Kennard Memorial Turf Club Boxing Day Horse Race Meet slated for December 26

The much-anticipated Kennard Memorial Turf Club Boxing Day Horse Race Meet will be held on December 26 at the Club’s facility at Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice.
The event will have as its feature a one-mile race under the name Metro Million Mile which is open to all horses. It carries a first prize of $1000,000, while the second to fourth place finishers will earn $500,000, $250,000 and $125,000 respectively. There will also be a race for the H & Lower horses. Each will be over 7 furlongs, with horses seeking to claim the $250,000 first prize money. The second to fourth place finishers will receive $125,000, $63,000 and $32,000 in that order.
The other 2-year-old maidens will compete in their 6-furlong journey as they aim to take away a first prize of $200,000, while the second to fourth place finishers will receive $100,000, $50,000 and $25,000 respectively.
The other 7-furlong race, classified as the J&K Lower, will earn a first prize of $200,000. The second place horse will earn $100,000, while the third and fourth place finishers will receive $50,000 and $25,000 respectively.
Animals classified `L Open’ will battle over five furlongs for a first prize worth $170,000. The second to fourth place finishers will pocket $85,000, $43,000 and $22,000 respectively.
The other five-furlong race is for horses classified `L Non-Winners,’ and the winning stable will receive $150,000, while the second place finisher will receive $75,000. The third and fourth place finishers will take home $38,000 and $19,000 respectively. The race for L-Non Earner horses will carry a first prize worth $130,000. The second place finisher will win $65,000, while the third and fourth place finishers will earn $33,000 and $17,000 respectively.
These races will be conducted under the rules of the Guyana Horse Racing Authority, and interested owners/trainers and handlers can call the following persons for more information: Ivan Dipnarine (331-0316), Justice Kennard (623-7609 or 235-4818), Fazal Habibulla (657-7010), Dennis DeRoop (640-6396) or Compton Sancho (602-1567).
Entries close on December 16, 2019. No late entries will be accepted