Come Sunday the Rising Sun Turf Club of West Coast Berbice in collaboration with the Lions Cub of Durban Park and the Central Demerara Lions Club will stage a grand one-day horse race meet and $2.5 million in cash and prizes will be there for the taking.
A number of top notch events are also carded for the day’s programme, especially with the C class event carting off a first prize of $300,000 and the horses galloping over a distance of 1,400 metres.
On the other hand, the top three-year-olds in the country will battle a top prize of $250,000 over 1,600m.
Another high stakes race will be the two-year-old event for $200,000 as the top billing over a distance of 1,300m. The ‘F Class’ race, also over 1300m, will see the winner taking away the $160,000 first prize while the ‘G Class’ race for $100,000 will be run 1,400m.
In the other races, the ‘H Class’ event has a winning tag of $90,000 and goes for 1,300m and in the ‘J’, ‘K’ and ‘Lower’ the winner will receive $80,000 over a distance of 1,300m.
The ‘L Class’ category is the final race of the day and victory in this event will afford the champion $75,000 in the 1,100m sprint.
Interested persons can contact Fazal Habibulla at Chester Fried Chicken at Bush Lot, West Coast, Berbice on 232-0232 or 648-6522; Inshanally Habibulla on 623-4495 or and 623-5453, and Donald or Zaleena Lawrie on 225-4530.
Race time is 13:30 hours and popular sound system Rhythm Stars International will be providing the musical entertainment.
