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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...

Published:Friday | June 16, 2023 | 1:22 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

MAJOR DANGER has risen from underdog to a star sitting on a hat-trick of wins should he close out a third victory over INSPIRE FORCE in Sunday’s restricted stakes at seven furlongs. Both runners are owned by A. C. K. Stables but report from...

Published:Thursday | June 15, 2023 | 1:52 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

RUNAWAY ALGO can be forgiven for his last run, breaking from an inside draw at five furlongs straight with topweight 126lb, a week after running a wicked 1:30.4 for seven furlongs – not to mention being fitted with a visor, which has now been...

Published:Thursday | June 8, 2023 | 1:45 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

IN-FORM RUNNER STOMP THE RHYTHM could expose PERFECT BREW’s glass chin in Saturday’s Alsafra Trophy at a mile after his brave second-place run against MINIATURE MAN in the Yvonne Mattis three weeks ago. Reporting for the Yvonne Mattis Trophy at...

Published:Monday | June 5, 2023 | 1:22 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

AN elated Adrian Armstrong declared himself ready to defend his first Jamaica Inn Backgammon Open title after emerging champion at the weekend among 32 players at the sixth annual tournament in Ocho Rios, St Ann. Montegonian Armstrong scooped the...

Published:Monday | June 5, 2023 | 1:18 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

OOPS! He did it again! MOJITO made it five wins from his last five starts with another demolition of rivals in yesterday’s Jamaica 2000 Guineas, a 12-length victory reminiscent of his effortless Kingston Trial Stakes victory a month ago. The grey...

Published:Friday | June 2, 2023 | 12:42 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

NOTCHING his fourth consecutive victory in The Kingston a month ago, MOJITO clocked a solid 1:33.0, running through rivals at the half-mile to straighten seven lengths clear, adding another five to be a lonely winner at the wire. Looking past...

Published:Thursday | June 1, 2023 | 1:07 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

SHE’S MY DESTINY reporting 22lb and 19lb lighter than I AM FRED and CALCULUS, respectively, could spell trouble for the pair in Saturday’s Distinctly Irish Trophy at nine furlongs and 25 yards. At first glance, I AM FRED putting away MAHOGANY in...

Published:Friday | May 26, 2023 | 1:34 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

MADELYN’S SUNSHINE appears the closest thing to a possible test for RUNAWAY ALGO in Saturday’s Harlequin Cup at five furlongs straight. However, the American filly breaks from stall one, which will do her no good, with RUNAWAY ALGO holding the keys...

Published:Wednesday | May 24, 2023 | 1:33 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA CUP winner ATOMICA trampled overnight-allowance runners by 10 and a half lengths in yesterday’s Labour Day Trophy, putting the conditions book to shame, reigniting the debate about graded-stakes winners being allowed to automatically drop...

Published:Tuesday | May 23, 2023 | 1:19 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

ANTHONY Thomas stole day two of the Labour Day Carnival yesterday, topping off a hat trick with a fourth winner, closing the nine-race card with 9-5 second-favourite PRINCESS SHARON in the Monday Morning Trophy at seven furlongs. An impressive...

Published:Saturday | May 20, 2023 | 12:44 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

ATOMICA’s last-place finish in the Saint Cecelia Cup, 14 lengths behind I AM FRED at six and a half furlongs, was greatly exaggerated by Dane Dawkins easing the filly while fifth along the rail a half-furlong out, her path blocked by dying...

Published:Friday | May 19, 2023 | 1:25 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

SENSATIONAL MOVE’s third-place finish in the Kingston behind MOJITO and HUNTSMAN franked his 10-length victory on debut three weeks earlier, making him the horse to beat at seven furlongs in the Monday Morning Trophy for non-winners of two races....

Published:Thursday | May 18, 2023 | 1:25 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

RUNAWAY ALGO’s glowing exercise workouts, 1:12.3 and 1:00.0, consecutive Saturday mornings, suggest that rivals in this weekend’s Seeking My Dream will be seeing his rear for seven and a half furlongs. Taking his fourth crack at open-allowance...

Published:Thursday | May 11, 2023 | 1:50 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

MINIATURE MAN trained great and ran accordingly from an inside pocket behind 10-length winner BLUE VINYL last time out. Returning at the exact weight, drawn widest in Saturday’s Yvonne Mattis Cup, should hand claiming rider Abigail Able her second...

Published:Monday | May 8, 2023 | 1:16 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

MOJITO, named after the popular rum, lime, mint, cane juice, and soda water cocktail, which originated in Cuba, was neither cooling nor soothing on rivals in yesterday’s humid conditions at Caymanas Park, dismissing HUNTSMAN by 15 lengths in the...

Published:Friday | May 5, 2023 | 12:40 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

WITHIN six weeks of easily landing the Prince Consort Stakes, establishing himself as the horse to beat in Sunday’s Kingston, a graded stakes race over seven and a half furlongs, MOJITO’s invincibility has come under question with the emergence of...

Published:Thursday | May 4, 2023 | 12:48 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

IT CAN only get worse for the fillies lined up against BOOTYLICIOUS in Saturday’s Portmore Stakes at seven and a half furlongs. Reporting off a three-month break for her seasonal debut, February 18, BOOTYLICIOUS galloped a half-mile in 51.3, six...

Published:Thursday | April 27, 2023 | 1:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

BLUE VINYL returned off a well-deserved four-month-break to outclass old rival BRINKS at six and a half furlongs, confirming that he was out-of-class among non-winners of an overnight allowance, having finished five and a half lengths off the...

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