DEMERARA DISTILLERS Limited (DDL) is once again pleased to be on board with the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club’s Annual Phagwah Horse Race Meet which is fixed for this Sunday at the club’s track located at Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice.This is according to DDL’s Ivanoff Vodka Brands manager Maria Munroe, who in a simple address at the presentation of the sponsorship cheque and trophy yesterday, said her company is pleased to once more partner with the Club’s race meeting for the 2015 season.

She said they have decided to brand it under the Ivanoff vodka brand, which according to her, is the number one locally produced vodka in Guyana, adding that this race meet is the first of many horse race meets that her company plans to sponsor this year.
“Demerara Distillers Limited under our various brands continues to support the development of sports in Guyana, thus our participation with horse racing,” Munroe stated, adding “We have committed to supporting all of the planned race meetings this year.”
Munroe, a former national ladies’ hockey captain, wished former Chief Justice Cecil Kennard and his organising committee a successful race meet on Sunday and encourages horse racing fans to come out in full numbers to support the event.
During Sunday’s activity, there will be several promotional activities, including bar specials, giveaways and door prizes, but she warned that patrons who are vodka drinkers must drink responsibly.
DDL is sponsoring the second event on the day’s card which begins at 13:00hrs and is open to horses classified `D 3 and Lower’ over a distance of five furlongs, with the winner set to walk away with $400 000 and a trophy, while the second to fourth place finishers will receive $200 000, $100 000 and $50 000 respectively – a total prize package worth $750 000.
In accepting the sponsorship cheque and winner’s trophy, former Chief Justice Cecil Kennard thanked DDL for staying on board the club’s activities, noting that this will be the 42nd year that DDL has supported the works of KMTC.
“We at the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club are indeed grateful, regardless of the size of the sponsorship and we’re indeed grateful to DDL,” said Kennard, who added that the weather has been holding and the track is in excellent condition.