TURFITES are expected to come out in their numbers on May 7 when the Jumbo Jet Auto Sales and Racing Stables, in conjunction with the Rising Sun Turf Club (RSTC), stages a seven-race meet at the club’s facility, situated at West Coast Berbice, beginning at 12:30hrs.
The feature event is a 1400-metre one and is open to horses classified D3 and Lower, with $1M taking for the winner.
An 1100-metre race is also on the cards and this will be for horses classified H3 and Lower and four-year-old non-earners for 2017 and carries a first-place prize of $350 000.
The other five races on the day’s card are all over 1400 metres. They are open to horses classified G1 and Lower and E3 non-winners over the past six months; a race for three-year-old Guyana-bred horses; a J2 and Lower race; a race for `I’ maiden horses and a race for Cow horses.
The winner of the E3 and Lower non-earners will receive $400 000 while the winner of the three-year-old Guyana-bred horses will collect $250 000.
The winner of the J2 and Lower event will take home $175 000, while the winner of the Cow horses event will earn $100 000.