SUNDAY’S one-day horse race meet, fixed for the Bush Lot United Turf Club, Sea View Park, Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice, has been rescheduled to August 2.Rainfall for most part of Sunday had left the venue in a waterlogged state, leaving the organisers with no choice but to postpone the event.
Coordinator Lakeram Sukhdeo told this publication yesterday that there will be no changes from the original programme.
The organisers have put together an impressive eight-race programme. The feature race is classified for horses in the ‘C’ Class over 1600 metres, with the winner set to race away with $1M and a trophy.
The event will be conducted under the rules of the Guyana Horse Racing Authority.
Meanwhile, the Kennard Memorial Turf Club annual Emancipation Day horse race meet, which was carded for August 2, has been postponed to October.
According to Honorary President of the KMTC, Cecil Kennard, the postponement was to facilitate emergency sea defence works which is expected to commence shortly.