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Published:Saturday | November 23, 2024 | 12:08 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA’s POLICE National Netball Team, one of two squads representing the island’s security forces at the 2024 Florida Netball Classic Senior Open, which gets under way at the Miramar Youth Enrichment Center at 8 this morning, has a rich history...

Published:Thursday | November 21, 2024 | 12:14 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

UNBELIEVABLE FORCE’s brave front-running bid in the slop, which led to Jamaica Derby runner-up RUN JULIE RUN being caught at the wire by RAINSVILLE in the Errol ‘Big Sub’ Memorial at a mile, makes the United States-bred filly unbeatable in Saturday...

Published:Monday | November 18, 2024 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

UNITED STATES-INVADER BARNABY yesterday announced himself on his local debut with a workmanlike victory in Sunday’s Alsafra at seven and a half furlongs ahead of the Saturday, December 7, Mouttet Mile showdown for a purse of US$250,000. BARNABY,...

Published:Sunday | November 17, 2024 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

MOUTTET MILE-ASPIRANT SHEER DELIGHT yesterday won his first race on local soil ahead of the US$250,000 event set for December 7, convincingly beating local non-winners of four races at nine furlongs and 25 yards for the United Racehorse Trainers...

Published:Friday | November 15, 2024 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

BARNABY, ONE of six Americans for whom Mouttet Mile gates have been reserved, debuts among overnight-allowance company in Sunday’s Alsafra at seven and a half furlongs. Three-year-old BARNABY, a Churchill Downs winner, has been busy in the mornings...

Published:Thursday | November 14, 2024 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

MACK AND ROME confirmed his status as a circular-nine specialist last time out, winning his third race on the course by wiring imported rivals, and locals alike, to score a mild 5-1 upset on October 20. In a decent show of sustained pace, MACK AND...

Published:Friday | November 8, 2024 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

JASON DaCosta’s post-race admission that FUNCAANDUN wasn’t 100 per cent himself after beating stablemate ISTHATAFACT at seven furlongs on October 5, clocking 1:26.0 in underfoot conditions, must have been a frightening interview for all Jamaica Cup...

Published:Monday | November 4, 2024 | 12:08 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

COREY Schafer, president, International Sports Karate Association (ISKA), and organiser of the annual United States Open in Orlando, Florida, has heaped praises on Jamaica’s five-man team, which took home 10 medals from ISKA Europe’s Amateur...

Published:Thursday | October 31, 2024 | 12:13 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

MOJITO, HALF-BROTHER to recent Errol ‘Big Sub’ Memorial winner RAINSVILLE, and the horse all thought would have swept his peers for the Triple Crown last season, returns from an 11-month hibernation for Saturday’s overnight allowance at six...

Published:Monday | October 28, 2024 | 12:07 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

JASON MCKAY, chief executive officer of McKay Security and president of New Raiders Football Club, recently fulfilled a pre-election promise of delivering 32 kits to teams in the St Catherine Football Association. However, only 20 teams were on...

Published:Monday | October 28, 2024 | 12:07 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

“RAIN, rain, go away,” the travel advisers badly want to play the 20th Annual United States Travel Advisors Golf Tournament, which failed to get past the first hole yesterday at Sandals Upton Estate Golf and Country Club. Jake Coldiron, national...

Published:Saturday | October 26, 2024 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

RICHARD Stone, the first fighter to win back-to-back Night of Champions International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) World Championship titles at the International Sports Karate Association (ISKA) United States Open, has issued a warning to teammate...

Published:Friday | October 25, 2024 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

SWIFT action by the Jamaica Racing Commission (JRC) yesterday resulted in immediate suspension from ‘panel duties’ of the stewards responsible for Monday’s disqualification of TEKAPUNT, a decision which caused racegoers to riot, forcing the...

Published:Friday | October 25, 2024 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

TODD Keirstead can be best described as a Harlem Globetrotter with a big golf swing. Playing golf “all my life”, Toronto-native Todd drew gasps, “oohhs” and “ahhhs” from players and spectators alike with his showmanship at the 28th Baxter Media...

Published:Thursday | October 24, 2024 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

GRECIAN LIGHT has a 13lb swing on SUPER ALEX in Saturday’s Caymanas Park Announcers’ Trophy, a tricky middle-distance event, which could spill in multiple directions should the pace get too hot with speedsters OASIS JAK, MONEY MARKET, and BURLAP...

Published:Wednesday | October 23, 2024 | 12:08 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

AS JAMAICA’S elite team of martial artists prepare to face the best of Europe in tatami kickboxing at the 2024 International Sport Kickboxing Association Amateur Members Association (ISKA AMA) World Championships, starting in Vienna, Austria, today...

Published:Tuesday | October 22, 2024 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

PANDEMONIUM BROKE out at Caymanas Park yesterday, resulting in abandonment of the Heroes’ Day meet, following a disqualification which levelled the heated jockeys’ title race between Raddesh Roman and Tevin Foster. With fans of either jockey highly...

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

RADDESH Roman broke his silence with a spanking four-timer yesterday, responding to leader Tevin Foster’s similar feat, which had sent him four clear in their battle atop the jockeys’ standings last Saturday. Starting the afternoon on 105 wins to...

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...

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