KINGSTON, Jamaica —Inspectors from the Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday gave Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL) 30 days to correct drainage issues at Caymanas Park and clear verges of discarded beverage bottles as well as to facilitate a follow-up educational meeting with grooms and their trainers regarding maintenance of sanitary conveniences.

Carlton Bernard, facilities manager, Caymanas Park, who accompanied the MOH team on a tour that started in the patrons’ stands, said the jockeys’ room was also inspected, and clogging of a drain, caused by sand being washed from gear after the riders returned from the racetrack, was a concern.

“They afterwards asked to see bathrooms at stables, the first of which the trainer’s rest room was in good condition, but the grooms’ was not,” Bernard pointed out.