Phagwah horse race closes tomorrow
TOMORROW is the closing day for entries for the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club’s Annual Phagwah Day Horse Race Meet which is scheduled for the club’s facility at Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice.The race meet which will be staged next Sunday and is scheduled for a 13:00hrs start with eight races being staged, will have as its feature event a six-furlong race for horses classified `A’ and Lower and will see the winner receiving $1M, while the second, third and fourth place finishers will receive $500,000, $250,000 and $125,000 respectively. Entrance fee per horse is $100,000.

The day’s activity will get under way with a six-furlong race for horses classified `D3’ and Lower and the winner will receive $400 000, while the second-, third- and fourth-place finishers will earn $200 000, $100 000 and $50 000 respectively. Entrance fee per horse is $45 000.
Three more six-furlong races are carded for the day, one for `I’ and Lower horses, one for `J1’ and Lower horses and the other for three-year-old Guyana-bred maidens.
The winner of the `I’ and Lower race will earn $250 000, the winner of the `J1’ and Lower event will receive $200 000 and the winner of the three-year-old event will receive $250 000.
A five-furlong race for horses classified `J3’ and Lower will also be staged and the winner will earn $150 000.
There will also be two seven-furlong races for horses classified `G’ and Lower and another for three-year-old Guyana-bred maidens.
The winner of the `G’ and Lower race will draw down $300 000 while the winner of the three-year-olds event will receive $400 000.
Entries close tomorrow and interested owners and trainers can make contact with Roopnarine Matadia (325-3192); Ivan Dipnarine (331-0316); Justice Cecil Kennard (623-7609, 225-4818 or 226-1399).