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Published:Friday | January 19, 2024 | 12:08 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

SHOULD RHYTHM BUZZ reproduce his December 17 victory in the slop or his prior run against CAPTAIN CALICO, not to mention a strong second-place finish behind imported ATLANTIC CONVOY on November 4, Sunday’s Bonnie Blue Flag at seven and a half...

Published:Thursday | January 18, 2024 | 12:14 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

STARTING THE weekend $2.32 million behind leader Gary Subratie, whose out-of-class American, DESERT OF MALIBU, spotted the field a dozen lengths before mowing down MADELYN’S SUNSHINE in last Saturday’s St Catherine Cup, Jason DaCosta has eyes on a...

Published:Monday | January 15, 2024 | 12:08 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

HOME-course heroes Oshane Haye and Zandre Roye, yesterday warmed up for the January 18-21 Latin America Amateur Championship at Santa Maria Golf Club in Panama by defending their Ocho Rios Charity Golf Tournament title, emerging gross winners on 59...

Published:Thursday | January 11, 2024 | 12:08 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

RETURNING IN Saturday’s St Catherine Cup at six furlongs with five impressive fast times, from five furlongs straight to a mile, it will take an out-of-this-world performance to deny five-year-old DESERT OF MALIBU. United States-bred DESERT OF...

Published:Friday | January 5, 2024 | 12:08 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

GOD OF LOVE was far from disgraced last time out behind EMPEROROFTHECATS in the Ahwhofah Trophy at six furlongs on December 10, putting him in good stead to finally break his five-furlong straight jinx in Saturday’s Security Department Trophy. GOD...

Published:Tuesday | January 2, 2024 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

ATOMICA ran MAMMA MIA off the lead and awaited her rival’s stablemate, IS THAT A FACT, who she battled from against the rail in the stretch run, rallying when headed off, to land yesterday’s Ian Levy Cup by almost six lengths. Forgiven by punters...

Published:Saturday | December 30, 2023 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

MAMMA MIA being her only speed threat in Monday’s Ian Levy Cup at eight and a half furlongs, ATOMICA is set to put yet another disappointing Mouttet Mile run to rest. MAMMA MIA, who has never beaten open-allowance company, more so grade one, has...

Published:Friday | December 29, 2023 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

BREAKING from the inside post in division one of Saturday’s Vestia Trophy, MONEY MISER has avoided the foreigners in division two, instead facing the likes of NORBLAR and SUPER ALEX, who he had outclassed by three lengths at nine furlongs and 25...

Published:Wednesday | December 27, 2023 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

INTERESTNTIMESAHEAD ACCELERATED rapidly from sixth position, three and a half furlongs out, to turn for home chasing RUN JULIE RUN, collaring the grey filly midway the stretch run for an impressive three-length win in yesterday’s Jamaica Two-Year-...

Published:Saturday | December 23, 2023 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

COMEHOMETOME impressed at exercise last Tuesday morning, clocking the fastest seven-furlong among two-year-olds, 1:29.0, putting aside FASTNFURIOUSLINKS, who posted 1:29.4 in their workout ahead of next Tuesday’s Jamaica Two-Year-Old Stakes at a...

Published:Thursday | December 21, 2023 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

THINGS COULD get tricky for bettors in Saturday’s Chris Armond Memorial Sprint with champion trainer Jason DaCosta holding the aces, topweight SHE’S MY DESTINY and speedy United States-bred MADELYN’S SUNSHINE, who will report 20lb lighter than her...

Published:Monday | December 18, 2023 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

MORIMOTO and SNOWFLAKES took advantage of higher ground at five furlongs straight to complete the track-bias exacta in yesterday’s Charles Hussey Trophy. While their rivals toiled mid-track in heavy underfoot conditions, caused by steady rainfall...

Published:Friday | December 15, 2023 | 12:15 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

PERFECTLY drawn at post-position 11 with no frightening speed close enough to claim the stands’ side, MORIMOTO should use his superior mid-race pace to dominate Sunday’s Charles Hussey Trophy at five furlongs straight. POWER RANKING and BRINKS,...

