Published:Friday | September 29, 2017 | 12:00 AMAinsley Walters
BILINGUAL now has the distance in her favour - a mile - and should use her class to make amends in this afternoon's ninth race after losing to speedster LOOSE CANNON when returning off a near-five-month lay-up two weeks ago.Still in classic-distance...
Published:Wednesday | September 27, 2017 | 12:00 AMAinsley Walters
UNITED STATES-bred filly CHOO CHOO BLUE closed rapidly inside the last half-furlong to nail ANOTHER BULLET by a nose in sloppy conditions to land Wednesday's 1300-metre Saint Cecelia Cup at Caymanas Park..Partnered by in-form claiming apprentice...
Published:Tuesday | September 26, 2017 | 12:00 AMAinsley Walters
CHOO CHOO BLUE should be gifted a nice stalking pace in this afternoon's 1300-metre Saint Cecelia Trophy - nothing fast enough to take her off the bridle early, or too slow for the run-on horses to be a threat when she is unleashed by hot apprentice...
Published:Monday | September 25, 2017 | 12:00 AMAinsley Walters
JAMAICA'S nine athletes, seven high-schoolers and two late additions from the high-potential combined team, on Sunday mined seven gold among 15 medals at the 22nd anniversary of the International Taekwon-Do Federation New York Taekwon-Do Tournament...
Published:Friday | September 22, 2017 | 12:00 AMAinsley Walters
BIGDADDYKOOL has a point to prove in this afternoon's 10-furlong Governor General's Stakes, sitting atop the handicaps with 57.0 kilos, renewing rivalry with WILL IN CHARGE, who used almost the same weight, 49.5 kilos, to beat him by a neck at the...
Published:Friday | September 22, 2017 | 12:00 AMAinsley Walters
PHIL UNDERWOOD from Alabama, United States, is exactly the kind of visitor that Sandals hopes to score a hole-in-one with as the resort yesterday teed off its 15th annual USA Travel Agent Golf Tournament at Sandals Golf and Country Club in Upton, St...
Published:Friday | September 22, 2017 | 12:00 AMAinsley Walters
A talented squad of Jamaican high-school martial artists, led by Calabar's Tye McKay, depart the island this morning for tomorrow's 22nd Anniversary of the International Taekwon-Do Federation New York Taekwon-Do Tournament at the Fitzgerald...
Published:Saturday | September 16, 2017 | 12:00 AMAinsley Walters
SUPERLUMINAL yesterday fought off TIMEFORARMS from three furlongs out to win the 10-furlong Kenneth Mattis Memorial in a thrilling finish, holding on grimly to score by three quarters of a length at odds of 5-2.Carrying topweight 56.0 kilos in the...
Published:Friday | September 15, 2017 | 12:00 AMAinsley Walters
TIMEFORARMS faces twin threats from Wayne DaCosta's camp, IAN LINKS and HOVER CRAFT, but looks rather appealing at 52.0 kilos, coming off a good mile last month.Fitzroy Glispie has kept eight-year-old warrior TIMEFORARMS in good shape, always a...
Published:Saturday | September 9, 2017 | 12:00 AMAinsley Walters
CLAIMING apprentice Anthony Thomas won his seventh race in two racemeets yesterday, booting home a three-timer, including CHACE THE GREAT, in the 1200-metre None Such Sprint feature event.The in-demand two-kilo claimer followed up on his four-timer...
Published:Friday | September 8, 2017 | 12:00 AMAinsley Walters
CAMPESINO, burdened with joint topweight 57.0 kilos, has the pace nicely set up for him in this afternoon's 1200-metre None Such Sprint.At the handicaps, CAMPESINO has a six-pound swing on HOUDINI'S MAGIC, who beat him by three and a quarter lengths...
Published:Saturday | September 2, 2017 | 12:00 AMAinsley Walters
LONG-SUFFERING backers of Gary Subratie's United States importee, BRAWN, finally got their payday yesterday when the stubborn bay gelding left the gate clean enough to win the 1820-metre Nigel B. NunesMemorial feature race.Having raced as recent as...
Published:Saturday | August 26, 2017 | 12:00 AMAinsley Walters
CHACE THE GREAT yesterday turned the tables on his rivals to make all the running in the 1300-metre Seek Exercise Book Trophy race, rebounding from a fifth-place finish in the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) Trophy race earlier this...
Published:Friday | August 25, 2017 | 12:00 AMAinsley Walters
ANOTHER BULLET suffered from the dreaded one hole in the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission Trophy, tailed off and wide down the backstretch after a scrappy start, whereas CHOO CHOO BLUE, who beat him by a half-length, enjoyed a copybook trip...
Published:Wednesday | August 16, 2017 | 12:00 AMAinsley Walters
LUNAR ROCKET had to fight for every cent of the $409,500 winner's purse of yesterday's fifth race, rallying strongly on the inside to regain the lead from SIMPLY THE BEST a half-furlong out.Sent off as the 3-5 favourite at five-and-a-half furlongs...
Published:Tuesday | August 15, 2017 | 12:00 AMAinsley Walters
LUNAR ROCKET should this afternoon make amends for her narrow loss to FRANCIA'S PRIDE on Saturday when she ambitiously went out of her distance, seven furlongs, and was beaten by a neck at the wire.The speedy filly returns quickly, going a furlong-...
Published:Friday | August 11, 2017 | 12:00 AMAinsley Walters
TRAINER Gary Subratie has three runners in this afternoon's open allowance at 1500 metres - BRAWN, AWESOME DESTINY and BLUE DIXIE - gunning for the major slice of the $1.15m purse.Whereas Subratie might have numbers on his side in the eight-horse...
The country's best two-turn horses, BIGDADDYKOOL and PERFECT NEIGHBOUR, meet at 10 furlongs for the first time since last November's Superstakes, locking horns in this afternoon's Prime Minister's Stakes.They are joined in the route race by Great...
SUBBIE should be a good thing in this afternoon's Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association feature race at 1400 metres after placing sixth when last out, the July 15 St Leger, finishing a length-and-three-quarter behind fifth-place THORNHILL...
GOLD Cup winner BUZZ NIGHTMARE returns from a near eight-month lay-up in this afternoon's 1100-metre Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission trophy, reporting down in class among open-allowance rivals.The speedy five-year-old h races for the first...
Trevor Webb Sr, head of the Jamaica Taekwon-do Academy (JTA), has called for the intervention of new Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) President, Christopher Samuda to address what he has described as a disregard of local talent by the World Taekwon-do...
Published:Saturday | July 29, 2017 | 12:00 AMAinsley Walters
CAMPESINO returned to the winners' enclosure yesterday, turning the tables on TALENTED TONY K, who led and weakened into last place in the 1000-metre straight Reggae Trophy.TALENTED TONY K had beaten CAMPESINO in the May 27 Lotto Sprint and was...
JOINT track record holder TALENTED TONY K should complete a hat-trick of wins in this afternoon's 1000-metre straight Reggae Trophy, carrying a light impost of 50.0 kilos with front-running jockey Wesley Henry aboard.The speedy six-year-old skipped...
