SHE’S MY DESTINY blinded GOD OF LOVE with speed, shooting clear four and a half furlongs out with Omar Walker, to easily land yesterday’s Chris Armond Sprint Trophy in an out-of-class 1:04.4 at five and a half furlongs. DUKE, running with a nine-...
WHETHER the tongue tie did the trick the second time around for LEGIT BOSS, or MAMMA MIA simply blew up in the stretch run - after ripping splits of 23.1, 46.1, 59.3 and 1:13.3 in the seven-furlong Pick 3 Super Challenge - will certainly be...
SHE’S MY DESTINY has improved leaps and bounds as a four-year-old, mainly over middle distances, clocking an incredible 1:37.3 at a mile, with topweight 126lb, heading into the Mouttet Mile. The non-believers sent off SHE’S MY DESTINY at 13-1 in...
EMPEROROFTHECATS fended off a wall of horses from start to finish, landing yesterday’s Charles Hussey Trophy by a length over his favoured straight course. Partnered by Shane Ellis, classic-placed EMPEROROFTHECATS remained unbeaten over the...
EMPEROROFTHECATS appears none the worse off the lay-up since eased back into speed gallops a month ago in preparation for Sunday’s overnight allowance at five furlongs straight. Named for four-time champion jockey Charles Hussey, the event pits...
ST LEGER winner BLUE VINYL races for the fourth time in five weeks this Saturday, his easiest of the lot, a second crack at overnight allowance after being outclassed by United States-bred I’VE GOT MAGIC in last Sunday’s Ahwhofah Sprint at six...
I’VE GOT MAGIC recovered from traffic problems a furlong after the start to outclass St Leger winner BLUE VINYL at six furlongs in yesterday’s Ahwhofah Sprint, franking his creditable run behind stablemate EXCESSIVE FORCE in the Mouttet Mile....
I’VE GOT MAGIC is down two classes from his brave Mouttet Mile run last Saturday, finishing down the track in 10th place - a quarter-length off ATOMICA and seven behind stablemate EXCESSIVE FORCE - who ran through inside the last half-furlong to...
EXCESSIVE FORCE’s Mouttet Mile victory last Saturday points to MADELYN’S SUNSHINE as the horse to beat in this week’s MBet Summit of Speed Trophy feature at six furlongs after her one-length loss against him at the trip on November 12. However,...
WHEREAS ATOMICA got caught behind speedy lightweights SHE’S MY DESTINY and SHE’S A WONDER along the rail, from as early as the half-mile marker, when MAHOGANY made his move on the outside in the Gold Cup, the weight allotments and distance of...
MAMMA MIA’s pedigree was never in question, a half-sister to Fayrouz (Blue Pepsi Lodge), winner of the 2018 Jamaica Oaks before placing second in the St Leger and third in the derby among colts that year. However, having raced only once, MAMMA MIA...
JAMAICA’s POLICE Nationals emerged the only team without national players to place in the top eight at the Annual Florida Netball Classic International Invitational Tournament at the Miramar Regional Park Amphitheater. The Police Nationals,...
LABAN stalked a collapsing pace set by BATON ROUGE and EAGLE ONE to pounce in yesterday’s non-restricted overnight allowance at Caymanas Park, winning by a length and a half at seven furlongs. Sitting third in the catbird seat while BATON ROUGE...
EAGLE ONE’s fifth-place run behind EXCESSIVE FORCE, two grades above in last Saturday’s Port Royal Sprint, should make the five-year-old United States-bred gelding a winner among non-restricted overnight allowance runners in Sunday’s ninth event at...
THOUGH HE has won his three races at a mile, D HEAD CORNERSTONE has shown enough going two turns to land Saturday’s United Racehorse Trainers Association of Jamaica Trophy, finishing fourth in the St Leger and Jamaica Derby. Forgive D HEAD...
SUNDAY’s rain-interrupted Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) of Jamaica’s 2022 Mixed Sale will continue on Sunday, December 4, at Caymanas Park, a day after the US$125,000 Mouttet Mile. TOBA president Howard Hamilton said...
IGNORE EVERY yard of ATOMICA’S Gold Cup run. Throw that race out the window and think about the filly who clocked 1:10.4 for six furlongs three weeks earlier, carrying 112lb, three pounds lighter than the 115lb she has been allotted for Saturday’s...
TRAINER Ryan Darby maintained his hot streak at Caymanas Park yesterday, saddling a two-timer on the nine-race card – SIR KEL and BROMPTON ALEX – marking his fifth winner in four days, reminiscent of his late father, Robert Darby Sr. Starting the...
NATIONAL swimmer, 17-year-old Zaneta Alvaranga on Saturday completed the 5K course in 1:30.51, ‘christening’ the new distance added to this year’s staging of Swim for the Sanctuary at White River House, Shaw Park Beach, Ocho Rios, St Ann. Benjamin...
JAMAICA’s return to the international martial arts circuit, after a two-year break forced by the COVID-19 pandemic, hit a high note at the International Sports Kickboxing Association’s (ISKA) Amateur Members Association World Championships with...
NOMOREDEALS could either make or break pockets when he returns off a four-month lay-up with an equipment change, visor off and blinkers fitted, for Sunday’s closing event at five furlongs round after flopping as a 4-5 favourite when last out in...
TOSS SPEEDSTER GOD OF LOVE’s last performance out the window – down the track behind I AM FRED beating MAHOGANY at six furlongs in the None Such Trophy – racing two classes above his comfort zone. Saturday’s eighth event at five furlongs round will...
UNDAUNTED by the menacing clouds of Tropical Storm Lisa passing to the south of the island, 68 Canadian travel agents teed off yesterday at Sandals Golf and Country Club in Upton, St Mary, determined to make the most of the Halloween-themed Baxter...
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...
