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Published:Monday | October 21, 2024 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA, one of the most dominant countries in tatami kickboxing at the International Sport Kickboxing Association Amateur Members Association (ISKA AMA) World Championships, are ready to launch an attack on Vienna 2024, starting on Wednesday....

Published:Saturday | October 19, 2024 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

MOUTTET Mile hopeful, United States invader PACK PLAYS, who destroyed overnight-allowance runners when debuting locally at six and a half furlongs, takes his show on the route course, nine furlongs and 25 yards, among open-allowance company on...

Published:Friday | October 18, 2024 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

IF there was ever an unlucky loser, RICHES TO RAGS was a perfect fit in last month’s six-furlong Ronron Trophy, getting a king’s ransom of 6-1 at what was considered a trip too short for the late-kicking American filly. Returning at nine furlongs...

Published:Thursday | October 17, 2024 | 12:15 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

RUN JULIE RUN’s monster performances in her last two races – Jamaica Derby runner-up, followed by a cracking mile in 1:38.1 on a sloppy track – suggest that she could very well be the most improved three-year-old in training, making her a tough nut...

Published:Thursday | October 10, 2024 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

IT WILL be Millionaires’ Row all Saturday - the sixth anniversary of the Reggae 6, marked by a mandatory payout expected to exceed $26 million – plus Race 2, Series 3, of the BGLC-TOBA Millionaires Series, which has a $2 million bonus on the seven-...

Published:Monday | October 7, 2024 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

PERFECT BREW survived being bumped and blocked at the start, straightening way off the pace in sixth place to mow down 7-1 outsider MONEY MARKET stealing home in yesterday’s Vassell ‘Jolly Man’ Najair Memorial, upsetting sprinters at five and a...

Published:Friday | October 4, 2024 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

SIMILAR to last week, another Tevin Foster-Raddesh Roman battle looms in Sunday’s closing event, continuing their rivalry aboard MILOS and imported DIGITAL ONE, respectively, in the Vassell ‘Jolly Man’ Memorial for overnight-allowance runners at...

Published:Thursday | October 3, 2024 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

DESERT OF MALIBU’s smashing return off a five-month lay-up, toying with fellow importees, WALL STREET TRADER and IS THAT A FACT, resembled the DESERT OF MALIBU, who went 4-0 before being hit with disqualification in the Bruceontheloose Cup last...

Published:Monday | September 30, 2024 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

RADDESH ROMAN brought down the house with a thrilling victory astride Gary Subratie’s United States-bred SISTREN TREASURE, outfinishing jockeys’ title rival Tevin Foster aboard MONEY MISER by a short head in the closing event for the Typewriter Cup...

Published:Thursday | September 26, 2024 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

RICHES TO RAGS upsetting the applecart at odds of 36-1 on August 31 should not be dismissed as a fluke when the United States-bred runner lines up against a similar cast in Saturday’s Ronron Trophy at six furlongs. Initially displaying tendencies...

Published:Thursday | September 19, 2024 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

ABILITY COULD be the cat among the pigeons in Saturday’s Thunderbird, an open-allowance stacked with form at seven furlongs. Reporting off a 10-week lay-up, after what appears to be a bad run at seven and a half furlongs on July 7, finishing sixth...

Published:Monday | September 16, 2024 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

UNITED STATES-bred DIGITAL ONE finally won her first race as a three-year-old, sitting third in the catbird seat before pouncing on MONEY MARKET in yesterday’s stretch run of the Trevor McKenzie Trophy at five furlongs round. Out for the second...

Published:Monday | September 16, 2024 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA’s Akino Lindsay, 29, is set to receive a special award in recognition of his impressive achievement of winning eight consecutive gold medals in two disciplines at the ISKA AMA World Championships, 2017-2023. “It is an ISKA world record,”...

Published:Friday | September 13, 2024 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

MONEY MARKET ran probably his best race ever on August 3, allowing out-of-class MADELYN’S SUNSHINE a pound and fighting the American to the wire in an open overnight-allowance event at five and a half furlongs. Returning for Sunday’s Trevor...

Published:Thursday | September 12, 2024 | 12:06 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

WHENEVER CONVENIENT, punters claim that time only matters when you are in jail. However, IS THAT A FACT galloping 1:06.0 for five and a half furlongs last Saturday, a full second faster than DESERT OF MALIBU, cannot be ignored in Saturday’s None...

Published:Monday | September 9, 2024 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

CHARLES TOWN’s leading rider, Arnaldo Bocachica, rode two winners on his Caymanas Park debut yesterday, first booting home TUTS in the second event before closing the 10-race card with D HEAD CORNERSTONE in the Kenneth Mattis Memorial for overnight...

Published:Friday | September 6, 2024 | 12:08 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

POWER FROM ABOVE should benefit from a torrid pace in Sunday’s Kenneth Mattis Memorial, which should leave the nine-furlong and 25-yard route race at the mercy of the closer. Void of early pace but packing turn of foot in the stretch run, POWER...

Published:Thursday | September 5, 2024 | 12:13 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

SENSATIONAL MOVE appears too good to be true in Saturday’s overnight allowance at five furlongs straight after being caught at six furlongs by Canadian ATLANTIC CONVOY on August 17. Seemingly having all the boxes ticked for a return to the winners...

Published:Wednesday | September 4, 2024 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

ARGENTINIAN TEAMS dominated the two-day Sandals Latin American Travel Advisors Golf Tournament at Sandals Upton Estate Golf and Country Club in St Mary, tying on 68 apiece for the 10th annual title in the four-man scramble, which ended on Monday....

Published:Monday | September 2, 2024 | 12:13 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

BRAZIL, runners-up to Uruguay at last year’s Sandals Latin American Travel Advisors Golf Tournament, are among 11 teams vying for the 10th staging, which teed off yesterday at Sandals Upton Estate Golf and Country Club in St Mary. Hoping to emerge...

Published:Thursday | August 29, 2024 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

UNITED STATES-BRED DIGITAL ONE and PROVOCATIVA should redeem themselves against fields stacked with local runners in divisions one and two, respectively, of Saturday’s O...

Published:Thursday | August 22, 2024 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

HAVING TO chase collateral damage – MAMMA MIA carrying 102lb and churning splits of 24.0, 34.3, 46.0, 58.2 and 1:11.3 – ATOMICA floundered under topweight 126lb in last month’s She’s A Maneater at a mile – giving way to FUNCAANDUN, who grabbed the...

Published:Thursday | August 15, 2024 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

SENSATIONAL MOVE and LABAN both ran cracking races against improving foreigners recently, form which the local-breds should frank in Saturday’s divided Arthur Jones Memorial at six furlongs. Division one could prove just how improved SENSATIONAL...

Published:Friday | August 9, 2024 | 12:13 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

RETURNING for Saturday’s Poorlittlerichgirl Trophy at seven furlongs with his customary blinkers refitted, MAHOGANY’s only speed threat should be old rival MADELYN’S SUNSHINE following his decent effort with topweight behind in-form MAMMA MIA in...

Published:Wednesday | August 7, 2024 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

CROWN CHASER yesterday used superior staying power to expose St Leger winner INTRESTNTIMESAHEAD’s stamina limitations in a thrilling 12-furlong Jamaica Derby victory over brave filly RUN JULIE RUN, who lost yet another battle of the sexes against...

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