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Letter to the Sports Editor …Kennard responds to Colin Elcock’s letter and KN article

Nov 30, 2013 Sports

 

Dear Sports Editor,
I refer to the recent letter of Mr. Colin Elcock and the article   written by Mr. Samuel Whyte on Horseracing. I wish to clarify certain points on the issues mentioned.
The Guyana Horse Racing Authority held a meeting on Sunday 13th January last at the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club. All the horse racing clubs were invited to that meeting to send three representatives. Each club did send representatives.
The race club with which Mr. Elcock is associated did send two representatives. Mr. Elcock did not attend that meeting. Elections were duly held and office bearers for the year 2013 were elected, including Horse Owners and Trainers representatives.
When it came to fixing of race dates, each club submitted their dates and these were agreed upon. The Guyana Horse Racing Authority did not fix race dates for any of the clubs. They selected their dates and these were later published in the press. The dates fixed for November 2013 to January 5th 2014 were as follows:-
24th November Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club
15th December Port Mourant Turf Club
26th December (Boxing Day Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club
January 5th 2014 Rising Turf Club
Norman Singh Memorial which selected two racing dates, that is to say July 21st and October 20th, did not run off any race meeting for this year. As a matter of fact the last race meeting organised by that club was in July 2012.
I have seen in the press that there is a meeting planned for the Norman Singh Memorial for December 29, which is a mere three  days after the Boxing Day race meeting of the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club and seven days before the meeting of the Rising Sun Turf Club.
This meeting has not been approved by the Guyana Horse Racing Authority and is totally unauthorized. Mr. Elcock’s Club had planned a race meeting for the 24th of November. This was later changed to 1st December and then to 15th December. Please tell me who is confusing the horse owners.
The present executive of the Guyana Horse Racing Authority has been spending a lot of time to regularize horseracing, but instead of being commended for our efforts we are being nailed to the cross.
The proposed Guyana Horse Racing Authority Legislation makes provision for the inclusion of five independent persons one of whom must be a lawyer. Apart from those persons there will be representatives from various clubs, horse owners and Trainers representatives, a Jockeys representative and representative from the Ministry of Sports.
Mr. Elcock is suggesting the Guyana Horse Racing Authority should have independent persons on the Committee. I have no problem with that as the proposed legislation makes provision for that. Mr. Elcock instead of assisting the Authority in its work is trying to create confusion. I must remind Mr. Elcock that he is a signatory to a legal document which was prepared by Senior Council Mr. Marcel Crawford. That document has been registered with Deeds Registry and is in full effect. Guyana Horse Racing Authority is certainly not a legal non-entity.
I am asking both Mr. Elcock and Mr. Samuel Whyte where the problem lies, certainly not with the Guyana Horse Racing Authority.  There is some concern that the Rising Sun Turf Club will not run off a race meeting on January 5th 2014. I have recently spoken to Mr. Fazal Habibulla and he has assured me that his meeting will be run off on the scheduled date.
However, should his race track be affected by rain he is prepared to shift his race meeting to Port Mourant Turf Club. I am hoping that the race meeting fixed for Port Mourant Race Club for December 15th will come off. If not Mr. Elcock and the other organizers will have to give a good explanation to the horse owners, the trainers and the turfites.
Please Mr. Elcock let us cooperate with each other as life is short.
Cecil C. Kennard President

 

 

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