Reputations to be established or broken today

PMTC One-Day Horse Meet…

Eight exciting horse-racing events are slated to be run off today: Sunday, December 15, at the Port Mourant Turf Club (PMTC) on the Corentyne Coast in East Berbice as a grand, one-day horse race meet is staged from 10:00h.
The main event of the meet, the B & Lower race over a distance of 1600 metres, carries a winner’s purse of $600,000, and all of the country’s top horses are reportedly in contention.

‘Big gun’ names expected to participate in this meet are Don’t Over Look, Jus Call Me Bass, Vera’s Finally, Storm Bird, Lucky Star, TNT, Golden Blue Ecko, Not This Time, Justify the Heat, and newly imported mounts Santa Cruz Lady and Golden Dancer.
It is anticipated that equine reputations will either be established or broken at the end of this meet.
In the race for two-year-old maiden Guyana-bred horses, which will be run over a distance of 1000 metres, the winner thereof is set to receive a purse of $240,000.
In the H & Lower (non-winners’ 2019) race, over a distance of 1000 metres, the winner is set to receive $300,000.
The G3 & Lower race will be run over a distance of 1600 metres for a winner’s purse of $300,000.
The L Class race will be run over 1500 metres for a winner’s purse of $120,000; while the L Non-Winners’ race is over a distance of 1300 metres for a winner’s purse of $100,000.
The J & Lower race for 2-year -old, Guyana-bred horses will be run over 1300 metres for a winner’s purse of $240,000; while the race for K Class horses will be run over a distance of 1200 metres for a winner’s purse of $140,000.
Admission to the event is $1500 for adults and $500 for children, payable at the gate.