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Georgetown Turf Club horserace meet fixed for Sunday

Apr 18, 2012 Sports

 

 

­– raffle drawing to be conducted

 

Great anticipation is the order of the day at the Georgetown Turf Club Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara this Sunday from12 noon when the Georgetown Turf Club stages their horserace meet which has a total of 1.5 million dollars in cash prizes to be won.
The meet which has a record of 54 horses registered to date will see horse lovers and spectators vying for and witnessing seven races, all with the same distance of 1200m.
The feature race, H & Lower, will see horses such as Prospect Pride, Sir Ballgy and The Gump, just to name a few vying for top prize of $375,000. The I & Lower registered horses will be contesting for $140,000, $70,000, $35,000 and $20,000.  The I & Lower will see the winner walking out of the turf with $130,000; K & J and L & Lower winners will have in their possession $110,000.00 and $100,000.00 respectively.
Shane, Red Dragon, Cat Thief, Red Light and Pinky will compete for the top cash prize of $80,000 in the Cart Horse Class; the second and third place winners will receive $40,000 and $20,000. Horses competing in the U/Classified Class will be battling for $90,000, $45,000, $25,000 and $12,000.
There will also be a raffle drawing; the funds from the raffle will be going directly to the club to aid in its development according to the President of the Turf Club, Nigel James.
For more information, contact Nigel James, President of the Georgetown Turf Club: 665-5611.

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