Port Mourant Turf Club/MMP Foundation horse race set for Sunday

Race of the champions…

All of the top horses will assemble at the Port Mourant Turf Club tomorrow, Sunday September 29, for the Race of the Champions, a grand one-day horse race meet.
This event is organized by Mohabir Mookoorchand Persaud (M.M.P) Foundation for Excellence.

The first of six races on the programme will run off from 10:00h, and the feature event will run at a purse of $1.2 million. This event is being considered as a Guyana Cup rematch, and all the top horses that were present at the Guyana Cup will return for a rematch.
Some of these top horses that have already been confirmed to participate in the MMP Meet are Guyana Cup champion Lucky Star, Vera’s Finally, Scores Even, Isn’t He Perfect?, Justify the Heat, Catholic Boy, Gold Again, Storm Bird, Fresh Dancer, TnT, and the Nand Persaud champion horse Golden Blue Echo.
Horses that were earlier confirmed for the $1.2 million feature event are Lucky Star, Vera’s Finally, Don’t overlook, Storm Bird, Simple Slide, TnT, Golden Blue Echo, Settling Star and Scores Even.
The penultimate race of the day is the feature ‘B and Lower’ 1300-metre race. Entries for horses will be $60,000, and the first prize is a purse of $1,200,000.
Second prize is $300,000, while third prize is $150,000.
Among the classified races are the L Class, the H and I Class, 2 Years Old Open (Guyana Bred), 3 Years Old Guyana Bred (Winner of less than four races), B and Lower and the J &K Class. (Brandon Corlette)