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Stories by Ainsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

Published:Friday | January 2, 2026 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

OF A REVOLUTION, winner of the Bruceontheloose Sprint when debuting locally on Mouttet Mile Day, was beaten yesterday by fellow American GIRVANO, victim of a baffling ride from returning champion jockey Raddesh Roman. Sent off as the 2-5 favourite...

Published:Wednesday | December 31, 2025 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

Saturday’s feature, the Security Department Trophy, is a complex five-furlong straight event in which varying factors, most notably the track bias and handicaps, could turn the race on its head. Anthony Nunes’ ANOTHER ONE could start favourite as a...

Published:Tuesday | December 30, 2025 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

Bruceontheloose Sprint winner, Florida-invader OF A REVOLUTION, opens Anthony Nunes’ 2026 title bid in Thursday’s Miracle Man Cup at seven furlongs among open-allowance runners, a level lower than the grade-one event he won when debuting locally on...

Published:Saturday | December 27, 2025 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

WE JAMMIN, touted by The Gleaner/RJR Group’s Track and Pools race form from as early as Wednesday morning when the publication hit the streets, yesterday won the Wayne DaCosta Jamaica Two-Year-Old Stakes at odds of 6-1 under six-time champion...

Published:Wednesday | December 24, 2025 | 12:14 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

LEGACY ISLE, this year’s Gold Cup winner and two-time Mouttet Mile runner-up, reverts to his comfort zone, sprinting against four rivals in Saturday’s Christopher Armond Memorial at five and a half furlongs. Armed with a record of five wins from...

Published:Tuesday | December 23, 2025 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

WE JAMMIN, a stubborn winner on debut under Omar Waker, rallying under a hand ride against the rail to outfinsh SENOR BISCOTTI, returns with lasix administered, making Peter-John Parsard’s runner the horse to beat at a mile in Friday’s Jamaica Two-...

Published:Monday | December 22, 2025 | 12:07 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

INTRESTNTIMESAHEAD yesterday capitalised on the revolving door of condition races and Jason DaCosta’s smart move of seating claiming rider Anthony Allen, to score a workmanlike win over stablemate BRENDA BOY in the Will In Charge Trophy at a mile...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

LEADERS of the occupational groups at Caymanas Park have expressed their appreciation for a recent meeting with Ryan Reid, new chair of the Jamaica Racing Commission (JRC) and Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission. Reid replaced Clovis Metcalfe,...

Published:Friday | December 19, 2025 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

MISSION Impossible quickly escalated into ‘race over’ for INTRESTNTIMESAHEAD at the start of the Bruceontheloose Sprint on Mouttet Mile Day, not having a ghost of a chance against Florida invader OF A REVOLUTION, compounded by bumping at the start...

Published:Friday | December 19, 2025 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

RYAN Reid, new chair of the Jamaica Racing Commission (JRC) and Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), has hit the ground running at Caymanas Park, recently meeting with representatives from the agents, grooms and trainers associations....

Published:Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

A winner in open overnight-allowance winners a month ago, PRINCE AMAAN has tumbled two levels lower to face $1.5-million claimers in Saturday’s fourth event at five and a half furlongs. Claimed at the level in May by Jason Dacosta from rival...

Published:Monday | December 15, 2025 | 12:06 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

DANE Nelson made it six winners in three meets yesterday, hanging on by a nose aboard Anthony Nunes’ 7-5 favourite, ANOTHER ONE, to deny United States-bred COMMANDER Z with journeyman Ian Spence in the Charles Hussey Trophy at five furlongs...

Published:Friday | December 12, 2025 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

UNITED States-bred COMMANDER Z returns off a three-month break, without blinkers, perfectly drawn for a shot at Sunday’s Charles Hussey Trophy out the straight course. A four-year-old colt, COMMANDER Z won on debut, 59.2 at five furlongs straight...

Published:Thursday | December 11, 2025 | 12:28 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

Raddesh Roman opting for ZULU WARRIOR after two near misses astride the four-year-old, bypassing United States-bred stablemate, SHOOTING STAR, aboard whom he won back-to-back races, gives more than an insight into the leading rider’s thoughts for...

Published:Monday | December 8, 2025 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

SANDRA Solomon’s Ideal Horse Farms, just four years into operation, yesterday topped the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) of Jamaica’s 2025 Mixed Sale, Lot 35 fetching $5.2m, a bay colt sired by Outshine out of the Natural...

Published:Thursday | December 4, 2025 | 12:13 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

ANTHONY NUNES’ chances of dethroning Jason DaCosta as champion trainer depends on two horses with Guyanese connections, NAUTICAL STAR in the $45.15-million Mouttet Mile and OF A REVOLUTION in the $15m Bruceontheloose Sprint. Runner-up to DaCosta in...

Published:Wednesday | December 3, 2025 | 8:29 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

IF STAR power could propel RIDEALLDAY to the winners’ enclosure, the recent Port Royal Sprint winner would be a shoo-in for Saturday’s US$300,000 Mouttet Mile at Caymanas Park. Shortly after landing the November 16 Port Royal Sprint, it was...

Published:Friday | November 28, 2025 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

HAVING finished back-to-back tournaments by conceding in gold-medal bouts due to injury, Nicholas Dusard, 36, pound for pound Jamaica’s most decorated martial artist, believes his time is winding down on the international scene. Dusard won his...

Published:Thursday | November 27, 2025 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

CALIFORNIA CROWN, who made MONEY MARKET look ordinary when dismissing his fellow local-bred in an overnight allowance at five furlongs round in June, returned after a six-race dalliance among open-allowance runners, effectively ending his time in ‘...

Published:Monday | November 24, 2025 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

DANE DAWKINS rode three thrilling winners on yesterday’s 10-race card, closing the late double with feature-event victories astride DIGITAL ONE and HAZELNUT in the Alsafra Trophy and Flossie McNeil Memorial Cup, respectively. Wintering locally, on...

Published:Friday | November 21, 2025 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

AFTER failing by a length to land the gamble at 7-2 behind fellow American DOTHRAKI making his local debut, October 19, DIGITAL ONE gets an easier pace to dominate in Sunday’s Alsafra Trophy at seven and a half furlongs. Quietly whispered to...

Published:Thursday | November 20, 2025 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

UNITED STATES-BRED BULLETPROOFCOFFEE and CHAMPION BUBBLER, both course-specialists and overnight-allowance winners, should prove hard to beat in their respective divisions of Saturday’s Racehorse Aftercare Trophy feature. BULLETPROOFCOFFEE’s four...

Published:Monday | November 17, 2025 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

MOJITO yesterday changed the colour of December’s US$300,000 Mouttet Mile from stars and stripes to green, gold and black with a telling length-and-a-half win against American GIRVANO in the Jamaica Cup at nine and a half furlongs. Sitting 26th in...

Published:Saturday | November 15, 2025 | 9:34 PMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s Police National Netball Team (PNNT), on Saturday, cruised into Sunday’s Championship Division as favourites to top the inaugural Florida United Netball (FUN) Extravaganza at the Vernon E. Hargray Youth Enrichment Center in Miramar,...

Published:Saturday | November 15, 2025 | 9:20 PMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

ZULU WARRIOR on Saturday made amends for his loss the last time races were run at Caymanas Park, October 25, closing the first meet after the passage of Hurricane Melissa by landing the Stargas United Racehorse Trainers Association of Jamaica...

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