Attorney-at-Law Ryan Crawford, President of the Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facility at Alness Village, Corentyne Berbice, has disclosed that the CMTC’s first major tournament for 2020 would be the President’s Cup horse meet, which has been scheduled for staging on Mash Day, February 23rd.
He has said the day promises to be an exciting one, as many entries have already been confirmed for the card, which would consist of six races run in various categories.
Action in a CMTC event in 2019
Feature event of this meet is ‘The Crawford Stakes’, set to be run over 1400 metres for a winner’s purse of $500,000 and a trophy.
Other events listed on the card are as follows: The ‘J and Lower’ race over 1400 metres for a winner’s purse of $220,000 and a trophy. The race for 3-Year-Old horses over 1400 metres for a winner’s purse of $200,000 and a trophy. The ‘L1 and Lower’ race over 1000 metres for a winner’s purse of $150,000 and a trophy. The ‘L2 and Lower’ race over 1000 metres for a winner’s purse of $80,000. And the ‘L3 Unclassified’ race over 1000 metres for a winner’s prize of $60,000.
The club president has, in a release, expressed hope that the big stables would participate in this meet, and not boycott this event as had obtained in times past.
He has said that individual trophies and other incentives would be given to riders who perform exceptionally well.
He also said the races would be run under the rules of the legislative draft of his father, the late Attorney-at-Law Marcel Crawford, and all bookings must be done with a deposit of $5000.
If a race has less than five horses participating, the winner’s purse would be reduced, he said.
All entries close on 14 February 2020, he has said.
Persons desiring further information are invited to contact Marcel Crawford Jr on 678-5342, or 600-7690.