Published:Thursday | December 14, 2023 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

FREEDOM STREET will try escaping with 114lb in Saturday’s open allowance at seven furlongs, but Richard Azan has thrown up Abigail Able aboard LABAN at 101lb to keep Patrick Lynch’s runner honest on the lead for PERFECT BREW to pounce. PERFECT...

Published:Monday | December 11, 2023 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

EMPEROROFTHECATS took over from GOD OF LOVE after a furlong and ran away from the pack leaving the half-mile marker for an easy win in yesterday’s six-furlong Ahwhofah Trophy. Unraced since May when beating open-allowance runners at odds of 16-1 at...

Published:Friday | December 8, 2023 | 12:08 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

EMPEROROFTHECATS’ last speed gallop suggests he could steal Sunday’s six-furlong Ahwhofah Trophy from in front with 119lb if unbothered by GOD OF LOVE on the lead. On exercise form, EMPEROROFTHECATS appears sharpest of the two speedsters, galloping...

Published:Thursday | December 7, 2023 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

THOUGH HE appears to be in a tough spot against legitimate sprinters, going five and a half furlongs in Saturday’s War Zone Sprint, SENSATIONAL MOVE will benefit from the cheap speed of VOLATILITY, BAZINGA, and LADY ABHIMALA, who will all be making...

Published:Thursday | November 30, 2023 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

ROUGH ENTRY, the Florida Invader, looks set to run roughshod over his 15 rivals in Saturday’s Mouttet Mile. Unlike the other foreign invitee, EASY AS A. B. C., who has failed to bother the track announcers in two starts locally, ROUGH ENTRY enters...

Published:Thursday | November 23, 2023 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

LABAN, WHO actually chased MADELYN’S SUNSHINE into the lane on November 4, allowing the out-of-class foreigner five pounds, should again prove better than KP CHOICE and RACE CAR in the stretch run of Saturday’s Gerry Skelton Memorial at five and a...

Published:Monday | November 20, 2023 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

RAINSVILLE easily made amends for his unlucky loss in last month’s Announcer’s Trophy, easily winning yesterday’s closing event at seven furlongs for non-winners of an overnight allowance event. The four-year-old grey, bred Casual Trick-...

Published:Friday | November 17, 2023 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

RENEWING rivalry with MORIMOTO and SUNSET SILHOUTTE in Sunday’s non-winners of an overnight-allowance event, RAINSVILLE gets an extra half-furlong and a better draw, mid-gate at stall seven, after enduring a horrific trip from the inside draw in...

Published:Thursday | November 16, 2023 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

RHYTHM BUZZ has excuses aplenty after failing by three-quarter length to overhaul Canada-bred ATLANTIC CONVOY at a mile two Saturdays ago. Returning at nine furlongs and 25 yards, facing old rivals MONEY MISER and ESSENTIAL QUALITY in Saturday’s...

Published:Saturday | November 11, 2023 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

ALREADY excited that celebrated Gulfstream Park race caller, Peter Aiello, will be joining Jamaica’s all-time great, Brian ‘Spuddy’ Rickman, in the box at Caymanas Park this afternoon, fans will be treated to a first in the history of local-racing...

Published:Thursday | November 9, 2023 | 12:13 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

DECEMBER’S MOUTTET Mile cast is spread over three events on Saturday’s 10-race card – the St Elizabeth Distaff, Jamaica Cup and Port Royal Sprint – a fitting build-up to the US$150,000 humdinger set for December 2. Canada-bred AMERICAN TAP and...

Published:Friday | November 3, 2023 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

IN three short years, Jamaica Inn Foundation’s Swim for the Sanctuary has established itself as a year-end, go-to event on the Aquatics Sports Association of Jamaica’s calendar, returning Saturday, November 11, at its Shaw Park Beach home in Ocho...

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