Nand Persaud Group of Companies gears up for August 11 Sprint Classic

This year’s first eagerly anticipated horse-racing event was staged at the Port Mourant Turf Club on Emancipation Day, and racing fanatics are now more eagerly anticipating the second such race — the annual Sprint Classic of the Nand Persaud Group of Companies, set for staging on August 11 at the company’s racing facility at Macedonia Estate, Number 36 Village, Corentyne, Berbice.
This event will feature racing in seven categories as Guyana’s top horses battle for supremacy over 880 and 660 yards. With more than $4 million in cash, trophies and other incentives up for grabs, the feature event will be for horses classified E and Lower, and will be run over 880 yards, or 4 furlongs, for a winning purse of $300,000 and a trophy.

Other exciting events are as follows:
2-year-old animals racing over 660 yards for a winning take of $150,000 and a trophy.
The event for animals classified J and Lower, which will be run over 4 furlongs for a take-home prize of $150,000 and a trophy.
The event for animals classified K and Lower, which will be run over three furlongs for a winning take of $140,000 and a trophy.
The three L Class races which would each be run over three furlongs. One is strictly for stallions and another is strictly for mares; and both carry a winning prize of $100,000 and a trophy. The other L class event will see non-earners from the other two L Class races competing over three furlongs for a winner’s prize of $100,000 and a trophy.
The champion jockey, trainer and stable will all be rewarded with trophies and other incentives compliments of Ramesh Sunich of the Trophy Stall.
Persons interested in entering animals in these races are invited to contact Mohini on 600-4728, or Amanda on 618-5966.
Boasting the only horseracing facility where the horses run in a straight line from start to finish, the Nand Persaud Group of Companies has the complete package: racing track, promotional group, race horses, and stables. The company also produces, imports, and sells feed.
This event is being promoted through Sky Plus Incorporated promotion group.
Some of the entities on board are Ansa McAl, NTN television station, Prem’s Electrical, 4R Bearings, P. Misir (rice farmer) and S. Jagmohan (King) (rice farmer).