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 for horses classified C and Lower. It carries a first prize of $800,000, while the second to fourth place finishers will earn $400,000, $200,000 and $100,000 respectively. There will also be races for the two-year-old Guyana-bred horses. Each will be over five furlongs, with horses seeking to claim the $200,000 first prize money. The second to fourth place finishers will receive $100,000, $50,000 and 25,000 in that order.
The other 3-year-old-and-over Guyana- bred horses will compete in their 7 furlong journey as they aim to take away a first prize of $240,000, while the second to fourth place finishers will receive $120,000, $60,000 and $30,000 respectively.
The other five-furlong race, classified as the L-Non Earner, will earn a first prize of
Part of the action in last year’s event
$100,000. The second place horse will earn $50,000, while the third and fourth place finishers will receive $25,000 and $13,000 respectively.
Animals classified `L Open’ will battle over five furlongs for a first prize worth $140,000. The second to fourth place finishers will pocket $70,000, $35,000 and $18,000 respectively.
The other five-furlong race is for horses classified `L Non-Winners,’ and the winning stable will receive $120,000, while the second place finisher will receive $60,000. The third and fourth place finishers will take home $30,000 and $15,000 respectively. The race for the `H and Lower’ horses will carry a first prize worth $250,000. The second place finisher will win $125,000, while the third and fourth place finishers will earn $63,000 and $32,000 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, 2018. No late entries will be accepted
