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Shariff racing stable looking to take racing to a new height on the Move
The Shariff Racing is fairly new in the business of Horseracing and already the
Connections from the Shariff Rasing Stable collecting one of their growing collection of prizes.
racing entity owned by Mr. Mohammed Shariff called ‘Nankoo’ has moved up the ladder to be ranking among the best in the local horseracing industry. Situated at No 6Village West Coast Berbice the Sharif racing entity like its name suggests wants to be among the best if not the best of the best.
Over the past year there is not a horseracing event or activity in Guyana that the name Shariff has not been associated with and like a true ‘Sheriff’ the racing entity has been moving in leaps and bounds and it may not be long before it may be fully in charge.
The racing entity has not only been racing horses, but has also been associated with sponsorship, training and breeding. Recently the Shariff racing entity has made a big injection in the horseracing business with sponsorship in a big way with an $8M funding for the Norman Singh race meet and hopes to continue in the sponsorship business with even bigger and better funding. The stable presently has over 15 horses with about 10 actively racing.
‘Nankoo’ Shariff stated that he has been involved in racing a long time ago, but had given up the sport and migrated. Now back in the business for just about two years, he has returned with a bang.
In the most recent horseracing event at the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club at Alness, the Stable came out on top with two wins as Dubai Duchess blistered the field to win the F class event and $400,000 first prize along with the Dr Dwight Walrond trophy, while Damascus Dream was also in the winner’s row in the G class event worth $300,000.
The Shariff stable was denied a victory in the co-feature Three Year old West Indies Bred event as Swing Easy was denied a victory in a controversial finish. That event only emphasized the need for photo finish equipment at race meets. The Stable for its exploits was awarded the Champion stable accolade. Winning the award for the third time this year, which is by no means an easy feat.
Horseracing takes a lot of hard work and money and some luck to be successful. It is not always smooth sailing as Shariff himself could attest. In the last race meet one of his top horses, Tiger Prospect, which was a recent addition to the stable at a cost of over $3M, broke its leg in the feature C class event and had to be destroyed. The Jockey fell off the animal first, and apparently the rope got between his legs and that was it. The animals train at the nearby Norman Singh racing facility and the men in charge, Zaire Shariff and trainer Glendon Sooklall make sure that the animals are well taken care of and groomed.
Shariff stated that you do not make money in the horseracing business as it is expensive to take care of racehorses, which include paying the workers who helps to care them. He is basically into the business as a form of relaxation and fun. The Shariff connections have quickly become one of the drawing cards at the races. The question is like any true ‘Sheriff’ will the Shariff Stable conquer all and rule the turf? The other big stables will most certainly want to intervene. (Samuel Whyte)
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