The Normal Singh Memorial Turf Club in collaboration with the Winner’s Circle Pools Hall and Bar will run off a horse race meet on January 29 at No. 6 Village, West Coast Berbice.
Eight races are carded for the meeting and over 65 horses have already been registered.
Two feature events are on the card: the B Class and Lower, with a distance of one mile and the Three-year-old Open Guyana and West Indies bred horses. The winner of the B Class will collect $1.2 million while the winner of the Three-year-old Open will pocket $600,000.
Other events on the card include the E Class and Lower, the Four-year-old Open for Guyana bred horses, the G Class and Lower, I and Lower and the Divisions 1, 2 and 3 races for non-finishers and horses that win one race.
According to a press release, track clerk Lenny Singh has already started work on the track while other infrastructural works have been completed.
Secretary of the Norman Singh Turf Club Compton Sancho has expressed gratitude to all their supporters and the sponsors who have assisted the club over the years – Banks DIH Limited, Digicel, Jumbo Jet Auto Sales, Imperial Manufacturer, Builders Lumber yard, Cummings Electrical, Hand-in-Hand Insurance Company, Salt and Pepper Restaurant, Republic Bank, Horse Shoe Racing Service, Good Wood Racing Service, B.M. Soat, Choke Gas Station, LBI, Buddy’s Pools Hall, Romel Jagroop, Rohit Lumber Yard, Yellow Mine, Ramchan Auto Spares, Chaterpaul Deo, 4R Bearing Shop and Jap Parts.
Interested persons are asked to contact Romel Jagroop on telephone 624-1798, Lenny Singh: 642-3172, Compton Sancho: 690-0569 and Gansham Singh: 649-3626 and 600-3626.
