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Exciting races as Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club concludes
Turfites enjoyed a full day of exciting horse races when the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facilities staged the Banks Classic one-day horse race meet at the Alness, Corentyne Racetrack over the past weekend.
On a track that was bone dry and lightning fast ‘Score is Even,’ owned by Dennis De Roop of the Simple Royal stables and ridden by veteran jockey Desmond Ramkissoon, registered a notable victory in the feature event, ‘B and Lower over 1700M,’ while ‘Sleep in Thong’ rose to fame after registering two wins at the eight
Banks DIH Ltd Supervisor, Nandram Basdeo (l) presents the winning trophy to a representative of the Simple Royal Racing Stable. The top horse ‘The Score is even’ is in back ground.
race meet.
Indeed, the feature event was a hard fought and grueling encounter that boiled down to a battle of wits punctuated with a bit of controversy towards the end. Nine horses were locked in intense competition shortly after the gates were raised.
Mission King of the Elcock stable burst ahead with ‘California Strike’ and ‘Got to Go’ in close pursuit with the ‘Score is Even’ moving into position. The animals headed down the back stretch and into the far turn as each jockey attempted to retain the lead. Mission King, ridden by Rupert Ramnauth, then took over, closely followed by ‘The Score is Even.’ The leaders were thrown out of stride following a close brace involving three horses and ‘Got to Go’ surged ahead going into the homestretch.
‘The Score is Even’ called on its reserves and galloped over the line to take the $1M and trophy first prize donated by Banks DIH Ltd. ‘Mission King’ and ‘California Strike’ rounded out the top spots.
The little known ‘Sleeping in Town’ chalked up two victories in the E and G class events over 1200M. For his efforts, that jockey received $250,000 and a trophy. That race over 1500M carried a first place prize of $350,000 and a trophy and once again Jockey Solomon proved his worth edging out a fast finishing War Craft while ‘Night Crescendo’ and ‘The Bailiff’ finished third and fourth.
‘Serenity,’ ridden by Raj Drepaul of the Jumbo Jet Stables rode off with the $400,000 top prize and trophy in the 1600M event while ‘Ameera’s Joy,’ ridden by Junior of the Inshan Bacchus stables, rode off with the $350,000 winner’s money and trophy in the event for the two years old over 1200M. Princess Alisha and Gold Rush finished second and third respectively.
‘Joyful Victory’ of the Jadgeo Stable won the ‘H and Lower’ over 1100M sprint as well as the $200,000 top prize and trophy leaving ‘Wicked Intentions,’ ‘Third World’ and ‘Watch My Shadow’ in his wake.
‘Easy to Win’ of the Dookie Stable won for the second time of the day in the ‘I2 and Lower’ event over 1200M ahead of ‘I Want revenge,’ ‘Mona Lisa’ and ‘Savion’ for the $150,000 first prize and trophy. The ‘J2 and Lower’ event over 1200m for $150,000 and trophy was won by ‘Wonder Flower’ of the Goberdhan stable with Colin Ross on mount.
Jockey Solomon took the top jockey honours with two wins while another apprentice Jockey, Junior, registered two wins for the runner-up spot. They received trophies donated by the organisers and Trophy Stall of Bourda Market.
The day was incident free and officers of the Guyana Police Force received kudos for exemplary work while Sergeant Shurland Semple, one of the Commanding Officers was singled out for his professional and efficient conduct. Over 95 horses took part in the $7M Horse race meet.
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