President’s Cup horse meet on Sunday, September 18: Wild Texas Tom’s recent win sets up “fireworks” with Alado

Alado, a mount of the Master Z Racing Stables and champion horse of The Guyana Cup, that massive and prestigious horse meet that was held at the Rising Sun Turf Club in Region Five, West Coast Berbice, on Sunday, August 15, 2022, is expected to return to racing action in The President’s Cup, set to be run on Sunday, September 18, at that same venue.

However, Wild Texas Tom, a superb mount of the Jagdeo Racing Stables, who had placed second in the feature race of The Guyana Cup and is fresh from the victory in the feature race of the Kennard Memorial Turf Club’s horse meet of August 28, 2022 at Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice in Region Six, will be aiming to avenge its defeat by Alado when The President’s Cup event is held.
In this publication’s recent interview with Glen Mohammed, a horse owner, trainer and news reporter from the twin-island Republic of Trinidad & Tobago, Mohammed noted that the Kennard Memorial horse meet was good for equine racing in Guyana, as it sets up a mouthwatering clash in the President’s Cup.
He also noted that the crowds attending horse racing activities in Guyana would give CPL cricket a “run for its money.”
“This race (Kennard’s) was a reflection of how good the Guyana Cup was. This horse (Tom) ran second in the Guyana Cup, and now possesses a good race in the President’s Cup, where it will have a rematch with Alado…,” Mohammed explained.
“You have (to thank) Kennard (for) staging such a race to get Wild Texas Tom on the footing they want to get to promote the President’s Cup,”
he detailed.
He added: “You (Guyana) have a very good quality of horses. The Guyana breeding industry have to take advantage of that, and the owners investing a lot of money and buying very good horses. They have good stock coming from Trinidad and the USA, racing in Guyana can only go on ‘the up’. They just have to try and get the regulations in place, and be regulated,” he advised.
“Horse racing is one of the most popular sports in Guyana, and we have seen it continue to grow. It will give cricket some problems in time to come. This is a rural sport, and people enjoy coming,” Mohammed said.
After The President’s Cup is held on Sunday, September 18, at the Rising Sun Turf Club in Region Five, another horse meet will be held on October 23 at the Kennard Memorial Turf Club, before the traditional Kennard Boxing Day horse meet is held on December 26 at that Bush Lot Farm venue. (Brandon Corlette)