THE Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) Grand Emancipation meet is scheduled to be run off on August 4 at the club’s track at Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice.

The annual event has been one of the country’s traditions over the years and this year’s meet is being deemed one of the biggest in recent times.

In excess of $4M in prizes will be up for grabs on the seven-race card with the feature C and Lower one-mile event having a $700 000 prize for the winner.

In the co-feature H and Lower race, West Indies-bred non-winner and Guyana-bred Open, the winning steed will take home $240 000 for its owner.

Other races carded on the provisional programme are the L class non-winners ($120 000), J and K Lower ($180 000), the L non-winner for 2018-2019 ($140 000), the Two-year-old Guyana-bred ($200 000), and L Open ($160 000).

The races will be run under the Rules of the Guyana Horse Racing Authority. Entries close on July 28 and no late entries will be allowed.

To enter contact Cecil Kennard on 623-7609, Nikita Ross on 662-4668, Ivan Dipnarine on 331-0316, Fazal Habibulla on 657-7010, Dennis Deroop on 640-6396 or Campton Sancho on 691-1174.