STRANGER DANGER was only asked to run the last two furlongs of yesterday’s Governor General’s Stakes but still clocked a fast 2:06.4, dismissing top handicapper BIGDADDYKOOL and his stablemates by five and a quarter lengths at Caymanas Park....
SHE’S A MANEATER made short work of her only real rival, ANOTHER BULLET, in yesterday’s Gold Cup, searing to the lead four furlongs out before moving clear to win by seven and a quarter lengths at Caymanas Park. Pushed out by Omar Walker, the 2017...
EXPECTATIONS of another smashing performance from United States-bred SPARKLE DIAMOND, unbeaten in his three previous races, were quashed yesterday when the chestnut gelding reared in the gate and was scratched from the Caymanas Anniversary feature...
STRANGER DANGER issued a Gold Cup warning to all and sundry yesterday, getting within a second and a fifth of Sky Train’s seven and a half furlong track record, which has stood since 1983, one of the oldest at Caymanas Park. Prepping for the August...
BIGDADDYKOOL easily outclassed a field stacked with his stablemates, dismissing his lone challenger, SUPERLUMINAL, the victim of a relay leg run by HOUDINI’S MAGIC, to romp yesterday’s Prime Minister’s Stakes by six lengths. Prepping for November’s...
Leading rider, apprentice Christopher Mamdeen returned to form with a vengeance yesterday, booting home a three-timer on the 10-race card, including a chance ride aboard DONTAE in the Kenneth Mattis Memorial at 10 furlongs. Absent from the winners...
ANTHONY NUNES not only won his first Triple Crown with SUPREME SOUL, he saddled the first four past the post, relegating much-touted SENTIENT to fifth in the nine-horse field. Despite swirling concerns regarding his well-being, SUPREME SOUL dug in...
TOTING 126lb like a colt, SHE’S A MANEATER fought off lightweight ANOTHER BULLET yesterday, scoring her 21st win from 27 starts, her fourth from five outings this season. The five-year-old supermare stalked the pace being set by HOUDINI’S MAGIC and...
EXHILARATE, the second-longest shot on the board, yesterday stunned rivals, winning by five lengths at odds of 25-1, outsprinting 1-9 favourite CHACE THE GREAT, who weakened into fourth place after being burnt on the lead at 1000 metres straight....
SHE’S A MANEATER again proved her versatility in no uncertain manner, easily defending her None Such Trophy title with a commanding victory over ANOTHER BULLET, who had beaten her into fourth place in April’s Lady Geeta Trophy at five and a half...
SUPREME SOUL yesterday stayed on course to complete the Triple Crown, using his class and superior staying power to overhaul SENTIENT inside the last half-furlong to win the 12-furlong Jamaica Derby by two lengths at Caymanas Park. A howling 1-5...
ACKEEM Lawrence has been thrown head-first into the lion’s den for next week’s US Open International Sports Karate Association (ISKA) World Martial Arts Championships, starting on July 3 in Orlando, Florida. Appointed captain of Jamaica’s combined...
APPRENTICE Kiaman McGregor denied himself a three-timer on yesterday’s 10-race card in bizarre circumstances, bailing off ABOGADO near the winning post in the sixth race at three furlongs straight. After opening his account in the fourth race...
LEADING trainer Anthony notched a pair of exactas yesterday to push his earnings past $13m over perennial rival, reigning 17-time champion Wayne DaCosta. Nunes’ Jamaica Oaks runners-up, PRINCESS AVA and I AM DI ONE, won their respective route...
ZEPHYR, a 21-1 longshot, stunned punters in yesterday’s six-furlong Ahwhofah Sprint, desperately hanging on by a half-length from fast-finishing 5-2 second-favourite, LOTTERY TICKET, a gate-to-wire victory from post-position 16. ZEPHYR, a six-year-...
IN a stretch duel reminiscent of last year’s thrilling Superstakes finish, SHE’S A MANEATER again got the nod, this time by a neck, on old rival WILL IN CHARGE in the Legal Light Trophy at nine furlongs and 25 yards. Almost rubbing shoulders...
CHAMPION trainer Wayne DaCosta and jockey Philip Parchment sprung another surprise yesterday, following their Jamaica Oaks victory last Saturday, combining to strike with UNCLE FRANK at odds of 13-1, crashing bets in the night pan of the marathon...
RUN THATCHER RUN turned back a determined challenge from United States-bred six-year-old SARATOGA SIGHT and a late flurry from rail-running MASTER OF HALL, passing his 2000 Guineas test by a neck in a driving finish. Out for the second time in a...
RUN THATCHER RUN did just enough to get by on his return to the races yesterday, three weeks ahead of the 2000 Guineas, chasing and collaring nine-year-old speedster, CRUCIAL APPEAL, early in the stretch run, to score a workman-like victory at six...
Six-time champion jockey Omar Walker surged to the top of the jockeys’ standings yesterday with a three-timer, including an enterprising ride aboard Wayne DaCosta’s LADY BLUE in the Thornbird Stakes, turning the tables on Anthony Nunes’ 4-5...
SIX-time former champion jockey Omar Walker yesterday rode a tactically brilliant race aboard SUPERLUMINAL to land the King’s Plate, taking speedy filly NUCLEAR FLIGHT out of her game down the backstretch before powering home by two lengths to...
