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Jul 22, 2018 Sports

Sharmilla Ramdhanny of the organisers collects the sponsorship from Compton Sancho for Goodwood Racing Service.
Sponsors are continuing to support the Guyana Cup 2018 horserace meet, which has over $15million in cash and prizes on offer for the August 19th event at the Rising Sun Turf Club in Berbice.
Latest to come on board are Kanhai’s Electrical and Goodwood Racing Service. Both business entities presented sponsorship cheque’s to the organisers of the mega horseracing event.
Miss Sharmilla Ramdhanny representing Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee , collected the sponsorship from Compton Sancho who filled in for the Goodwood Racing Service during the past week. Goodwood has been proud sponsors of the event for over 5 years now.
Meanwhile, Gaitree Tulsidas of Kanhai’s Electrical, also a continuous sponsor of the meet, gave her contribution to Sancho, who represented the race organisers on this occasion.
The latest entities have joined Superbet Guyana, Discount Store, Hand-in-hand Insurance, Gizmos and Gadgets and Mazi nightclub of the USA.
The C Class event is the main attraction and the race programme will show 10 events:
1) C class and lower, 1600m. Total purse: $3,875,000
2) 3yr old Derby 1100M – purse: $2,000,000.
3) G1 and lower 1400M – purse: $1,550,000.
4) H3 and lower 1100M – purse $1,350,000.
5) 2yrs old Guyana Bred 1100M – purse: $680,000.
6) I class and lower 1400M – Purse: $581,000.
7) J3 and lower 1400M. Purse: $485,000.
8) L class 1400M – purse $390,000.
9) L class 1400M – purse $390,000.
10) L class 1100M – purse $290,000.
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