Port Mourant Turf Club horse meet set for December 11
Top local horses, including Guyana Cup winner Alado, will be running for supremacy on Sunday, December 11, at the new and improved Port Mourant Turf Club facility in East Berbice-Corentyne. Seven races are on that card for the grand one-day event, and more than seven million dollars in cash prizes will be up for grabs.
Looking to Heaven won the last feature event at Port Mourant (Brandon Corlette photo)
These races are open to all horses and will have a total purse in excess of three million Guyana dollars. In the main event, the race for West Indian-bred horses over one mile, the top horse would bag one million dollars. The total purse for that race is approximately two million dollars.
Other races carded include the H & Lower six-furlong race, the two-year old West Indies and Guyana-bred event, the J Open, the J Non-Starter and horses placed second and Lower in the J3 Non-Starter /Earner. The K&L race will round off the day’s activities.
For the Open events, the weight would be allotted by Class. In the two-year-old West Indies-bred event, horses would carry seven lbs more than maiden creole horses, and three lbs for the winners. Also, the first Guyana-bred to finish would be paid separately.
Races will be run under the updated classification, and entries for this event will be closed on December 6, 2022. Races will also be run under the guidance of the Guyana Horse Racing Authority rules. The Club reserves the right to cancel/reframe any race. Five horses must start a race for the third prize to become payable, and seven horses must start a race for the fourth prize to become payable.
Depending on the entries, the organizers would be open to framing additional races. Horses can be entered through Gingo (618-7278), Dennis (640-6396/640-6396), Fazal (657-7010), Shazeena (322-0798/0369), or WhatsApp Nic on (+1 868 386-2432). All horses need to be registered before their entries are accepted.
