Nation’s top thoroughbreds battle for lucrative prizes

The crème de le crème of the nation’s thoroughbreds along with foreign horses will vie for over $12m in cash and other prizes when one of Guyana’s premier horse racing events, the Digicel Horse Race Classic is staged today at the Kennard Memorial Turf Club.

Top local jockeys along with jockeys from Canada, Trinidad, Jamaica and the USA will transform the Turf Club into a speedway as they compete for one of the largest payouts in local horse race history.

According to President of the Guyana Horse Racing Authority (GHRA), Cecil Kennard,