good condition for racing so the group has decided to host the event. He noted that committee members will be at the Port Mourant Turf Club today from 2:00pm to handle additional registration for persons on the Corentyne Coast. Contact can be made with Cynthia Kelly 622-5975, Compton Sancho 691-1174, Fazal Habibulla 657-7010 or Niketa Ross 662-4668 for more details.
Horse owners are advised to ensure that their horses are registered in their correct categories.
Several horses have been added to the programme which includes Maximus, Black Devil and Easy Lion. More than 50 horses have been registered.
The feature event is the G class race, but the 3 years and I class races are expected to produce excellent competition.
Six races are carded with over three million dollars in cash and trophies up for the taking.
The feature event is for horses classified G class and lower over a distance of one mile for a top prize of $300,000. The runner up will take home $150,000 and third prize $75,000.
Other events listed are the I class and three-year old Guyana bred, J 1 and lower, K class and lower, L 1 and lower and L 2 and the unclassified.
Among the top horses slated to take part are Settling Star, Appling Harvest, Got to go, T and T, Cat Massiah, Bird Man, Chelsea, Red Jet, Red Regent, Something Special, Bridal Stone Corner, Party Time, Puppy Tail, Richie Poo, Seven Dust, Little Star and Unruly.
Some other upstarts in the lineup looking to upstage the favourites are Big Man in Town, Not This time, Stormy Breeze, Lil Boy, Timely, Royal Prince and Bounty be True among others.