Guyana Cup horserace meet speeds off today

Aug 18, 2019 Sports

All systems are set for a successful 13th edition of the Guyana Cup horse race meet that will see over $20million in cash and prizes being doled out to the top performers when the event at the Rising Sun Turf Club in Rising Sun Village, West Coast Berbice.

Vera’s finally gaps the field during the feature C Class and Lower race at the Rising Sun turf club last year. (Emmerson Campbelle photo)

Thousands are expected to flock to the venue which is located just 45 minutes from the capital city, Georgetown, and with nine anticipated races on the card, turfites will be well occupied today.
Over 80 animals have registered for the meet, which is one of the marquee events for horseracing in the Caribbean Region and North America.
Among the horses registered to compete are two-time defending champion Vera’s Finally and Just Call Me Bass, which will headline the feature C Class and Lowe race.
Some of the top animals expected to be on show come race day will include Just Call Me Bass, Crown the King (Jamaica), Doublin Fashion (USA), Chameli (Jamaica), Safara (Jamaica), Southern Express (T&T), Silver & Things (T&T), Sitarr (T&T), Kentucky Woman (T&T), Super Easy (T&T) and She’s a Princess.
Apart from the foreign contingent of horses to be on show, several leading jockeys from overseas are also expected to participate, which will add that international flavour to the day’s event.
The top five finishers in all 10 races would receive cash incentives with the total prize purse being increased from 15 to $20million with US$50,000 in cash being handed out tomorrow.
The details of the races and prize money are listed below:
– C Class and Lower feature race over a distance of one mile, $2M
– Three-year-old Guyana-bred, $1M
– G3 and Lower, $400 000
– L3 and Lower (open to non-winners from Trinidad & Tobago), $350 000
– Two-year-old Guyana-bred over, $300 000
– J3 and Lower over seven furlongs – $300 000
– L Class for Colts, $250 000
– L Class Filly and Mare, $250 000