Kennards Memorial Emancipation horse race set for August 3
Arguably Guyana’s best racetrack, the Kennard Memorial Turf Club is set to host the Emancipation horse race. The gran event is set for Sunday August 3, at the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club, East Berbice Corentyne.
Six races are on the provisional program, with the feature event being the E Open with horses running at one mile. More than five million in cash and prizes will be up for grabs and horses from across the country will be out to battle for supremacy.
The top horse in the E Open will bag G$ 500,000. Other races on the card include the H& Lower race, the K & Lower race, the L Open the two-year-old Guyana bred open and the three-year-old Guyana bred.
Horse race action is set for a gran return at Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club
Horses in the H and Lower will run at seven furlungs and the top prize is G$ 400,000. The K and Lower horses will run at five furlungs and the winning horse will walk away with G$300,000. The L Open race is a six furlung battle and the winning prize is similar to the K and Lower event.
The two-year-old race will run at five furlung and the three-year-old will run at seven furlung. Both races, the top cash prize is G$ 300,000.
These races are being run under the rules of the Kennard Memorial Turf Club.
If there are less than five (5) horses entered for any event the club reserves the right to cancel or reframe the said event or reduce the prize money after consulting with the horse’s owners.
Owners of horses must pay at least $5,000 for each horse at the point of entry.
Five horses to start before a third prize will be paid. Seven horses to start before a fourth prize to be paid. If only four horses start, the prize money will be reduced by 25 per cent. If only three horses start, the prize will be reduced by 40 per cent.
Entries must be paid in advance of racing day and no late entry will be accepted. Horses can enter with by contacting Ivan Dipnarine on 331-0316, Roop Sewsankar on 687-8722 and Sancho on 682-8558.
Some of the horses in this event will use the race as final competitive preparation for the Guyana Cup. The Guyana Cup is set for Sunday August 17 at Rising Sun Turf Club.
