Veterinary Inspection of all the horses entered to race on Guyana Cup Day will start on Friday and ends on Saturday.

Veterinary inspection was made compulsory by Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee (JJTRC) top brass, Nasrudeen Mohamed jnr.

The inspection process will start on Friday at Regions Five (5) and Six (6).|

All participating horse-owners who have horses close to the stated venues are asked to comply with the request to have their horses pass the veterinary inspection.
If their horses fail the inspection they will be informed after the process is completed the same day.

It will be conducted by a team of professionals, and it will include independent personnel to be present when the inspection is being undertaken.

The inspection will start at the RSTC from 10:00hrs. The team will then proceed to Slingerz Stable from 11:00hrs. Then to Jumbo Jet Stable at 11:30hrs.

The inspecting team will then move across the bridge to region six (6), and will stop off at Jagdeo Racing Stable.

Inspection will start there at 14:00hrs after which the team will then proceed to Port Mourant at 14:30hrs.

They will proceed to Kennard Memorial and will inspect horses there at 15:15hrs and close the day off at Bengal Paddy Drying Floor at 16:30hrs.

Resumption of the inspection process will continue on Saturday morning at GLDA compound, Georgetown from 8:00hrs.
A report of the inspection will be posted on the One Guyana Chat group site.
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The JJTRC’s spokesperson, Mohamed (Junior), declared, “This is about transparency and animal welfare, which is an international issue. I am asking horsemen to spread the message, and get their horses inspected.”

He warned, “Horses not inspected will not be allowed to race on the day. This process is to ensure that welfare of the horses entered to race on the day are looked after.”
He advised, “This is a very big day in Guyana’s horse racing calendar, and the eyes of not only the Caribbean, but the world will be focussed on us. He also revealed that the draw for the remaining seven (7) race will be done today after the entries are closed off.

He repeated the draw for those seven races has not been done. It will be done today.

The 15th running of the Guyana Cup will take place on Sunday 13th August, 2023 at the Rising Star Turf Club (RSTC)