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Feb 20, 2014 Sports
The Horseracing season will continue at the Rising Sun Turf club, Arima Park West Coast Berbice when that entity in collaboration with The Shariff Business Enterprise and Racing Stable stages its traditional Mashramani one day horserace meet on Sunday 9th March 2014.
The organizers have put together an impressive seven- race programme with incentives totaling over $8.5M in cash and trophies up for grabs during the day’s proceedings.
The feature C class event has a total prize money of over $2M with the winner set to race away with a sumptuous $1M and trophy compliments of Banks DIH Limited over 1400M.
There is a four year old event for West Indies maiden and Guyana bred horses covering a distance of 1400M which has a winning price tag of $400,000 and trophy.
The three year old race is for West Indies and Guyana Bred and born horses with the winning prize set at $300,000 and trophy.
The F Class event has a similar winner’s prize of $400,000 and trophy also over 1400M.
The G3 and lower showdown will see the top animals running for the $300,000 first prize in an 1100M contest.
There is a race for I class horses with the pole position takings set at $250,000 and trophy over 1100M. The other event on the day’s programme is for horses classified J and lower and will see the winner receiving $180,000 and trophy.
The nation’s largest horseracing sponsors Beverage Giants Banks DIH Limited, Trophy Stall, Republic Bank, Gene Equipped (John Dere) Company, Chester Fry Chicken of Bush Lot West Coast Berbice, Hablaw Meat Centre, Berbice River Bridge and the Shariff Business Enterprise are among the sponsors so far on board.
Businessman Ramesh Sunich of the Trophy Stall, Bourda Market as usual is on board with sponsorship for the individual prizes which include the champion jockey, champion trainer and champion stable among others.
The Race will be held under the rules of the Guyana Horseracing Authority and bugle time is 13:00hrs.
Persons interested in being a part of the day’s action can make contact with Fazal Habibulla at Chester Fry at Bush Lot West Coast Berbice on Telephone No 232-0232 or 648-6522, 6577010, or Inshanally Habibulla on tel No 623-4495, and 623-5453 or 232-3295, Donald or Zaleena Lawrie on telephone nos 225-4530 or 225-4565 or Mohammed ‘Nankoo’ Shariff on 611-0684.
Proceeds go towards charity. (Samuel Whyte)
THIS IDIOT TELLING GUYANA WE HAVE NO SAY IN THE 50% PROFIT SHARING AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH EXXON.
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