FEMALE jockey Abigail Able rode a textbook race aboard Jason DaCosta’s MINIATURE MAN, last year’s 2000 Guineas winner, to close yesterday’s 10-race card after similarly opening the weekend of racing astride the leading trainer’s IANZHA LINKS on...
SINCE returning from a four-month lameness lay-up late April, BIG BIG DADDY has kept nothing but stellar company in 12 overnight-allowance starts, finishing outside the purse only once against horses who have since gone on to beat open-allowance...
THALITA’s LATE rail rally to beat speedy LEGIT BOSS in the Princess Popstar at five and a half furlongs proved the Soul Warrior-Luminous Trieste filly’s ability to track a torrid pace and quicken when asked, a quality which could serve her even...
CAN’T swim? No problem. Grab a life vest and start paddle-boarding, one of the events added to the second annual Jamaica Inn Foundation’s Swim for the Sanctuary, now extended to two days, November 5-6, at White River House, Shaw Park Beach, Ocho...
JAMAICA’s martial artists’ return to world tournaments continues next week at the International Sports Kickboxing Association’s (ISKA) Amateur Members Association World Championships in Kemer, Turkey, set for the Daima Sports Complex, October 31 to...
ATOMICA’s EASE of victory in the I’msatisfied Trophy, carrying 112lb, a stakes record 1:10.4, suggests that she should have no problems logging a second straight win against older horses in Saturday’s Gold Cup at seven furlongs. An armchair ride...
Residents traumatised by warring factions in Gregory Park have lauded the vigilance of the St Catherine South police since the demise of Kirk ‘Big Red’ Wint, who was wanted for several murders and shootings, including that of Sergeant Averel...
POSITIVE ID reported in unbeatable form to take charge of yesterday’s Heroes Day Stakes, brushing aside IANNAI LINKS coming off the home turn, before running out an easy winner ahead of CLASSICAL ORB. Sent off at odds of 9-5 in the one-mile event...
ONEOFAKIND tracked and sprinted clear of BIG BIG DADDY to outclass rivals in yesterday’s Errol ‘Big Sub’ Subratie Memorial at a mile, making a mockery of the class-relief he received to race among overnight-allowance runners. A money-back favourite...
RUSTY has always had POSITIVE ID’s ticket, even in route races, beating him at nine furlongs and 25 yards last December, leaving the closer among non-winners-of-two races. After graduating from non-winners-of-two in January with a mile victory over...
ONEOFAKIND appears to be Anthony Nunes’ shot at the $18.75 million Mouttet Mile, which could be the last straw he has to grasp at to deny Jason DaCosta dethroning him as champion trainer. The crack miler returns in Sunday’s Errol ‘Big Sub’ Subratie...
RAW FORM points to ALEXA’S SECRET landing Saturday’s Titania Trophy, a non-winners of two races event for fillies at five and a half furlongs after emerging second from a big marker race won by SILENT MISSION last month. Reporting for the September...
FORMER NATIONAL champion Sean Morris warmed up for his return to next month’s Jamaica Open by pairing with John Hayletts to card 63.5 as winners of Sunday’s Couples Resorts 14th Annual Negril Charity Golf Tournament at Negril Hills Golf Club....
CALCULUS couldn’t have asked for a better set-up as he aims at a third route victory in a month - a bunch of speedsters to wear themselves out in Saturday’s Mark My Word Trophy at nine furlongs and 25 yards. From BIG JULE to MONEY MONSTER, in some...
STOKED BY the lively national ‘rivalries’ among the 19 teams which participated in the eighth Annual Sandals Latin American Travel Advisors Golf Tournament, which spilled over into cross-table chants at Monday night’s awards ceremony, tournament...
A THREE-WAY tie, after yesterday’s nine holes, has Teams 13 (Mexico), 14 (Panama), and 19 (Uruguay) locked on par, 36, heading into this morning’s second day of the eighth annual Latin American Travel Advisors Golf Tournament at Sandals Golf and...
JAMAICA’s martial artists, floored internationally by travel and gathering restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, return to mats overseas this morning at the 2022 World Cup of TaeKwon-Do in Koper, Slovenia. A small contingent, comprising...
AN INTRIGUING clash of speedsters – Jamaica Derby-winner ATOMICA versus four-year-old SHE’S MY DESTINY – should have punters on the edge of their seats from the word go in Saturday’s I’msatisfied Trophy at six furlongs. Though it’s a big 12-horse...
DOWN-IN-CLASS speedster RUNAWAY ALGO made short work of yesterday’s Bridge 99FM feature race for overnight-allowance runners, going gate-to-wire in the seven and a half furlong event. A prospect for the US$125,000 Mouttet Mile on December 3, the...
RUNAWAY ALGO is a tempting banker in Sunday’s Bridge 99 FM Cup at seven and a half furlongs after staying on for third behind JORDON REIGN’S and EROY at a mile in grade one on August 27. However, galloping out the mile chute is no blink-sprint,...
JASON DACOSTA’S in-form American, I AM FRED, appears a hot prospect to take out CALCULUS in Saturday’s Menudo Trophy after pulling off a giant-killing act, outfinishing speedy MAHOGANY at six furlongs in the None Such Trophy at six furlongs two...
STAKES-LEADER JASON DaCosta responded to champion trainer Anthony Nunes’ eight winners in three meets with a two-timer on Tuesday, opening and closing the rescheduled nine-race card with favourites THEGOODLIFE and SILENT MISSION, respectively....
SILENT MISSION had absolutely no luck in running on last, over-confidently ridden and herded wide after a spill on the home turn, eventually finishing a storming fourth, beaten a half-length in a driving finish in a race won by GREAT TRICK ahead of...
EAGLE ONE has landed back among overnight allowance runners after being stumped by fellow American, RACE CAR, who was also down in class for the August 20 six-furlong sprint. Sent off a hot 3-5 favourite, EAGLE ONE was caught by sparingly raced but...
THANKSGIVING MIGHT be two months away, but Team 6 had their turkey on Tuesday, three birdies in a row, rallying from second to beat day-one joint leaders Team 20 by one stroke in the 18th US Travel Advisors Golf Tournament at Sandals Golf and...
