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Over 50 horses entered for Rising Sun race meet

Sep 21, 2009 Sports

Over 50 race horses have already taken entry as the Rising Sun Turf Club in collaboration with the True Friends committee stages its annual one day horserace meeting in aid of charity on Sunday September 27 at the Rising Sun Turf Club Arima Park, West Coast Berbice.
Eight races have been carded on the day’s programme with over $2.5M in cash and other incentives being up for grabs.
The feature B class event over 1600m with a first prize of $300,000 will once again be the main drawing card.   The three year old open gallop over 1400m for horses Bred and Born in Guyana and the West Indies is another feature event on the days programme. The winning prize has been tagged at $250,000.
Some $200,000 has been set aside for the winner in the two year old 1300m match up for horses Bred and Born in Guyana and the West Indies.
The F Class event has a winning purse of $160,000 and will see the horses sprinting over 1100m.  The G and lower showdown will be run over 1400 metres with a winners prize of $100,000.
The other races listed for the day’s programme are all 1100m events and will see the animals competing in the H and lower, the J and K the L class categories. Victory in these races will see the champion taking home $90,000, $80,000 and 70,000 respectively.
Banks DIH Limited is one of the sponsors on board with a few others expected confirm the involvement shortly.
Businessman Ramesh Sunich of the Trophy Stall in Bourda Market will once again be sponsoring the champion jockey and champion trainer trophies.  Race time is 13:00 hrs.

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