Kennard Memorial Turf Club reveals 2020 horse-racing calendar

ꟷ Justice (retd) Cecil Kennard thanks sponsors for supporting the Boxing Day Meet

Justice (retd) Cecil Kennard, who administers the affairs of the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC), speaking to Guyana Times Sport in relation to the KMTC’s activities for this new year, first took the time to extend his gratitude to the sponsors of the highly successful Boxing Day horse meet, which had filled the facility to its capacity and had featured some high-profile racing events.

He thereafter disclosed that the club’s first event for this year will take place on March 29. It will be a major event, he said, and would be followed by the May 31 horse meet; after which the August 2 event will follow, then the October 25 race.
He said the main event would be the December 26 Boxing Day event.
Justice (retd) Kennard was at pains to express his deep gratitude to all the club’s sponsors and patrons over the years, but he especially singled out the following entities as recipients of his deep gratitude:
Metro Office Supplies, for again sponsoring the feature event at the Boxing Day Meet, putting up approximately two million dollars and a trophy.

Dalip Trading Ltd; Muneshwer’s Ltd; Chatterpaul Deo; Horse Shoe Racing Services; Courts Guyana Inc; P&P Insurance Brokers; Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited; Optique Vision Care; The Hand-in-Hand Group of Insurance Companies; Poonai’s Pharmacy; Boodoo’s Racing Service; and Rohan’s Auto Spares were also among a host of other sponsors to whom he would like to extend deep gratitude.
During the Boxing Day Meet, Torginal Paints had sponsored the H and Lower event, which saw the race horse TNT copping the $250,000 cash prize and trophy.
KSM had sponsored the race for two-year-old Guyana-bred horses, which saw Awesome Bandit winning the KSM Trophy and $200,000 cash prize.
The L-Open class race was sponsored by Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), and Secret Flyer took the top spot and bagged the Ivanoff Trophy and $170,000 winner’s purse.
In the race classified ‘L Non-Earners’, Magaline prevailed to earn the winner’s purse of $130,000 and a trophy donated by Rohan Auto Sales of Good Hope, Mahaica, ECD.
Justice (retd) Kennard would like to offer all the foregoing his deepest gratitude, and would like them to note that he and members of the Kennard Memorial Turf Club are anticipating similar, if not better, support from these loyal sponsors during the 2020 horse racing season.