Kota Kinabalu: The prestigious Royal Sabah Turf Club (RSTC) Harvest Festival Cup meeting is scheduled this Sunday (June 1) at Tambalang Racecourse, Tuaran.
The day will witness supreme equine athletes battling for the ultimate rights to be champions of Bornean racing.
Highlight races for the day includes the Harvest Festival Sprint (1,200m) and the Mile (1,600m).
For the Sprint, 11 thoroughbreds are fighting for top position, with Easylights, Kinabalu Prince and Star Empire earmarked as early favourites.
The Mile sees David’s Sling ready for fierce battle with Kinabalu Star, Summer Glitter and Brilliant One over a challenging and energy-sapping 1,600m. The total prize money for these two marquee races is RM60,000.
On the same day, both RSTC and Suruhanjaya Koperasi Malaysia (SKM) in close partnership will hold the Jualan Madani Koperasi bazaar – a community-focused initiative aimed at supporting residents with access to affordable daily essentials.
This bazaar will take place from 1pm to 5pm at the Racecourse, with many essential items from rice, poultry to packaged food items on steep discount for sale.
All residents from nearby villages and communities are welcome to attend.
Meanwhile, Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Datuk Ewon Benedick will be the guest-of-honour at the grand racing event and the community bazaar.
“Datuk Ewon’s presence will greatly inspire both organisations and partners to drive meaningful community-based programmes further,” said the joint statement issued by RSTC Chairman Datuk Peter Chin and Datuk Wong Thien Fook, member of the SKM Board of Directors.
