Port Mourant Showdown of Champions: ‘Metro Mile’ to headline eight-race card
The Metro Mile is the talk of all horse owners as the December 15 Showdown of Champions looms large on the horizon of the Port Mourant Turf Club.
The feature mile event, sponsored by Metro Office Supplies, will headline the eight-race card set to ring in the festivities for horse racing fans.
According to the organiser Terbhuwan ‘Turbo’ Jagdeo, the company has come on board in a big way in what is shaping up to be the hottest December horse race ticket.
“I must say thanks to Metro Office Supplies for coming on board for this feature event. We expect to have some of the big names in horses for the Showdown of Champions race card. There are names like the Guyana Cup winner Olympic Kremlin, along with strong contenders in Mapa Do Brazil, Easy Time, Novo Sol, Stolen Money, Beckham James, Oy Vey and a lot of other horses on board for the event.”
Olympic Kremlin is expected to be back in action
The 1600-metre event will have prize money of $4M, with the winning horse being awarded $2M. The race is open to all horses.
The co-feature event is the E-Class non-winners in Guyana and F-Class & Lower. It will be contested over 1300 metres for prize money totalling $2M.
The Two-Year-Old Guyana and West Indies-bred horses would be racing over 1200 metres, and are sure to attract the attention of horse racing fans. There is also a race for Three-Year-Old Guyana-bred horses over 1700 metres.
The G-Class horses would be contesting over 1200 metres; the H-Class Non-Winners of 2024 would be racing over 1600 metres; the K-Class and L-Class horses would be racing over 1600 metres; the Guyana-Bred horses would be racing over 1600M; and a 1300-metre sprint is also carded for J, K and L class Maidens.
The event is sponsored by J’s Supermarket, Jumbo Jet, Shi-Oil, AJM, OBL, KP Jagdeo General Contractor, Permaul Trading, Laka Rambrich Rice Farm, Big G Sawmill & Lumber Yard, Shook Shivmangal & friends of USA.
