The Port Mourant Turf Club (PMTC) will be a hive of activity today with the club’s grand horse race meet.
Today’s event has which runs off at 13:00hrs, has attracted some of the country’s top thoroughbreds which will be competing for millions of dollars in prizes.
Seven highly anticipated races are carded for the day with the feature event being the D and lower which will reward the top stable with $1M.
The co-feature is the Three-year-old Guyana and West Indies bred animals competing in the 1300m for a top prize of $600,000.
The winner of the Four-year-old Guyana and West Indies bred horses’ event at a mile and distance is guaranteed $500,000, while the same cash prize is at stake for the champion horse in the F and Lower (1500m).
Other races on the agenda are the G3 W.I Maiden and Guy Open (1200m/$400,000 first prize), I and Lower (1000m/$250,000 first prize) and the J and Lower (1200m/$200,000 first prize). According to information, seventy five horses already registered and all systems are in place for a highly competitive day of racing, featuring the leading horses, jockeys and stables. According to the organizer the track is in excellent condition for today’s event.
