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Sponsors continue support for Guyana Cup horserace Meet at Rising Sun August 13
More sponsors have been coming onboard for the Guyana Cup
Horserace Meeting on August 13th at the Rising Sun Turf Club on the West Coast of Berbice starting at 11:30am.
The 11th edition of the Jumbo Jet Business Enterprise and Stables organised Mega event promises exciting horseracing action and sponsors are ensuring that fans witness an entertaining and successful event by providing the requisite funding to ensure same.
This past week representatives of Big G Lumber yard, Caricom Auto Sales, Impressive Signs and Graphics, and Soreidom Guyana Inc all handed over various contributions to the organisers. Filling in for Main Coordinator Junior ‘Jumbo Jet’ Mohamed was Roy Jafferally who thanked all the sponsors for their generosity in ensuring the meet is a resounding success.
Other businesses that are supporting this year’s meeting are Rambrich Service Station, Poonai’s Pharmacy of Rose Hall Town, Rohan Auto Spares, BM Soat Auto Spares, Muneahwar Hardware Store, Hand-in-Hand Insurance Company, Super Bet, ISG Industrial Supplies of Guyana Inc, D. Telokie & Sons Trucking Service, BM Soat Auto Sales and Anand and Sons Electrical.
The meet will see the B Class event as 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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