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Georgetown Turf Club horserace meet/Gymkhana on today
– raffle to be drawn
All is set for the Georgetown Turf Club of Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara
Nigel James displays some of the trophies and the raffle prizes that will be on offer today.
horserace meet and Gymkhana today which has a total of 1.5 million dollars in cash prizes to be won.
The meet which has an impressive field of 64 horses entered for the action and all the races will be of the same distance of 1200m. Action gets underway at 12:00pm.
The feature race, H & Lower, will see horses such as Prospect Pride, Sir Ballgy and The Gump, just to name a few vying for top prize of $375,000. The I & Lower registered horses will be contesting for $140,000, $70,000, $35,000 and $20,000. The I & Lower will see the winner walking out of the turf with $130,000; K & J and L & Lower winners will have in their possession $110,000 and $100,000 respectively.
Shane, Red Dragon, Cat Thief, Red Light and Pinky will compete for the top cash prize of $80,000 in the Cart Horse Class; the second and third place winners will receive $40,000 and $20,000. Horses competing in the U/Classified Class will be battling for $90,000, $45,000, $25,000 and $12,000.
There will also be a raffle drawing; the funds from the raffle will be going directly to the club to aid in its development according to the President of the Turf Club, Nigel James.
For more information, contact Nigel James, President of the Georgetown Turf Club: 665-5611.
The club suffered a big setback with the last minute pulling out of a few key sponsors but will go ahead with their programme and has assured that all systems are in place for an exciting day of racing.
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