THE best of the best in horse racing will leave the blocks tomorrow in chase of glory and cash prizes when the 13th edition of the Guyana Cup horse race meet gets going.

Over $20M in cash and prizes will be up for grabs at the Rising Sun Turf Club in Rising Sun Village, West Coast Berbice.

Thousands are expected at the venue which is located just 45 minutes from the capital city, Georgetown, and with nine anticipated races on the card, turfites are sure to be busy, come race day.

It is anticipated that some 80 animals from Guyana, the Caribbean Region and North America will register for the meet, which is one of the marquee events for horseracing in the region,.

Some of the top animals to be on show will include Just Call Me Boss, Crown the King (Jamaica), Doublin Fashion (USA), Chameli (Jamaica), Safara (Jamaica), Southern Express (T&T), Silver & Things (T&T), Sitarr (T&T), Kentucky Woman (T&T), Super Easy (T&T) and She’s a Princess.

Apart from the foreign contingent of horses, several leading jockeys from overseas are expected to participate, which will add that international flavour to the day’s event.
The top five finishers in all 10 races would receive cash incentives, with the total prize purse being increased from $15M to $20M. US$50 000 in cash will be handed out tomorrow.

The details of the races and prize money are listed below:
– C Class and Lower feature race over a distance of one mile, $2M
– Three-year-old Guyana-bred, $1M
– G3 and Lower, $400 000
– L3 and Lower (open to non-winners from Trinidad & Tobago), $350 000
– Two-year-old Guyana-bred ove, $300 000
– J3 and Lower over seven furlongs, $300 000
– L Class for Colts, $250 000
– L Class Filly and Mare, $250 000