Jamaican edges further ahead at Fair Grounds

Jamaican Shaun Bridgmohan edged further ahead in the Fair Grounds jockeys’ championship race at New Orleans, Louisiana, yesterday when he piloted the four-year-old filly Songtress to victory in the eighth race.



It was the only win on the card for Bridgmohan but his nearest rival James Graham failed to ride a winner and the 30-year-old Spanish Town native widened his lead to six wins.



With less than three weeks remaining in the season, Bridgmohan has 64 wins to lead Graham 58, and other contenders John Jacinto 54 and Jamie Theriot 53.



Bridgmohan, who missed Saturday’s card because of commitments at Oaklawn Park in Arkansas where he scored two wins, steered Songtress to an easy win in the US$41,000 eighth race over six furlongs for top trainer Steve Asmussen.