Crawford Memorial horse meet shifted from May 5 to May 26

The Ryan Crawford Memorial horse meet, originally slated to be run off on May 5 at that Turf Club and Sports Facility at Alness Village on the Corentyne Coast in East Berbice, has now been rescheduled to May 26.
According to Marcel Crawford Jr, the event has been postponed to this later date to facilitate the upcoming national holiday, Indian Arrival Day; but despite this development, everything is right on schedule in terms of the influx of horses and sponsors.

Crawford also related that the meet will feature two ‘big horses’ — Score’s Even; and Orion, out of the Crawford Stables — who each have had a major setback in 2018 because of injury. He indicated that the horses are now full fit, and will provide much entertainment when they take to the track on Independence Day.
Some other horses set to participate in this event are: Not This Time, hailing from Sophia; The Rock, out of Bush Lot; Golden Blue Echo, Keep on Swinging, Awesome Friday, First Prince, Lucky Star, TNT, and Kentucky Woman, among many others.
Feature event of the meet is the Alness Classic, to be run over 1400 metres for a winning purse of $500,000.
Other events listed on the card would see the ‘I and Lower’ horses racing over a distance of 1000 metres for a first prize of $240,000.
The race for ‘3-Year-Old maiden horses’, to be run over 900 metres, would carry a winning prize of $200,000; while the event for horses classified ‘J and Lower’, which is over 1000 metres, will see the winner pocketing $170,000.
The ‘L3 Unclassified’ is to be run over 1000 metres, and would reward the winner with $100,000; while the ‘L1 and Lower’ race would be competed for a top prize of $100,000, and be run over a distance of 1200 metres.
The race for horses classified ‘L2 and Lower’ is open to colts and geldings, and would be run over a distance of 1000 metres. The first prize on offer is $80,000; while the race for animals classified ‘L and Lower’ would be run over a distance of 1200 metres for a winner’s prize of $200,000.
All prizes are inclusive of trophies.
Individual trophies and other incentives will be given to riders who have performed exceptionally well.
Some of the major sponsors on board are Banks DIH, Jumbo Jet, Attorney-at-Law Poonai of Georgetown, NTN Studios, and Kenneth Auto Sales.
Persons desiring further information can contact Marcel Crawford Jr on 678-5342 or 696-9009.