JS Racing Stables eyes grand return at Port Mourant Easter Cup

Guyana’s champion racing stables for the year 2025, JS Racing Stables, had a bright start to the new year. JS Racing Stables are fresh from a win at the Phagwah Cup at Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club with Mapa do Brasil.
On April 5, 2026, at Port Mourant Turf Club, it will be a more challenging outing for JS, as the top stables, including Jumbo Jet Racing Stables, Master Slingerz Racing Stables, and Jagdeo Racing Stables, will be out for glory.

The Easter Cup will be the second nomination day for the Guyana Cup, which is set for August 23. After the race at Kennard’s last Sunday, Jermaine Sripal of JS Racing Stables said his team will be ready for more success at Port Mourant.
“Every win is extra special. We are overjoyed. At the last outing on Boxing Day, he won. So, it was an automatic decision for us to bring him back. The fans love him here, and we will support Kennard’s. We will be back on April 5 at Port Mourant.”
“I feel nice winning this race, but I was a bit disappointed with my two stable horses; however, I had to take this one here,” Sripal said.
Meanwhile, champion jockey at the Phagwah Cup, Ronaldo Appadu, said his discipline usually brings him success. “To be on top, you have to work very hard. I wake up every morning at fpir AM to work horses, so I deserve it,” Appadu said.
Ten races are on the cards, including the jockey dash, and close to G$15 million in cash and prizes will be up for grabs.
The feature race will be the Easter Cup, open to horses aged three years and older. According to the provisional programme, horses will run at approximately 1600 metres, and the total purse for the feature is $4 million. The winner will be rewarded $2 million in the Easter Cup feature.
Other races on the provisional programme are the Easter Sprint, open to all horses four years and over; the Three-Year-Old Imported; and the F Class and Lower, open to four- and five-year-old imported horses that have not raced within the last six months, as well as six-year-olds and older that have not raced for over a year.
Additionally, other races in the programme include the Three-Year-Old and Over West Indian Bred; the Open Three-Year-Old Native Bred; the H Class and Lower for West Indian-bred horses that have not won in Guyana in 2025; the Three-Year-Old and Over I/J/K Class; the Open L Class; and the Jockey Dash.
Racing will be conducted under the new Guyana Rules of Racing. Entries for the Easter Cup are set to open on March 25, March 26, and March 27.