Sunday Rising Sun Turf Club was buzzing with excitement for the recently held horse race, “Opening Day Stakes.” Many came out to support their favorite thoroughbred. Although the race was postponed previously due to inclement weather.
There were seven (7) races carded and run with the highlight of the day being the final race where Ariana’s Vision owned by Mr. Fazal Habibula stole the crown from Looking To Heaven owned by Nasrudeen Mohamed of Jumbo Jet Auto sales.
As an added incentive to the hundreds of horse racing enthusiasts who follow these races throughout Guyana the JJTRC offered free parking and programs for patrons. The parking initiative was done to ease the traffic and congestion previously seen at events held at Rising Sun. Throughout the day’s proceedings the commentator made special mention of the proud sponsors, Associated Construction Services, Forester Lumber Yard, KP Jagdeo Construction & Stable, Sinotruk, Mohamed’s Construction Inc., Banks, AJM Enterprise & XCMG. The patronage is expected to much larger for the second race by the JJTRC carded for Sunday 20th April, 2023 at the Bush Lot Turf Club.
When contacted, International Race Official Glen Mohamed indicated, “It was a magnificent effort by the Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee and the entire execution team for staging yet another successful event. On behalf of the entire fraternity, we would like to thank all the horse owners, jockeys, trainers, groomers and die-hard supporters for their support.
“It took weeks of planning and organizing with all major stakeholders to run all races on the scheduled time and to shift all jockeys to the winner’s circle to be weighed. The security was out in their numbers enforcing all gates leading to the track to ensure the safety of patrons through while they rejoice and maybe be tempted to storm the track when their favorite horse wins. Trophies were given out immediately after the races were run. This is just the beginning of an extremely exciting year for horse racing. So horse owners, trainers and jockey’s keep up the good work.”
