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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
FLY MESSENGER FLY flew home between stablemate SUNSET SILHOUTTE, the 1-5 favourite, and rail-running SONNY T AND CHIPPY, to win the three-way photo for yesterday’s one-mile Aston Commock Memorial at odds of 12-1. Sent off as a long shot after...
SINCE sputtering home fifth behind YELLOWSTONE on her seasonal debut, LUKSOL has twice run big races to prove her January 15 effort was a fluke worth throwing out the window, giving her the benefit of the doubt from post-position one in Sunday’s...
I AM FRED ran a full second faster than MAHOGANY’s last win, February 4, easily beating RUNAWAY ALGO with topweight 126lb in the Saint Cecelia Cup, his second consecutive win, suggesting that he is back to his best after finishing down the track in...
BRINKS and BLUE VINYL cross swords yet again, on tricky terms, in Saturday’s Temperence Oaks Trophy at six and a half furlongs. BLUE VINYL easily had the beating of BRINKS throughout last season’s three-year-old classics, finishing ahead of his...
UNITED States-bred MADELYN’S SUNSHINE returned to form with a bang yesterday, making every yard of the running to land the Easter Sprint Cup in a fantastic 1:05.3, beating 4-5 favourite BRINKS by three and three-quarter lengths. Totally off-colour...
RICHARD Azan’s MOJITO did everything wrong, yet got it all right, galloping off the home turn unbothered to scoot home by five and a half lengths in yesterday’s Prince Consort Stakes. Giving backers quite the scare at odds of 2-5, the grey colt was...
BRINKS ran an incredible race in defeat last time out. He was almost brought down at the clubhouse turn in December’s Chairman’s Plate, yet recovered from ninth at the half-mile to challenge MINIATURE MAN and LURE OF LUCY in the stretch run before...
CAYMANAS Park’s three-day Easter Carnival of Racing, Saturday to Monday, has been dubbed a Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association of Jamaica (TOBA) celebration of champion owners and breeders throughout the years. TOBA, which recently...
MOJITO’s IMPROVEMENT in blinkers moved him from MAMMA MIA’s bridesmaid to Jamaica Two-Year-Old Stakes winner, now winter-book favourite for this season’s classics, starting with Sunday’s Prince Consort Stakes. Since his maiden win last November,...
BOOTYLICIOUS GETS her first real test in Saturday’s Thornbird Stakes but has worked like a house on fire for her date with rivals who acquitted themselves well behind the colt MOJITO in December’s Jamaica Two-Year-Old Stakes. Having raced once as a...
SINCE CHASING home EMPEROROFTHECATS in the Ash Wednesday Trophy at six and a half furlongs, MONEY MONSTER can be forgiven for his two efforts against foreigners, dismissed by out-of-class RUNAWAY ALGO and outstayed by SISTREN TREASURE, allowing the...
Jamaica might have missed the boat in the early decriminalisation of cannabis for personal and medicinal usage; however, forward-thinking hotelier Kevin Levee has ensured that the island renowned for reggae music and cannabis is the first country...
GOD OF LOVE not only has a 12-lb weight swing on recent conqueror LABAN but also returns to his pet trip at five furlongs round, having scored two of his last three wins at the distance, giving him every chance of turning the tables in Saturday’s...
UNRULY BOSS ran a dogged race against the rails to spring a 17-1 upset at six furlongs in yesterday’s Henry W. Jaghai Trophy, outbattling 3-5 favourite EAGLE ONE in the stretch run. Fitted with blinkers for the sharp sprint, UNRULY BOSS broke...
EAGLE ONE gave it his best shot two Sundays ago, attempting to slip NUCLEAR NOON by getting first run on stablemate MADELYN’S SUNSHINE in the Millard Ziadie at five and a half furlongs. However, he was forced wave the white flag inside the last...
UNITED STATES-BRED INSPIRE FORCE chewed up ground like a horse needing more real estate when finishing third on debut at six furlongs behind BOOTYLICIOUS and BURLAP a month ago. Returning at seven and a half furlongs in Saturday’s Milligram Trophy...
EL AFORTUNADO collared BIG GUY IN THESKY a furlong out to win yesterday’s Sir Howard Stakes going away from the long-time leader, stopping the clock in 1:14.4 for six furlongs. Though winning by three and a half lengths, EL AFORTUNADO was only a...
EL AFORTUNADO’s eye-catching victory on his second outing, putting away return winners RIDGE LINER and WHIZZ KID in workmanlike fashion, makes him the horse to beat in Sunday’s Sir Howard Stakes at six furlongs. After placing fourth behind...
A TRICKY Hot Line Stakes presents a minefield for punters on Saturday. Anthony Nunes’ ROYAL ASH and VOLATILITY return off lay-ups against race-fit rivals, three of whom – ACKNOWLEDGEME, SPEEDIE HARE, and BAZINGA – will run on lasix for the first...
THE HORSE-RACING industry was set abuzz last night with Finance Minister Nigel Clarke’s announcement of the removal of the 15 per cent General Consumption Tax (GCT) on the importation of horses. Clovis Metcalfe, chairman of the Jamaica Racing...