Letters to the Sports Editor…Elcock responds to letter

Mar 24, 2013 Sports

Dear Sir,
Kindly allow me to respond to one Mr. Anil Bhola to his article dated March, 22nd.
Mr. Bhola could you please explain what happened to the Brighton Turf Club finances for the last major race meeting held a few years ago, do you have any immoveable valuable property that in event you make any decision on behalf of the Guyana Horse Racing Authority that is not in favour with rules governing races that I may challenge in court and could collect on, seeing that you are not residing in Guyana anymore.
I do not want to waste valuable space in the Newspaper but whoever cannot understand what I was trying to say could simply come to classes at 09:00hrs on any Sunday mornings, it’s simple all countries with a racing body works through the Ministry of Agriculture.
Shortly we will have a certified laboratory and quarantine station, the animal act of Guyana already covers over 50 percent of the laws with regards to Horses Movement, Export, and Import etc you figure it out.
Seeing that Mr. Bhola resides outside of Guyana does it make sense for him to invest in a 30 million dollars property here which he will only use for 5-7 days in a year? The reason is clear why I cannot sit and waste my precious time with people like Mr. Bhola. In short the Guyana Horse Racing Authority is a legal nonentity they cannot be sued but the people making decisions on its behalf could be sued.
They need to get themselves regularized.
Why should each club own a starting gate and a photo finish camera when clubs in the Corentyne could have access to one gate while on the West Coast of Berbice same could apply; the same with the camera.
One could be acquired and controlled by the so called Stewards of the Racing Authority and the clubs pay a fee to cover acquisition cost and maintenance,
Colin Elcock