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Sponsors coming on board for Guyana Cup Meet at Rising Sun Turf Club
Sponsors have been coming forward to support the Jumbo Jet Business Enterprise 
and Stables 11th running of the Mega Guyana Cup Horserace Meeting fixed for August 13th at the Rising Sun Turf Club on the West Coast of Berbice starting at 11:30am .
Following other support to date, Muneahwar Hardware Store and Hand-in-Hand Insurance Company are the latest to come on board for the mega horserace event. Representative of the two businesses this week handed over their contributions to the organisers.
Super Bet and ISG Industrial Supplies of Guyana Inc. had earlier presented their support.
The racing programme has the B Class event the main attraction. This race is open to all imported and Guyana Bred B class horses and covers a distance of 2000m for a whopping $2M for the winner with second collecting $1M, third $500,000, fourth $250,000 and fifth $125,000.
There is the E & lower 1500m race for all imported and Guyana Bred 3 years and up and those rated E class and lower for a sumptuous $1.2M winner’s purse.
The G & Lower Guyana and West Indies Bred racehorses cover 1500m with the winner carting off $700,000, the H3 & lower race for Guyana and West Indies bred horses has a $400,000 pay day over a distance of 1100m, the 2 years old Guyana Bred horses will run over a similar 1100m distance with $350,000 the purse on offer for the winner, while 3 year old Guyana bred and I1 & Lower class racehorses will look to cash in on the $300,000 first prize over 1100m. The J2 & K & Lower class will be battling for a $250,000 purse, while the L& Lower non-winners will collide for a $200,000 winners take, both events also over 1100m.
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