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One-Day Horse racing at Rising Sun Turf Club
A representative of Mr. R. Bharat collects the trophy for Lyana’s last win at the Kennard Memorial meet.
The Brother of St Andrew in the Anglican Diocese of Guyana in collaboration with the Rising Sun Turf Club will hold a One-Day Horse racing meet on Sunday at the Rising Sun Turf club in West Berbice.
The action is expected to commence at 13:00hrs with the staging of the first of seven races carded for the day and over 50 horses are anticipated to compete for over $2.5 million in prize money.
A Blackberry phone will also be raffled at the event and tickets to enter the venue cost $1,000.
The feature C class event has pulled an impressive field that includes Miss Orientate, The Message, Sweet Caramel Madame Butterfly, Tropical Passion, Pinch D Cash and Laura lee In Flight, battling for over $400,000 with the 1400M sprint.
The 3yrs old open 1300M sprint has $250,000 on offer and Zionata will start as favourite but with the likes of Gem Pride, Stormy Water, The sky is The limit, Stormy Lass, Stormy Deal, Megan’s Choice, The Gump and Savion in the running it will have its work cut out.
The other events listed on the day programme are all 1300M sprints.
The F and lower showdown has a pole position prize of $160,000 and as usual the lineup is impressive and among those going will be the Gap, Night Crescendo, Romantic Passion and Sea Rocket all looking to explode and blow away the rest of the field.
The G and lower gallop will see the winner taking home $140,000.
The ‘I and lower race has $120,000 available as the top prize and among the contenders are Lyana, Five Star general, Quincy, Star Again, Sunday Star , Infinity and dream Girl. Lyana is coming off a recent win earlier this month at the Kennard Memorial Turf Club.
The Division One and Two contest will go for a winning money of $100,000, while the Division three event will see the winner collecting $80,000.
Race time is 13.00 hrs.
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