AS the day draws near, when the Kennard Memorial Turf Club will host its annual Boxing Day meeting, turfites will not have to worry about prize money for J3 and Lower event, as Lloyd Singh’s International Pharmaceutical Group of Companies under its Clear Water brand of products, has it all covered.Yesterday at its Camp Street-based office, IPA’s chief executive officer (CEO) Lloyd Singh presented Honorary President of KMTC, Retired Chief Justice Cecil Kennard with the first prize money ($150 000) and the winning trophy for the J3 event.

Singh noted the IPA had supported the development of the sport and more particularly, Justice Kennard’s events for the past 12 years and had no problem doing so once again, noting that his company was heartened by the strides made by Kennard to the extent that he could not reasonably say no when he was approached for sponsorship.
Furthermore, Singh admitted that he has seen immense improvement because of Justice Kennard’s input. “Horseracing is on the move and we could safely say that it is because of Justice Kennard’s efforts,” said the IPA boss.
Kennard thanked IPA and assured the company that their corporate intervention will go a long way to the success of the event, pointing out that sports is in need of such interventions and without them nothing could be accomplished.
“On behalf of the Kennard Memorial Turf Club I wish to express heartfelt gratitude for your assistance,” Kennard said. “Turfites attending the day’s meeting would be entertained by horses of exceptionally high quality.”
Eight races are billed for the day with the A1 and Lower race being the feature event with a first-place purse of $1M. Registration for this event closes this Sunday, following which no late entries will be accepted.
Horses can be entered through Roopnarine Matadial on 325-3192; Ivan Dipnarine on 331-0316; Cecil Kennard on 623-7609, 225-4818 or 226-1399; Dennis DeRoop on 325-3301 or 609-9143; and Fazil Habibula on 657-7010. (Calvin Roberts)