UNITED States-bred GIRVANO and imported-in-utero IMMEASURABLE JOY could land their respective divisions of Sunday’s seven-furlong Hubert Bartley Memorial at contrasting odds. GIRVANO appears a turnkey winner for division one, making rapid headway...
KHALEESI gets a favourable reduction in journey and a five-pound break at the scale to replicate her Portmore form in Saturday’s fillies-only Good Prospect Trophy at six and a half furlongs. Sent off at 17-1 in the Portmore Guineas prep at seven...
GARY SUBRATIE summoning claiming rider Emelio McLean aboard DIGITAL ONE for Saturday’s SVL 24th Anniversary Trophy could prove a masterstroke for the four-year-old American filly in her expected battle with fellow United States-bred LEGACY ISLE,...
JOHN ISSA created local backgammon history at Jamaica Inn Foundation’s open last weekend, going unbeaten in 15 consecutive games over two nights on the way to becoming the youngest-ever dual champion of the eight-year tournament. Issa, 17, not only...
NATURALISED AMERICAN four-year-old FUNCAANDUN yesterday reminded ATOMICA who’s Horse of the Year, turning tables on the ageing local champion mare with a convincing topweight victory in the Mark My Word Trophy at nine furlongs and 25 yards. With...
ATOMICA’s BRAVE second behind an unbeatable COMMANDANT in last month’s Seeking My Dream Trophy marked her fifth consecutive run-in with United States-bred runners since turning back fellow local-bred, RUN JULIE RUN, in November’s Jamaica Cup....
FEARLESS FORCE playing second fiddle in the Labour Day Trophy did stablemate MAJOR DANGER no good, a gamble spoiled by INTRESTNTIMESAHEAD, who rallied under strong handling from Reyan Lewis to win by a neck in a driving finish. Delroy Beharie,...
MITTA ROUSSEAU, who rallied from 4-6 down to beat Luke Roberts 9-7 in last year’s thrilling finale of Jamaica Inn Foundation’s seventh annual backgammon tournament, won’t be around to defend his title this weekend but has given his blessings to “...
SENSATIONAL SOUL split LOCKDOWN and I DREAM AGAIN a furlong and a half out before running down escapee BOB THE BUILDER to score a three-quarter length win in yesterday’s 2000 Guineas, handing Trinidadian owner Chevan Maharaj a sixth classic win in...
SENSATIONAL SOUL, who won last month’s Kingston with a bold rail run, pulling away from RUNAWAY STAR and STRONG MIND, should land Sunday’s 2000 Guineas title, which had escaped his brother, Toona Ciliata, denied by Triple Crown winner Supreme Soul...
DESERT OF MALIBU got a rude welcome-back off a five-month lay-up, dragged by COMMANDANT in the Seeking My Dream Trophy two weeks ago through terrifying splits which left the six-year-old mare sputtering in the stretch run. COMMANDANT, who has,...
REYAN LEWIS, 2023 champion rider, measured titleholder and leading jockey Raddesh Roman, aboard MAJOR DANGER, reeling in the tearaway leader as an angler would an exhausted catch, in a well-timed ride to land yesterday’s Labour Day Trophy by a neck...
CAUGHT AT the wire by UNSPUN in the Henry W Jaghai Trophy at six furlongs on May 3, UNBELIEVABLE FORCE should redeem herself in Saturday’s Millard Ziadie Memorial, going a half-furlong shorter, among overnight-allowance winners. Cruising into the...
FEARLESS FORCE’S demolition of return winner, fellow American SHEER DELIGHT, makes Philip Feanny’s four-year-old foreigner a tough horse to beat with 108lb in Friday’s Labour Day Trophy at seven furlongs. Richie Shakes’ bug takes FEARLESS FORCE’s...
UNITED STATES-BRED DESERT OF MALIBU returns from a well-deserved five-month break, primed for Saturday’s Seeking My Dream Trophy, facing stablemate ATOMICA at seven and a half furlongs. Last raced on Christmas Eve, DESERT OF MALIBU failed by a half...
RHYTHM BUZZ, reporting at 120lb, after allowing SHEER DELIGHT six pounds and losing in a driving finish at a mile, gives the son of Buzz Nightmare an outstanding chance to floor American stayer GIRVANO in Saturday’s Yvonne Mattis Cup at nine...
SENSATIONAL SOUL and SOCIAL AVIATOR used rail routes to win last-furlong duels in yesterday’s Kingston and Portmore Guineas trials, respectively, both clocking 1:35.1 at seven furlongs. A full brother to 2019 St Leger runner-up Toona Ciliata, Gary...
CHAMPION trainer Jason DaCosta looks all set to sweep Sunday’s Portmore and Kingston, Guineas trials with SOCIAL AVIATOR and RUNAWAY STAR, contrasting runners-up in the recent Thornbird and Prince Consort Stakes. RUNAWAY STAR actually passed the...
BOOTYLICIOUS’ HANDICAP reprieve, coming in at 117lb for Saturday’s Reggae Trophy, in receipt of weight from all but MAMMA MIA and CHAMPION BUBBLER, hands the five-year-old speedster a significant advantage at five furlongs straight. Last out March...
RUN JULIE RUN, the brave filly who lost last year’s Jamaica Derby by a half-length to CROWN CHASER, yesterday posted a routine victory in the Legal Light Trophy at nine furlongs and 25 yards, booking her ticket back to grade one after being beaten...
RUN JULIE RUN has a 14lb weight swing on American INSPIRE FORCE out of last month’s Alexander Hamilton Memorial at seven furlongs, a weight advantage which should hand the Jamaica Derby runner-up Sunday’s Legal Light Trophy on a platter at nine...
PHILIP FEANNY summoning claiming rider Tyrese Anderson to replace Raddesh Roman’s second-call retainer aboard DIVINE FORCE may very well make the difference between winning and losing Saturday’s World Vet Day Trophy at a mile. Roman was originally...
MAHOGANY USED his class to turn back United States-bred UNBELIEVABLE FORCE in yesterday’s Easter Sprint Cup at five and a half furlongs, logging his 19th win from 34 starts as the 3-5 favourite. Breaking smartly from post-position three, the 2022...
OUTBATTLED by fit NEO STAR with a 15lb handicap against him at seven and a half furlongs, 2022 Gold Cup winner MAHOGANY returns among overnight-allowance runners in Monday’s Easter Sprint Cup, the eight-year-old’s connections hoping his ageing legs...
LEGACY ISLE won the Omar Walker Trophy under a hand ride and a loose rein, clocking 1:00.1 for five furlongs round, under topweight 126lb, suggesting he should be tough to beat in Saturday’s Saint Cecelia Cup at six and a half furlongs. However,...
