PHILIP Feanny’s I’VE GOT MAGIC wore down speedy RUNAWAY ALGO at the last hop, winning Sunday’s Seeking My Dream Trophy by a neck at odds of 17-1, leaving 4-5 favourite FURTHER AND BEYOND to finish a floundering third. Attempting to make all in the...
REPORTING off a four-month lay-up and unplaced in three races since finishing second to SHE’S A WONDER in last season’s Jamaica Oaks last August, AMY THE BUTCHER emerged a market-springer, even-money favourite, to dismiss non-winners-of-three at...
SIMILAR to a compass, the handicap needle for Sunday’s Seeking My Dream automatically points north, FURTHER AND BEYOND, suggesting the reigning Horse of the Year should repeat his April 2 Saint Cecelia Trophy clobbering of EXCESSIVE FORCE and I’VE...
PREDICTABLY MADE to look inferior by MAHOGANY two weeks ago, GOD OF LOVE returns among overnight-allowance company, non-restricted, hunting a repeat of his November 28 win at the level when landing the Gerry Skelton Memorial at five and a half...
DUKE’S MODUS operandi of firing off two or three wins in a row should land him his second race in a month, taking on six rivals in Saturday’s Lady Geeta Trophy at six furlongs. Since logging a hat-trick of wins in little under a month late last...
Christopher Armond, whose booming voice as a commentator excited horse-racing enthusiasts at Caymanas Park for a decade, and who served later as an administrator in Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad, died Wednesday at age 66. Inducted into the Hall...
PATRICK Lynch’s BLUE VINYL made amends for his April 3 Prince Consort Stakes near-miss with a commanding victory in yesterday’s Kingston 2000 Guineas prep, turning the tables on EMPEROROFTHECATS, who tried to make all but quit under topweight 126lb...
EMPEROROFTHECATS has a mammoth task at 126lb in Sunday’s Kingston Stakes, allowing too much weight for his own good, going a half-furlong longer, after hanging on by a short head to beat BLUE VINYL at seven furlongs in the Prince Consort Stakes....
ATOMICA’s class act in the Thornbird Stakes, after being slammed into by OUTBIDDER at the off, seven and a quarter lengths clear of runner-up GOLDEN WATTLE, makes Gary Subratie’s runner a tough horse to beat in Saturday’s fillies-only Portmore at...
I AM FRED’s never-say-die qualities were on full display last time out, winning a heated stretch battle with CURLIN’S AFFAIR to secure third in the fast-run Easter Sprint Cup won by RUNAWAY ALGO, who turned back off-the-break MAHOGANY in 1:05.2 at...
BLESSED WITH a turn of foot last exhibited by SHE’S A MANEATER, backed by a powerful stretch run, FURTHER AND BEYOND won’t be easily beaten in one-kick races such as Saturday’s Viceroy Trophy at a mile. The weight swings against FURTHER AND BEYOND...
SMALL-string trainer, Dale Murphy, yesterday enjoyed his best day ever as a conditioner at Caymanas Park - RUNAWAY ALGO making every post a winning one in the Easter Sprint Cup, turning back 1-5 favourite MAHOGANY - after earlier landing a massive...
PHILIP Feanny swept the first two places in yesterday’s feature event for three-year-olds, non-winners of two races – the Simply Magic Cup – named for his 2002 Triple Crown winner, upstaging champion trainer Anthony Nunes’ 7-5 favourite, NEFERTARI...
MONDAY’s Easter Sprint Cup boils down to whether MAHOGANY, though technically down two classes, can return off a seven-month lay-up to outsprint overnight-allowance runners at five and a half furlongs. MAHOGANY is no stranger to winning off a lay-...
NEFERTARI and SILENT MISSION both had mishaps at the gate last time out. Only one got away with it. This time around, there will be no room for error when the fillies from rival barns line up in Sunday’s Simply Magic Cup at a mile for non-winners...
ANTHONY NUNES and Jason DaCosta have started their see-saw battle atop the trainers’ stakes standings after going down to the wire last season. Nunes, who sealed a third straight title with GOLDEN WATTLE’s upset victory over colts and geldings in...
EMPEROROFTHECATS yesterday reproduced his scintillating form at exercise, a bullet 1:13.2 for six furlongs a week prior, to make every post a winning one, landing the seven-furlong Prince Consort Stakes by a short head from 6-1 shot BLUE VINYL....
EMPEROROFTHECATS has thrown Saturday’s Prince Consort Stakes on its head after galloping a bullet 1:13.2 at exercise, out the mile chute, last Sunday morning - bettering BRINKS and DEEZI, 1:13.4 and 1:14.4, respectively - akin to setting a cat...
ATOMICA, THE speedy, unbeaten half-sister to Bonnie Blue Flag and Royal Dad Trophy Grade 3 winner, Southern Cruise (Weekend Cruise), has looked awesome in the mornings and should use her pace to land Saturday’s Thornbird Stakes at seven furlongs....
HOVER CRAFT is down in class for Sunday’s ‘Lindy’ Delapenha Memorial at a mile, taking on old rival CRIMSON, who never looked the part when beaten out of sight by imported I’VE GOT MAGIC at seven and a half furlongs two Saturdays ago. Sent off at...
A TRICKY track bias and equipment changes are to be noted in Saturday’s divided feature, the Grooms’ Association Trophy, at five furlongs straight. Patrick Lynch’s RING CHARMER catches the eye in division one, drawn widest at post 10 with Youville...
Police targeting of gang activities in the crime hotspots of Newland, Naggo Head, Gregory Park, and Central Village has paid off with a reduction in murders, says Senior Superintendent Christopher Phillips, who commands the St Catherine South...
ONEOFAKIND first had the trip and handicaps to his benefit, followed by an even bigger weight advantage in their second match-up but is still searching for a way to get to the winning post before CALCULUS. Dane Nelson has been summoned to replace...
TEKAPUNT scored a stunning 10-1 upset in yesterday’s six-furlong Sir Howard Stakes for colts and geldings, throwing a spanner in the first 2000 Guineas prep race, which left 1-5 favourite PERFECT BREW struggling home in fifth place. Partnered by...
PERFECT BREW’s Jamaica Two-Year-Old Stakes run, a determined second behind off-the-pace winner GOLDEN WATTLE, after grabbing the lead coming off the home turn, makes Richard Azan’s runner awfully hard to beat at six furlongs in Sunday’s Sir Howard...
