MEMBERS of the Kennard Memorial Turf Club will hold an emergency meeting on Sunday, to decide a new date for the postponed annual Boxing Day horserace meet.

This is according to Justice Cecil Kennard, president of the Turf Club.
Tuesday’s race meet was postponed after territorial rains battered the Corentyne area, leaving the organisers with no choice.

According to Kennard, once a date is fixed, the original programme will remain the same.
According to the programme, its feature event is a nine-furlong race for horses classified `B2’ and Lower and carries a first prize of $1M, while the second- to fourth-place finishers will earn $500 000, $250 000 and $125 000 respectively.

There will also be two races each over five, six and seven furlongs with three-year-old Guyana-bred horses seeking to claim the $230 000 monetary first prize. The second- to fourth-place finishers will receive $110 000, $55 000 and $27 000 in that order.
The other six-furlong race is open to horses classified `J3 and `K’ and Lower with a first prize of $180 000. The second-place horse will earn $90 000, while the third- and fourth-place finishers will receive $45 000 and $22 000 respectively.
Animals classified `L’ open will battle over five furlongs for a first prize worth $150 000. The second- to fourth-place finishers will pocket $75 000, $38 000 and $19 000 respectively.

The other five-furlong race is for horses classified `L’ non-winners and the winning stable will receive $130 000, while the second-place finisher will receive $60 000. The third- and fourth-place finishers will take home $30 000 and $15 000 respectively.
The two seven-furlong is open to horses classified `F’ and Lower and `H’ and Lower and the `FD’ and Lower animals will compete for the $350 000 first prize.
The second- to fourth-place finishers will take home $175 000, $88 000 and $44 000 in that order, while the race for `H’ and Lower horses will carry a first prize worth $280 000.
The second-place finisher will earn $140 000, while the third- and fourth-place finishers will earn $70 000 and $35 000 respectively.