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Who will win the Banks DIH Champion of Champion horserace meet at Rising Sun
Much excitement has generated for today’s Banks DIH sponsored Champion of Champion
Cynthia Jagdeo of the Kris Jagdeo Construction Company presents their sponsorship amount to Carl Liverpool of the Organising Committee.
horserace meet organised by the Rising Sun Turf Club in collaboration with the Shariff Business Enterprise and racing stable set for the Rising Sun Turf Club at Arima Park West Coast Berbice today.
A quality field has entered for the event including the main ‘A’ class event. To add some stimulus to the equation is that from how things have been going recently any one of the animals could race away with the top prize.
Eight races are carded for the day, with over $7M in cash, trophies and other incentives up for grabs and some 70 animals have been entered.
On Friday the principals of the Kris Jagdeo and Sons Construction Company made good on their sponsorship promise with a lucrative amount, which was done at the entity’s headquarters at No 1 Road, Corentyne Berbice.
Again the feature ‘A’ and lower 1400M event is the ‘talk of the town’ and with Banks DIH Limited taking fully sponsorship responsibility the event is promises to be the race of the year. Guyana’s only ‘A’ class animal Score’s Even is in the best of condition and Dennis DeRoop will be looking for revenge after his horse lost recently. The Shariff Stable has vowed to stay in charge and with Princess She Not getting better by the day along with the recently imported Plum Plum, he is certain he has the winning combination.
The Elcock stable has the inform Guyana Cup Champion CP Got Even and the newly imported and unstoppable Curfew Tower out of the USA in the lineup.
The Jumbo Jet entity is known for its huge undertaking and aims to attack from all angles with ferocity with the likes of Appealing Harvest, Grande De Roja, Captain Crook and Jack Is My Style expected to be unleashed. The inform Treacle will not be counted out and Red and Lovely of the Night Eyes has done it before and is well rested and rearing to go. The winner will take home $1M and trophy.
Other events on the day are the three year old race for West Indies and Guyana Bred racehorses and will see the animals racing for the $400,000 and trophy. Unsettled, Release the Beast, Royal Empire, Shooting Star, Quiet dancer, Settling Jet and the newly imported Just Call Me Boss are among those entered.
Swing Easy, Good Will Boy, Mission King, Settle in Seattle, Captain Crook, Its My Turn, Princess Alisha and Battle Hymn among others have been entered in the E3 and lover 1400M event for a winning tag of $400,000 and trophy.
The event for two year old West Indies bred animals for a winner’s prize of $300,000 and trophy over 1100M will see the likes of Storm Bird, It’s My Choice, Gold D Kova, Miss Lewinsky, She Running Hard and Midnight Blues among others in the hunt.
Silent Night, She So Special, Weekend Surprise and Top of the Line are among those entered in the G3 and lower event for the $300,000 first prize and trophy.
The other events listed for the day are the two year old event for Guyana born animals for a first prize of $200,000, the event for ‘I’ class animals for a winning take of $200,000 and the event for J and lower animals for a $180,000 purse. (Samuel Whyte)
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