—Metro Office and Stationary Supplies to sponsor $1.2M first prize for feature event

WITH the Kennard Memorial Turf Club’s (KMTC) Annual Boxing Day meet fast approaching, race horse owners/trainers have a mere seven days (December 18) to get their animals registered for the much anticipated meet.
The eight-race meet is scheduled for December 26 at the KMTC’s facility, Bush Lot farm, Corentyne, Berbice, beginning at 13:00hrs.

For the seventh year, proprietors of Metro Office and stationary Supplies (The Kharag family of New York, USA) ) will be sponsoring the first prize of the feature event which is a nine-furlong race for horses classified `B’ and Lower with the winner receiving $1.2M and a trophy.
The second, third and fourth place finishers will earn $600,000, $300,000 and $150,000 respectively.

Two seven-furlong races are also slated to be contested, with the first being for horses that are West Indian bred maidens and Guyana bred H and Lower horses. The winner will earn $250,000, while the other top three finishers will take home $125,000, $63,000 and $32,000 respectively.
The other seven-furlong race is opened to horses classified `G and lower’ and the winner will earn $280,000, while the second, third and fourth place finishers will receive $140,000, $70,000 and $35,000 respectively.

An `L class’ six-furlong race for non-winners will also be contested and the winner will receive $130,000, while the other top three finishers will earn $65,000, $32,000 and $16,000 respectively.
There will also be a Five-furlong race for another set of `L rated horses, but this will be in the open category and the same prize structure as the first five-furlong race will be in effect.
A six-furlong race for horses classified `E’ and Lower is on the cards and the winner of this event will trot home with $500,000, while the second, third and fourth place finishers will earn $250,000, $125,000 and $63,000 respectively.

Two-year-old Guyana bred maidens will compete in a six-furlong event as well and the winner will earn $220,000 while the other top three finishers will receive $110,000, $55,000 and $28,000 respectively.
The final race on the day’s card is opened to horses classified `J and Lower and Two-Year-Old Guyana bred horses.

The distance is six furlongs and the winner will receive $180,000, while the second place horse will earn $90,000. The third and fourth place finishers will receive $45,000 and $22,000 respectively.
The races are being conducted under the rules of the Guyana Horse Racing Authority.
Interested trainers and owners can contact the following persons for more information; Roopnarine Matadial (325-3192), Ivan Dipnarine (331-0316), Justice Kennard (623-7609, 225-4818 or 226-1399) or Fazal Habibula (657-7010).