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Published:Tuesday | August 29, 2023 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

URUGUAY’s Jorge Bardot, Jose Cabrera, Leonardo Curutchague, and Andres Ellisalde won the ninth annual Sandals Latin American Travel Advisors Golf Tournament by five strokes on Saturday, beating Brazil’s Breno Luz, Ricardo Dantas, Denilson Milan,...

Published:Monday | August 28, 2023 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

STOMP THE RHYTHM and BATON ROUGE scored contrasting but convincing victories in yesterday’s divided O...

Published:Friday | August 25, 2023 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

CHAMPION BUBBLER should easily oblige in Division Two of Sunday’s O...

Published:Thursday | August 24, 2023 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

THOUGH GOING a furlong longer and bumped to topweight 126lb, nine pounds heavier and allowing I AM FRED five pounds, RUNAWAY ALGO returns as the controlling speed in Saturday’s She’s A Maneater at a mile. RUNAWAY ALGO will be able to dictate the...

Published:Monday | August 21, 2023 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

UNITED STATES-bred three-year-old filly GEOLITHIC turned in a near 16-length romp of yesterday’s Caymanas Park 1959 Trophy race, beating local-breds, non-winners of two races, by a city block at a mile on her third start. Sent off as the 4-1 choice...

Published:Friday | August 18, 2023 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

SUNDAY’s Caymanas Park 1959 mile is stacked up to be a good contest. However, NORBLAR, who returned Sunday to gallop a half-mile in 50.4, showing no ill-effects from his second-place run on Derby Day, gets the nod against ALL FOR LOVE, FROM SHEER...

Published:Thursday | August 17, 2023 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

REPORTING AT 117lb against overnight-allowance runners, a half of the field having not won a race this season, IS THAT A FACT’s rich form and light impost should make him a winner at six furlongs in Saturday’s Arthur Jones Memorial. IS THAT A FACT...

Published:Friday | August 11, 2023 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

A grade-one winner among overnight-allowance runners, eight months after beating the best horses in the land at a mile while carrying topweight 126lb, EXCESSIVE FORCE need only report half himself to land Saturday’s trophy named in honour of his...

Published:Tuesday | August 8, 2023 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

ABILITY made a meteor-like move from three furlongs out in yesterday’s Jamaica Derby to zip past 6-5 second favourite MOJITO approaching the home turn, scoring a shocking 17-1 upset with Allen Maragh, handing trainer Patrick Lynch his third derby...

Published:Saturday | August 5, 2023 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

THALITA’s St Leger victory, a roaring five-length win ahead of MONEY MISER, after stalking a cracking pace set by stablemate MAMMA MIA and PRINCESS SHARON, makes the Soul Warrior-Luminous Trieste filly a tough act to follow at 12 furlongs in Monday...

Published:Friday | August 4, 2023 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

SOUL WARRIOR-sired fillies, MAMMA MIA and PRINCESS SHARON, should put on a heck of a show in Saturday’s 10-furlong Jamaica Oaks. However, the nod goes to the filly who placed third in the St Leger on her fourth start, suggesting she can only be...

Published:Wednesday | August 2, 2023 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

PERFECT BREW capitalised on a collapsed speed duel between 3-5 favourite GOD OF LOVE and 6-5 second chance, YELLOWSTONE, to sweep by the battling pair in yesterday’s Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) Trophy feature race at five and a...

Published:Saturday | July 29, 2023 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

YELLOWSTONE gets a great draw, widest at stall six to quickly circle rivals at five and a half furlongs in Tuesday’s Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) Trophy feature event for open-allowance runners. Vastly improved since the back end...

Published:Thursday | July 27, 2023 | 12:08 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

THOUGH MOVING four pounds up the scale from his April 22 humbling of topweight MAHOGANY at a mile, I AM FRED’s powerful win, collaring the speedster on the home turn and pulling away throughout the stretch run, confirmed Jason DaCosta’s five-year-...

Published:Thursday | July 20, 2023 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

WITH NOT much speed to bother her on the stands’ side, bar any attempt from FREEDOM STREET, LURE OF LUCY should be able to float to the main track before using the versatility of her mid-race pace to land Saturday’s sixth event at five furlongs...

Published:Wednesday | July 12, 2023 | 12:08 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

WEEKEND RACING at Caymanas Park, certainly Saturday, was scrapped yesterday morning after a ‘stakeholder discussion’ meeting called by promoting company Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL) descended into chaos. Trainers and...

Published:Monday | July 10, 2023 | 12:17 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

GREEN GOLD RUSH broke the bank at odds of 9-1 yesterday, flooring 1-2 favourite BRINKS, who wilted in the stretch run after making a bid at battling leaders POWER RANKING and ALEXA’S LODGE coming off the home turn in the six-and-a-half furlong...

Published:Friday | July 7, 2023 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

BRINKS could have most to fear from GREEN GOLD RUSH in Sunday’s overnight allowance, a transformed runner under Dalton Sirjue’s care this season, climbing from optional-claiming $250,000 in March to being stubborn on the lead when tackled by 2021...

Published:Thursday | July 6, 2023 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

LEGIT BOSS should frank the form of INSPIRE FORCE by landing Saturday’s Restricted Stakes at five and a half furlongs, taking on five runners including speedy AWESOME ANTHONY. Last time out, LEGIT BOSS looked all over a winner a furlong out but was...

Published:Wednesday | July 5, 2023 | 2:05 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA’s COMBINED martial arts team marked its return to the International Sports Karate Association (ISKA) United States Open at the weekend by reaping 37 medals, including four senior gold, topped by Richard Stone’s ESPN-televised Night of...

Published:Friday | June 30, 2023 | 1:24 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICAN martial artists make a grand return to the International Sports Karate Association (ISKA) United States Open this week with a a 53-strong contingent, marking the island’s first appearance at the world’s biggest martial arts tournament...

Published:Thursday | June 29, 2023 | 1:30 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

MOJITO WILL go down in history as one of the easiest Triple Crown winners ever, considering how he cantered over rivals in the Kingston Trial Stakes and 2000 Guineas, notching five wins in a row, unbeaten since his third outing last November. After...

Published:Monday | June 26, 2023 | 12:51 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

FURTHER AND BEYOND used his back class to go by GREEN GOLD RUSH two and a half furlongs out, easily winning yesterday’s Hubert Bartley Memorial by a length and a half, following his brave effort against PERFECT BREW in the Alsafra Trophy off an 11-...

Published:Friday | June 23, 2023 | 1:19 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

FURTHER AND BEYOND ran like a horse possessed for the first seven furlongs of the Alsafra Trophy two weeks ago, peeling 10 lengths from the field at the half-mile, spinning into the home turn eight clear, before splits of 45.4, 58.1, 1:11.1 and 1:...

Published:Thursday | June 22, 2023 | 1:53 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

SHE’S MY DESTINY has things her way in Saturday’s SVL 22nd Anniversary Trophy, tackling one of her favourite distances, five and a half furlongs, at which she clocked a zippy 1:04.4 last Boxing Day. Facing friendly fire in the feature, four...

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