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All roads lead to Port Mourant Turf Club for Guyana Cup Horserace meet
Trophy Stall donates Neville Sunich Memorial trophy for top jockey
All roads lead to the Port Mourant Race Track, Corentyne today as the Jumbo Jet Auto Sales stages the 6th Annual Guyana Cup Horserace Meet from 12:00noon.
Most of the country’s leading racehorses will be on show today and a large turnout is anticipated as fans will be part of the excitement expected to unfold as the horses and jockeys battle for the $30M in prize money and trophies on offer.
Ramesh Sunich of the Trophy Stall continued his support for the sport and 
sports in general by donating the Neville Sunich trophy that will go to the champion jockey. Neville was atop jockey and knowledgeable on the sport in the years gone by and his son Ramesh had agreed some years ago to donate the trophy for the top jockey in his father’s memory.
The main attraction on the day’s programme is the ‘A & Lower over a distance of 1400m, carries a first prize of 3 million dollars with a second prize of half that amount. The third and fourth place finishers will win $750,000 and $375,000 respectively.
Then there is the race among the 3 years old horses over a similar distance where the winner receives 2 million dollars. The 2nd to 4th place finishers receive $1,000,000, $500,000 and $250,000 respectively.
The two years old animals will compete over a distance of 1000m and the winner rides off with one million dollars. The second place finisher will get $500,000, while the 3rd and 4th places receive $250,000 and $125,000 respectively.
The other races on for the day are the E & Lower, F & Lower, G & Lower, 3 years Old Open, 2 years old Open, H & Lower, 13 & Lower and the Division 1, 2 & 3 event.
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