{"id":22846,"date":"2024-09-10T12:42:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T12:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22846"},"modified":"2024-09-10T12:42:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T12:42:48","slug":"colin-ross-leads-jockey-standings-ahead-of-presidents-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/colin-ross-leads-jockey-standings-ahead-of-presidents-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Colin Ross Leads Jockey Standings Ahead of President&#8217;s Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>As preparations ramp up for the President&#8217;s Cup on September 22, top jockey Colin Ross stands at the forefront of the jockey standings, showcasing a commanding lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ross, who secured the top jockey award in 2023, has continued his dominant performance this year. He leads with ten wins and earnings amounting to G$1,149,575. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His current standing is supported by a strong performance record, having participated in 40 races this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young jockey Ronaldo Appadu follows closely with nine wins and earnings nearing G$1 million, totaling G$981,875. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Appadu has had 36 starts this year, demonstrating a competitive edge in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third position is held by Yovin Kissoon-Chand, who has accumulated seven wins from 40 starts, earning G$611,300. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin Paul, also with seven wins, and Kiran Razack, with three wins, round out the top five jockeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ross will have the opportunity to further solidify his leading position as he competes in the President&#8217;s Cup at the Rising Sun Turf Club on West Coast Berbice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event features nine races, with over G$15 million in prize money. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The highlight will be the feature race, offering a substantial purse of nearly G$6 million for the eight-furlong competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entries for the President&#8217;s Cup will open on September 11, setting the stage for a thrilling race day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As preparations ramp up for the President&#8217;s Cup on September 22, top jockey Colin Ross stands at the forefront of the jockey standings, showcasing a commanding lead. Ross, who secured&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22850,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22846\/revisions\/22850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}