PRESIDENT of the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club (KMTC), Cecil Kennard, has confirmed that all logistics are in place for his club’s traditional Boxing Day horse race meet.In an invited comment yesterday, Kennard also confirmed that the seven-race card, which is set to bring the curtain down on the 2015 season, will attract most of the country’s top race horses; in excess of 70, going head-to-head at the KMTC’s track at Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice.

The feature event will be for horses classified C and Lower, which will run for one mile and carry a top prize of $1M.
The second- to fourth-place finishers will receive $500 000, $250 000 and $125 000 respectively.
The co-feature event is a six-furlong race for horses E and Lower, which will see the top horse and jockey cart off $500 000 and the runner-up collect $250 000.
The one-mile race for G1 and Lower and Three- and Four-year-old maidens has a winning purse of $300 000, while the H1 and Lower six-furlong showdown has $250 000 set aside for the champion.
Other races carded for the day include the J1 and Lower and Two-year-old Guyana-bred, with a winning purse of $180 000, while the J3 and Lower and the K1 and Lower have a top prize of $140 000 and $120 000 respectively.
The day’s activities will be held under the Rules of the Guyana Horse Racing Authority.
Meanwhile, Kennard added that vehicles transporting horses to the venue on race day will be exempt from paying the Berbice River Bridge toll. Race time is 12:30hrs.

By Rajiv Bisnauth