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...
NUCLEAR NOON exploded inside the final furlong of yesterday’s Millard Ziadie Memorial to overhaul Jason DaCosta’s pair EAGLE ONE and MADELYN’S SUNSHINE, whose tag-team tactics failed to unsettle Anthony Nunes’ runner, who won going away by three...
NUCLEAR NOON should be fighting fit for Sunday’s Millard Ziadie Memorial after his Ash Wednesday Trophy third-place run behind EMPEROROFTHECARS and MONEY MONSTER, dragged into torrid splits by the winner before being overhauled a half-furlong out...
SHE’S MY DESTINY’s smashing 1:04.4 run on Boxing Day puts her in a different league for Saturday’s SVREL 6th Anniversary Trophy at five and a half furlongs. Fresh off her Mouttet Mile cracker on the lead against MAHOGANY, SHE’S MY DESTINY made...
UNITED STATES-bred RUNAWAY ALGO made a mockery of rivals in yesterday’s Lloyd Lindbergh ‘Lindy’ Delapenha Memorial at a mile, a 14-length victory, down in class among overnight-allowance runners. Runner-up to top-class sprinter-stayer MAHOGANY in...
EMPEROROFTHECATS USED his speed and light impost to virtually make all at six and a half furlongs, turning back a stretch challenge from NUCLEAR NOON in yesterday’s Ash Wednesday Trophy. A 13lb weight swing and no matching speed made the difference...
CACULUS GIVES weight all around in Saturday’s Miracle Man Cup, as much as 25lb to in-form LURE OF LUCY, but should use class and stamina to defy the handicaps at nine and a half furlongs. Jason DaCosta’s choice of jockey, lightweight claimer Jordan...
EMPEROROFTHECATS returns as the speed to contend with in the Ash Wednesday Trophy. Claiming rider Shavon Townsend has been summoned to slip seven pounds, making EMPEROROFTHECATS 13lb lighter than his last outing in the George HoSang Trophy. However...
GOD OF LOVE might be topweight, but he is also the top speed at five furlongs straight in Saturday’s Reggae Month Trophy, drawn favourably at stall five in a six-horse field. Outsped in his last two races by horses who prompted the grade-one...
SPEEDSTERS SUCH as WILL THE CONQUEROR, THE GOOD WITCH, and SUPER DUPER could leave themselves exposed to closers in Saturday’s overnight-allowance sprint at five furlongs round. Unraced since November, WILL THE CONQUEROR was forced to go as low as...
POSITIVE ID easily outstayed seven rivals in yesterday’s overnight allowance at nine and a half furlongs, improving from last at the clubhouse turn to fourth down the backstretch before making a sweeping move entering the straight to go by POWER,...
POSITIVE ID’s brave second behind LURE OF LUCY at nine furlongs and 25 yards on January 2 makes him the horse to beat in Sunday’s overnight allowance at nine and a half furlongs, though facing course specialist CRIMSON, who was only three-quarter...
MAHOGANY’s DOMINANCE in sprint to middle-distance races will be on show again in this Saturday’s Eileen Cliggott Memorial for which only four rivals have bothered to show. Were it not for Jason DaCosta throwing in off-colour KING ARTHUR and...
YELLOWSTONE completed a hat-trick of wins and a three-timer for Anthony Thomas, repelling NUCLEAR NOON for his fifth victory at five and a half furlongs in yesterday’s George HoSang Trophy feature race. Vastly improved since fitted with a visor for...
