Jumbo Jet family rolls out $30M 7th Annual Guyana Cup Horserace meet August 25

Aug 11, 2013 Sports

‘Jumbo Jet’ by name and nature is huge in whatever it does and as such the sponsors of the Annual Guyana Cup Horse racing event is making a gargantuan investment as it rolls out a sumptuous programme for Guyana’s biggest horserace meet, the 7th Annual Guyana Cup horse race meet, set for the Sunday 25th August at the Port Mourant Turf Club.
Organized by one of Guyana’s leading horseracing establishments and

Irshad Mohamed (left) Organizer, receives a sponsorship cheque from Mark Samaroo of the Hand in Hand Group of Companies as preparations advance for Guyana Cup 2013.

Auto dealership- the Jumbo Jet Auto Sales and Racing Stables, with establishments at Bush Lot and Chester Villages West Coast Berbice, East Bank Demerara and Georgetown in collaboration with the Port Mourant Turf Club, have come up with an enormous $30M and over package which makes it by far the single largest sporting event in Guyana.
Known as the ‘Sport of Kings’ horseracing is being dubbed as the number one sporting event in the country with by far the largest prize money on offer for any sport in the country. Thus the Jumbo Jet conglomerate and friends are offering big winnings for the races.
Nine top of the line races are carded for the day with a number of feature events on the card. There are events for B class horses, two events for three year old horses. Two events for two year old horses and another race for horses classified E and lower, while the event for E and G class horses are also big draw cards.
The B class event has A class money on offer, totaling close to a whopping $7M at stake in cash and prizes with the winner taking home the lavish $3.5M and the Guyana Cup trophy over 1700M along with bragging rights.
In the Co-feature 1600M event for 3-yr old horses, bred and born in Guyana and the West Indies, the organizers have put up a mouthwatering $2.5M and trophy.
The Two year old event for West Indies Bred horses has its first prize tagged at $1.5M and trophy and is a 1000M event.
The E class and lower 1400M event will see the winner racing away with the $1M top prize and trophy. There is a race for F class horses with the winner getting $700,000 and trophy over 1000M. The G3 & Lower race is a 1200M event where the winning horse will run away with $800,000 and trophy.
The second three year old event is for Guyana bred horses and has a $600,000 price tag along with trophy for the top runner over 1200M. The H& Lower 1000M race guarantees the winner a purse of $400,000 and trophy.
The ‘I’ and lower race goes over 1200M with the pole position takings being tagged at $300,000 and trophy. The final race has $200,000 plus trophy at stake for the winner of the JKL event over 1200M.
The top Jockey along with the runner up, the top stable and champion trainer will all be presented with accolades compliments of the Trophy Stall, Bourda Market and the organizers. Entries closed on Saturday 10th August. The organisers have also put together some interesting incentives for lucky patrons and participants that will be unveiled later. Jumbo Jet is committed to the improvement of horse racing in Guyana.
The event will be held under the rules of the Guyana Horse Racing Authority.
Interested persons can contact Chandu Ramkissoon (624-9063 or 232-0633), Kris Jagdeo (624-6123; 322-0369), Rajendra (Jim –Jo) 618-7278, Ramnauth 337-5311, Romel Jagroop (624-1798) and Sancho 690-0569. Race time is 12:30 hrs.
The coordinator is Nasrudeen (Jumbo Jet) Mohamed. (Samuel Whyte)