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Top horses show good form as ninth annual $25M Guyana Cup draws near

Aug 09, 2015 Sports

Over the past week most of the tracks and open spaces on the coast land were fully occupied as trainers, jockeys, grooms and owners’ of  most of the top horses in Guyana were busy whipping their charges into shape for the ninth annual Guyana Cup Horserace extravaganza.
Organized by the Jumbo Jet Businesses and friends, the mega meet is set for next Sunday 16thAugust at the Port Mourant (Big Yard) Turf Club, Corentyne Berbice.
With just one week to go before race day, the horseracing fraternity in Guyana is buzzing with excitement. With a colossal $25M available and over 100 horses set to participate in the mega event thousands are expected to throng to the venue.
Both the Government of Guyana and the Guyana Horse Racing Authority (GHRA) has given their full blessing to the event which is expected to get on the way from 12:00 hrs.
The feature event has a full compliment of the best runners in the country lining up. All the top runners, plus a few new imports have been burning up the tracks and look good. Turfites will be hard press to pick a winner this early.
The A class line up which is still incomplete but still includes Guyana A class champion Score’s Even, defending Guyana Cup Champion C.P Got Even, and a fearsome pack of Spit Fire, Jack in MY Style, Princess She Not, Diplomatic Cat, Curfew Tower, Treacle and the speedy Tiz A Holiday are expected to give holiday makers a day to remember.
The winning prize is set at a hefty $3M and the Guyana Cup Trophy from a total package of $6M over 1800M.
The Co-feature 1600M event for 3 yrs old horses, bred and born in Guyana and the West Indies, has a winning take of $2M and trophy.
There  are two races for two year old horses; one for West Indies Bred animals for a winning take of $1.2M and trophy, while the second is for Guyana bred horses for a  winners money of $400,000. The E class and lower event is for a take home of $1M and trophy, the race for four year old West Indies bred animals has a winning take of $900,000 and trophy, the event for horses classified F3 has a first prize of $800,000 and trophy, in the G3 and lower race the winner will run away with $600,000 and trophy, the ‘I’ and lower race has $350,000 and trophy as a winning tag while the event for unclassified animals has a take home money of $150,000 and trophy.
Among some of the other animals set to participate are Unsettled, Bridal Stone Corner, Guyana Time, Strom Bird, Country Girl, Keep On Swinging, IT MY Choice, Gold D Cova, Settling Star, Captain Crook, Mansoon Fresh Again, Work Force, Plum Plum, Good Will Boy, Unsettled, Red and Lovely, Rosetta, Dream Come through, Precise Gold, Shantal, Honest Penny, Sent From Above, Cat Messiah, Today Is My Lucky day, Campador, Princess Page and Bird man, Firing Line, Jumbo Gift, Maid of the Cat and Witchy Poo, Amazon Warrior, Mary Ann, Secret Escape, Little, Royal Cash, Cat Messiah, Famous Pride, The Gump, Flying Object, Regina, Secret Escape, Party Time, Little, Ranch Boy, Amigo, Blue Lightning, Secretariat, Regina, Liquid Lion, Chronic, Silent Warrior, and Plane and the newly imported Kazi Azaria among others .
The top Jockey along with the runner up, the top stable and champion trainer will all be presented with trophies and other incentives compliments of the organizers.
The event will be held under the rules of the Guyana Horse Racing Authority.
The coordinator is Nasrudeen (Jumbo Jet) Mohamed. (Samuel Whyte)

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