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Curfew Tower batters field at Port Mourant as Jumbo Jet stable claims five
From USA to Guyana, Curfew Tower is the champion as it won the feature D1 and lower event when the Port Mourant Turf Club in collaboration with The Jumbo Jet successfully staged the Inaugural Guyana Cup Re-match horse race meet. The event was held yesterday at the Port Mourant Turf Club.
Banks DIH Limited Supervisor Nandram Basdeo presents the winning trophy in the feature event to a Rep of the Elcock Stable for Curfew Tower’s victory. Jockey Junior Sookhan sits astride the horse.
A new champ has emerged as Mr. Colin Elcock’s newly imported Curfew Tower out of Kentucky USA made sure that the Inaugural Guyana Cup Re-match joins the Guyana Cup which was won by CP Got Even in the safe keeping of the Elcock Stable.
The animal imported from the USA about six months ago and running as a D3 Class animal with Junior Sookhan on the perch was a class act. In only its second outing it had a good start and put a lock on the field early as it took the lead from Princess She Is Not as the two horses kept a blistering pace early in the race.
Curfew Tower never looked back as Sookhan kept urging it on to the finishing pole as the racehorse won from the fast finishing Treacle. CP Got Even, known for its excellent finish, raced from down the field to take third from Grande De Roja, also a good finisher.
For the win Curfew Tower took home the sumptuous $1.5M and Trophy compliments of Banks DIH Limited.
The Three Year old West Indies bred event lived up to expectation as The Newly Imported Spit Fire of The Shariff stable burned up the field to win from Just call me Boss, Settling Jet and Unsettled.
However it was the Jumbo Jet stable that dominated proceeding with five wins and a number of other placing. Other winners were Keep on Swinging of The Jumbo Jet stable in the two year old West Indies Bred event, Captain Crook also of the Jumbo Jet stable in the E and Lower event.
Keep on Swinging of The Jumbo Jet stable took care of business in Two Year old West Indies bred event, Appealing harvest of the Jumbo Jet Stable in the G and Lower Event, She So Special of the Jumbo Jet Stable in the H and Lower race and Amazon Warrior of the Jumbo Jet Stable in the Two Year old Guyana Bred event.
Royal Cash was the winner in the I class race.
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