Region 4 Sports Community to host horse-race meet on October 27
The Region 4 Sports Community will be holding a grand one-day horse-race meeting on Sunday 27th October at the Turf Club at Mocha, East Bank Demerara.
This meet is slated to commence at 13:00 hrs, and seven (7) races are on the card, the feature event of which is the race for horses classified J and K.
Promoter of the event, Compton Sancho
Winner of this race will collect $180,000, while second-placed horse will collect $90,000, third-placed will collect $45,000 and fourth-placed will collect $22,500.
Other events on the card are as follows: I/Open, L Non-Winner, the Unclassified, the L3, the 2-year-old maiden and the first-time starter. Over three million dollars in cash prizes and trophies are up for grabs in this meet.
Work is currently ongoing at the venue to have it ready for race day. Race management will be assisting horses coming from Corentyne, East Berbice with their bridge crossing. Most of the country’s top I and K Class horses will be in action at this meet.
Horse owners are asked to ensure their register their animals with the correct name and in the correct class.
It has been posited that this venue would ideally facilitate people living at the new Herstelling Housing Scheme witnessing horse-racing action. The main goal of the meet, according to the Region Four Sports Community, is to reintroduce horse racing in Demerara County, since most horse racing events are held in Berbice and it is costly for individuals to travel there to have their horses participate.
Promoter of this event, Compton Sancho, has disclosed that the event would also feature some of Guyana’s top horses coming out to do battle for supremacy.
Interested persons are asked to note that no late entrant will be accepted to participate in this meet.
Among the horses that would be in action on race day are Red Regent Release, The Heat Victoria, Lucky Lucky, First Prince, Byron Call, She’s Royal Up Front, Amazon Warrior, Up Top Boss, Uprising, Red Jet, School Boy, Poor People Money, Quick Kiss, Early Bird and Unruly.
