More than 70 horses have been entered for the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club Emancipation Cup race meet, scheduled for Sunday, August 2.
Seven races are listed for the programme, with Guyana-bred horses featuring in approximately 60 per cent of the events.
The feature Emancipation Cup, which is open to horses aged three years and older, will carry a purse of $2 million. The Emancipation Mile will offer $1 million, while the Emancipation Nursery Stakes and Emancipation Sophomore Stakes will each carry a payout of $700,000.
The programme will also include an E Class non-winner event open to F and G Class horses, a race for three-year-old Guyana-bred maidens and three-year-old Guyana-bred winners of one race, and contests for H Class and lower, J and K Class, and L Class Open horses.
Two-year-old Guyana-bred maidens will also compete during the meet.
All races will be conducted under the rules of the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club.
Entries opened on July 7 and will close on July 19. Stakeholders will be required to complete entry payments and secure the signatures of trainers and jockeys on the official entry forms at the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club on July 19.
Commentator John Rupert will be present during the process.
Emancipation Cup attracts more than 70 horses
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