THE Guyana Horse Racing Authority (GHRA) and the Minister of Sport Dr Frank Anthony, on Thursday, held a fruitful meeting in the minister’s office, main Street, Georgetown.According to president of the GHRA Justice Cecil Kennard, important issues were discussed at the meeting and among those issues were the present status of the GHRA’s proposed legislation and the racing dates for the rest of the year and early January.

Justice Kennard said despite the absence of representatives from the Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club and the Port Mourant Turf Club, the meeting with the sports minister was very fruitful.
The former Chancellor of the Juduciary reminded the gathering that there was an understanding by the administrators of the various horse racing clubs that where a race meet has been called off because of inclement weather or other special circumstances, then the club concerned must apply in writing to the GHRA for a new date.
He said it was also agreed sometime ago where a race meet is called off by a club, then that race meet should be run off after the race meeting already fixed, if it would cause difficulty to any other club.
He also said where a club proposes to run off a race meet on a date not allocated to that club, it should apply in writing to the GHRA for a date.
The Police Complaints Authority Head said one cannot have race meetings fixed without the GHRA being informed in writing about it.
Justice Kennard said he is looking forward to the cooperation of the administrators of the various clubs to abide by the guidelines agreed upon.