HORSE racing will return on Sunday, July 5, when the CARICOM Gold Cup takes centre stage at the Port Mourant Turf Club.
The Guyana horse-racing committee has released a provisional programme which will see 11 races on the card and more than G$15 million in cash and prizes will be up for the taking.
The CARICOM Gold Cup feature will be open to all three-year-olds and over horses going at a distance of 1900 metres. A total purse of four million will be up for grabs and the top horse will receive two million.
Other races on the programme include the CARICOM Sprint stakes open to all four-year-olds and over, CARICOM Derby open to three-year-olds Guyana bred, and the ‘E’ Class and Lower.
There is also the Rising Star stakes open to three-year-old imported horses, the three-year-olds and over WI Bred winners, ‘H’ Class and Lower WI Bred non winner in Guyana, three-year-olds and over I/J/K Class, ‘L’ Class winners, K&L Maidens and the future star stakes two-year-old Guyana-bred juveniles.
All races will be run under the Guyana rules of racing and entries will open from June 22 and close on June 26.
Full Entries, declaration of Horse, Jockey & Equipment are to be made in person at the Racing Office c/o Director of Racing Operations Mr John Rupert.
Location of Racing Office Lot #15, Strand, New Amsterdam (J’s Supermarket).
All Entry forms must be signed up in full by either Owner or Trainer or an agent
Representing the stable.
All Entries are to be paid in full at the office when you sign up the form.
Three (3) Raceday Bands per horse will be issued upon entering your horse at Racing Office, one for Owner, one for Trainer & one for Groom.l
All Jockeys Riding on raceday must visit the Racing Office to sign entry forms for the horses that they are engaged to ride on raceday.
For imported riders booked to ride, their entry forms can be signed by the owner or trainer who has brought them into the country to ride.

All Jockeys booked to ride are to report to the Jockey Room on Race Morning for 10am. Do not be late please, a registration form will be there for you to book in your time and it will be monitored by the stewards.
Grooms:
Dress appropriately to ensure your safety among the horses that you are in charge of, for example, no slippers or short pants or vests or short sleeves.
Post Position Drawing for ALL RACES will be conducted at the Racetrack Grandstand on Sunday, 28th June, 2026 from 2pm.
No late entries will be accepted. No Entries will be accepted over the telephone, including WhatsApp messages or calls.
All entry fees are to be paid upon entering your horse at the Racing Office within the five-day entry process.
No entry payments will be accepted on raceday. Entry fee refunds on Scratched Runners on raceday will be returned to the owner or trainer when official race winnings are disbursed.