Season ending Horserace meet set for Rising Sun Turf club on New Year’s Day

Dec 23, 2011 Sports

$7M up for grabs

By Samuel Whyte
The final race for the 2011/2012 Horse racing season is set for the Rising Sun Turf Club, Arima Park West Coast Berbice. The date is Sunday 1st January2012. With horseracing having a busy year in 2011 all the top horses will be hoping to put in a good showing to end the season with a bang.
Nine races are carded for the day with close to $7M in cash, trophies and other incentives up for the taking.
Already preparation works are in full swing with tremendous improvements being done to the Rising Sun facilities with the grand stands and the other stands being spruced up.
The toilet facilities are also getting a face lift and the track is being prepared for the day of action. There are a number of top notch event listed on the cards with the feature being the B class event, there is the Three year old Guyana and West Indies race, the D class contest, the race for F class animals, the event for Two year old Guyana and West Indies bred animals and the G class match up.
The feature B class event will once again see prize monies tagged at close to $2M with a first prize of a sumptuous $1M and trophy with the distance being 1600M.
The three year old event for Horses Bred and Born in Guyana and the West Indies has a winners money of $500,000 over 1400M. The D Class event has a winner’s purse of $500,000 over a distance of 1300M.
The race for two year old horses bred and born in Guyana and the West Indies will see the winner racing away with $400,000 and trophy over 1300M.
The race for F class animals will see the animals racing away with $350,000 and trophy over 1400M. The G and lower showdown has a winner’s purse of $ 400,000 over 1100M.
There is an H class race that has the winning set at $220,000 and is a 1400M event. There are two I class events, both over 1300M, the first is for horses classified ‘I’ and lower and will see the winner carting off $180, 000
The other I class event is for those classified I3 and lower and those with one win. The winner of that race will run away with $160,000.
Ramesh Sunich proprietor of Trophy Stall, Bourda Market will once again be providing accolades for the top individual performers including the top jockey, trainer and stables.
The Race will be held under the rules of the Rising Sun Turf Club and Bugle time is 13:00 hrs.
For further information persons can contact Fazal Habibulla at Chester Fry Bush Lot West Coast Berbice on Tel No 232-0232 or 648-6522, 6577010, Inshanally Habibulla on tel No 623-4495, 623-5453 or 232-3295, or Donald or Zaleena Lawrie on telephone no 225-4530, 225-4565.

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