Crawford Memorial Caricom Day Meet postponed to August 1
– Pushed to August 1
By Timothy Jaikarran
The Crawford Memorial Turf Club horse race meeting that was originally slated to be run off on Caricom Day (July 1st) at the Club’s facilities at Alness Village, Corentyne has been postponed because of the vagaries of the inclement weather.
The event will now be held on August 1st, and more than 30 horses are thus far set to compete in the 7 categories of races that are the fare for that day. In excess of one million dollars in prizes are up for grabs.
Part of the action that occurred on June 2 at the CMTC track
Speaking to Guyana Times Sport in regard to this development, CMTC President, Marcel Crawford Jnr, said: “We have had a lot of horses registering for the event. Despite the date being shifted, we are confident that, on the chosen date, the excitement will still be there, as horse-racing fanatics come out in their numbers.
“We are expecting there to be no rain on August 1, but even if there is, the track has been groomed to withstand (deterioration brought on by) the weather and run off a successful meet. But, in the end, we are just praying for good weather.”
Some of the horses set to participate in the event are Orion, First Prince, Touch Down, Red Jet, Gold Again, Irish Boy, Release The Heat, Fresh Dancer, He Is In Control, Cat Ruler Byron, and Flo Joe. The feature event of the meet is the 3-Year-Old race, which is set to be run over a distance of 1300 metres. A winning purse of $240,000 and trophy are being contested.
Some of the sponsors on board for this event thus far are Colin Elcock, Banks DIH, Jumbo Jet, Attorney-at-Law Poonai of Georgetown, Guy Hookumchand, Annirude Construction, Fazal Habibulla, Poonai Pharmacy at Rose Hall Town, and NTN Studios.
Persons desiring further information are invited to contact Marcel Crawford Jr on 678-5342 or 696-9009.
