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Jun 26, 2014 Sports
Over 60 of the country’s top racehorses have taken entry for the much anticipated Rising Sun Turf Club/ Inshan Bacchus ‘Hard Runnings’ Trucking Service grand one day horserace meet set for Sunday at the Rising Sun Turf Club, Arima Park, West Coast Berbice even as more sponsors come onboard.
The eight race event has over $8M in cash, trophies and other incentives up for grabs. The latest sponsor to add their name to the growing list is the Shariff Racing Stable and Business Enterprise who on Tuesday handed over a substantial amount to the organisers of the meet at the Shariff Farm at No. 6 West Coast Berbice.
With the attractive prize monies on offer most of the events have attracted full entries. The feature event is for horses classified D1 and lower with a lucrative first prize of $1M and trophy up for the taking over 1500M. A full gate has been assembled for this event with the likes of Treacle, Swing Easy, City Tune, Run Nana Run, CP Got Even, Tororoso, Milwaukee Blitz, Jack is My Style, Red and Lovely, Africanist and Goodwill Boy all entered.
There is a rich collection of horses lined up for the rest of events with horses such as – Fresh Again, Savion, Shooting Star, Cat Messiah, Royal Empire, Unsettled, Easy To Win, Iron Man, Mary Ann, Ameera’s Joy, Church House, War Craft, Damascus Dream, Release the Beast, Today is my Day, Quiet Dancer, Goodwill Boy ,It’s my Turn, Appealing Harvest, Captain Crook ,Rosetta, Another Jet, Settling Jet and Bridal Stone Corner, Silent Night, It’s My choice, Fairy Landing, She So Special, I want Revenge, De Gump, Keep On Swinging, Smarty Light, Affinity, Windy Killer, Prince Bayaya, Princess Alisha, Today is My Day, Famous Pride, Royal Cash, Little and Happy Choice.
The other events are the co-feature event for three-year-old Guyana and West Indies – bred animals which will fetch a winner’s take of $600,000 and trophy over 1400M.
There is a race for animals classified F1 and Lower also over 1400M with the winner set to take home $500,000 and trophy.
The G3 and Lower event is once again expected to be competitive as the animals will race over 1000M for a winning take of $400,000 and trophy.
The H1 and Lower horses will run for a top prize of $400,000 and trophy also over 1000M.
The event will likely see the introduction of the Two-year-old Guyana and West Indian- bred horses for this year and they will compete over 600M for a first prize of $300,000 and trophy.
Horses running in the I1 and Lower 1000M race will run for a first prize of $250,000 and trophy.
The final event for the day is for animals classified J and Lower for a winners money of $200,000 over 1000M.
Top individual performers including top jockey, trainer and stable will receive incentives compliments of Trophy Stall, Bourda Market and the organizers.
Last minute information can be obtained by contacting C. Ramnauth on 337-5311, Fazil Habibulla on 657-7010, Inshan Bacchus on 629-9419 and Chandu Ramkissoon on 232-0633/624-9063. Race time is 12:30 hrs. (Samuel Whyte)
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