Disappointing five in Saturday’s ARC feature

The 1200 metres race for horses rated 70 and over with a purse of $51,000 will be the third on a nine-race programme produced by the Arima Race Club.

And five of the entrants are being handled by champion trainer Glenn Mendez The day which is scheduled to begin at noon, will see the debut of two apprentice riders, the 17-yearold Rico Hernandez, brother of two-kilo claimer Romario, who will go to scale at 48 kilos and 20-year-old Omasr Mohammed who scales 50 kilos.

Turfites will be lured into the three exocit betting - Hi5, Superfecta and Place 8.

The popular Hi5 will be offering a single winner bonus of just over $17,000.

And the Superfecta single winner bonus has risen to a bounty of $69,747.84.

The Place 8 single winner bonus has climbed to a handsome $10,470.48.

A total of 104 horses have been entered for the nine race programme on Saturday.