THE annual Phagwah horse meet, organised by the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club, will go ahead as planned, this is according to Justice Cecil Kennard, the honorary president of the turf club.

The one-day event is billed for March 24 at the club’s track at Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice.

However, Chronicle Sport was reliable informed that the Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Committee has planned their Triple Crown horseracing scheduled with the second race meet set for the same day but Kennard informed Chronicle Sport late yesterday that the club will not change any of its plans.

“Look we have this event for 40 years now, and we will not back off. The Phagwah race meet is a traditional event forever so we will go ahead as planned. We don’t have a problem with the Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Committee first and last race meets but we do have a problem with the second date because it’s the same day with the Phagwah race meet,” Kennard said.

Kennard pointed out that the provisional programme has already released where six races are on the cards with over $3M in cash, trophies and other incentives at stake.

The feature event is for horses classified G1 and Lower over seven furlongs for a winner’s purse of $300 000.

The three-year-old Guyana-bred event will see the winner take home $240 000 and trophy in the six-furlong event.

The JK class seven-furlong race has a pole position reward of $180 000 and trophy.

The race for L class Open animals carries a winning purse of $140 000 over five furlongs.

There is a race for L class non-winners which will give the winner $120,000 and trophy over five furlongs.

There is also a five-furlong event for L class non-earners in which animals will compete for a top purse of $100 000 and trophy.

Interested persons can contact Niketa Ross 662-4668, Justice Kennard 623-7609 or any member of the KMTC executive for more information.