The Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) will come alive on Friday when the club stages its annual Boxing Day horse race meet.

The one-day event is scheduled for the club’s track at Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, from 12:30 hrs.
Seven races are carded for the day, including the feature race for A3 and Lower Class horses.
Horses classified A3 and Lower will do battle in the feature event or the seventh and final race on the day’s programme, covering a distance of seven furlongs for a first place prize of G$1M, with the second to fourth place finishers pocketing $500,000, $250,000 and $125,000 respectively, while paying an entrance fee of $37,000.
Other events billed for the day are the D3 and Lower with a winning purse of $500,000, the G3 and Lower which has at stake $300,000 for the winner, with both races going a distance of five furlongs, the same distance horses classified J3 and Lower will cover for a top prize of $200,000.
The owner of the winning horse for the I1 and Lower, J1 and Lower and G1 and Lower races, will collect $250,000, $200,000, and $320,000 respectively and registration for this event closes on December 20, with no late entries being accepted.
According to the club’s honorary president, former Chancellor of the Judiciary, Cecil Kennard, action is expected to be at fever pitch during the day.
This meet, the final of the year for the club, will attract some of the country’s top horses on a track that is likely to be in good condition taking into consideration the good weather that has been prevailing lately in the Ancient County.
Meanwhile, the Trophy Stall of Bourda over 21 plus years of sponsorship of the KMTC’s Boxing Day meet continued last Friday.
During a simple ceremony at the company’s new location at 241 South Road and Bourda Streets, proprietor Ramesh Sunich handed over the Champion’s Jockey trophy for the 26th year to Kennard.