Andre Ramgeet wins three races in West Virginia

HOLLYWOOD DRIVE, West Virginia (CMC):

Andre Ramgeet, son of well-known Jamaica-born jockey Andrew Ramgeet, logged three wins over the past two race days at the Charles Town racetrack.

The 32-year-old Florida-born reinsman moved his aggregate of wins for the season to 12 with a single win on Thursday’s nine-race card and a double win on Friday’s eight-race programme, moving him into 14th in the jockeys’ standings.

The younger Ramgeet collected a 1-1/2 lengths awin aboard the 8-5 favourite MONKEY WRENCH in the US$20,600 fifth race over 1300 metres on the dirt on Thursday.

He got MONKEY WRENCH to race with the pace from the inside and duelled for the lead from the three-eighths pole and contested on even terms at the rail on the far turn before he drew the three-year-old, grey gelding clear past the eighth pole and holding firm under steady encouragement to record a time of 1:23.30 minutes.

The younger Ramgeet opened his account early the next day when he piloted the 6-1 bet DROPKICK QUEEN to a 1-3/4 lengths win, in the US$19,400 seventh race over seven furlongs on a sloppy dirt track in rainy conditions.

After he rated DROPKICK QUEEN close on the inside around the first turn, Ramgeet started a bid on the three-year-old, bay filly leaving the three-eighths pole, raced her in the three-path on the far turn before getting her to dig in for the lead past the sixteenth pole and edging clear late from runner-up KATALIIMA, under Barbadian jockey Reshawn Latchman, to finish in 1:28.93 minutes.

The younger Ramgeet followed up with a 1-1/4 length win astride the 8-1 choice SHE’S MYBUDDYBUDDY in the US$32,700 fourth race over seven furlongs on the sloppy dirt track.

He got SHE’S MYBUDDYBUDDY to save ground around the first turn and started a bid on the three-year-old bay filly leaving the seven-sixteenth pole before he got her to improve at the rail on the far turn and dig in to take the lead late for a time of 1:28.82.

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