New race book for July 31 horse race to be launched soon

By Brandon Corlette

Horse racing enthusiasts should expect great things at the Port Mourant Turf Club on July 31 when the Emancipation horse-race meet rides off.
It is customary for fans to equip themselves with a four-page race programme, but for this upcoming event, fans will be fed more information as a new race book will be introduced.

Nic Chadde

According to international racing commentator Nic Chadee, the race book will be used for fans to get all the information on the horses present. With more than 30 newly-imported horses set to feature at the event, Chadee said: “We have already imputed all of the Guyanese bred imported, including horses that came from Trinidad and Tobago, USA and Canada.”
“What they use to have is a three-page or four-page something. This book will have more information in terms of the horses’ running lines. For instance, each horse that we have the records for, will cover three of their past races in it, stating how they run, what distance, what class, and where they finished.
“Because this is a new format, an instruction page was added, for fans to know how to go about reading the race book. “There is a page that is teaching you to read the new format,” Chadee said.
He further disclosed that the race book should be printed by last Friday, and by Wednesday or Thursday the book should be available for purchase. The cost for the informative race book will be confirmed in a few days’ time.
Eight races are carded for July 31, with the feature event, open to all horses, running over eight furlongs for a winner’s purse of $1 million. The second prize is $500,000 while the prize for third is $100,000.
This lucrative one-day event is expected to start promptly at 12:00h with the L Open race, which will be contested over six furlongs for a winner’s purse of $160,000. Second prize is $80,000.
The second race is the eight-furlong race involving Guyana and West Indies-bred two-year-old horses for a top prize of $500,000, while the second-placed horse will win $250,000. The horse that finishes third will bag $125,000.
Race three will be the J Class race over eight furlongs, and the top horse will bag $200,000.
Race four will see the J3 maiden (all first-time starters) running over six furlongs for a prize of $200,000.
In the H Class race, running over six furlongs, the top horse will bag $400,000. Race six will be the F Class race running over 6.5 furlongs, and the top prize is $500,000.
In the Guyana and West Indies-bred two-year-olds’ race running over five furlongs, $400,000 will be the top prize.
Entries will be closed today, July 25, and the races will run under updated classification. For further information, contact Gingo on 618-7278, Dennis on 640-6396, Alan on 627-5741, and Rabani on 643-9696. Banks DIH, AGM, KP Jagdeo, and Fazal Habibulla are among the sponsors for this event thus far.