Excitement will return to the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club, East Berbice Corentyne, on Sunday, March 8, 2026.
A grand one-day horse race meet is set to entertain horse lovers, and the organisers listed seven races on the provisional programme with more than G$8 million in cash and prizes.
The feature event on the day’s card is the Phagwah Cup, which is open to all horses in Guyana, running at a distance of approximately nine furlongs for a winner’s purse of G$2,000,000 and a trophy.
There is a race for H Class horses, which will see the winner claiming G$450,000 and a trophy at a distance of seven furlongs. The three-year-old Guyana-bred Maiden event will see the winner walking away with G$350,000 and a trophy in the six-furlong event.
The J Class 7-furlong race has a pole position of G$350,000 and a trophy. The race for K Class and lower horses carries a winning purse of G$350,000 over six furlongs.
There is also an event for L Class maiden horses, which will see the animals racing for a top purse of G$350,000 and a trophy, running at six furlongs. The event will be held using the rules of the Kennard Memorial Turf Club.
Interested persons can contact the executive of the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club for further details. Race time is 12:30h local time.
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