"The San Lazaro Leisure Park will again be in a festive environment, like in the past weeks, when the first leg of the Juvenile Stakes Series for colts and fillies hit the tracks this afternoon. We are very grateful to the Philippine Racing Commission (Philracom) headed by chairman Jimmy Dilag for their unwavering support to MJC as we continue to offer high-prized quality races to the "bayang karerista." I would like to invite all the racing fans to come to SLLP or to an OTB nearest you and watch the exciting races today," said MJC chairman and chief executive Alfonso Reyno Jr.
These two events to be contested by the country’s top two-year-olds colts and fillies sponsored by the Philracom, carry a total gross prize of P1 million each. In the Juvenile Colt division, Dixie The Younger (FM Raquel Jr-54), winner of the PCSO Special Maiden race, leads five other protagonists vying for the P600,000 top prize purse including Don Exequiel (JB Guce-54), Golden Number (VM Camanero Jr-54), Key Element (L1 Santos-54), Manila’s Smile (JM Ladiana-54) and Million Dollar (JB Hernandez-54). — Ramon Romualdez