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Stories by Ainsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

Published:Friday | February 20, 2026 | 12:08 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

CALIFORNIA CROWN has no chance of winning Saturday’s Chairman’s Trophy. Yet, the speedster’s role, a pace-setting rabbit for stablemates INTRESTNTIMESAHEAD, GIRVANO and PROVIDENT, will determine the winner of the event. The bullseye will be on PACK...

Published:Thursday | February 19, 2026 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

United-States bred WALL STREET TRADER yesterday defied topweight 126lb to mow down DON KWESI approaching the furlong pole, landing the Ash Wednesday Trophy in out-of-class fashion, franking his upset victory over two-time Mouttet Mile runner-up...

Published:Tuesday | February 17, 2026 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

DON KWESI, the most improved local-bred of last season, makes his overnight-allowance debut in the midweek Ash Wednesday Trophy after flattening foreigners, AMERICAN AVIATOR and FRED THE MASTER, in back-to-back races. Though cutting back in...

Published:Thursday | February 12, 2026 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

MIGHTY GULLY returns with the scale and five furlongs straight as bonuses, sweetened by Tajay Suckoo’s four-pound claim, making her seasonal debut in Saturday’s Reggae Month Trophy after a brave run in December’s Bruceontheloose at six and a half...

Published:Friday | February 6, 2026 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

BARNABY, seventh-place finisher in the 2024 Mouttet Mile, who humbled two-time Horse-of-the-Year ATOMICA in back-to-back races last season, clocking a stakes record 1:43.4 in the Ian Levy at eight and a half furlongs, returns unbeatable off a near...

Published:Thursday | February 5, 2026 | 12:19 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

Perfectly drawn at post-position 11, stalking-sprinter CHAMPION BUBBLER returns to her happy hunting ground, five furlongs straight, at which only a sub-59.0 will deny the seven-year-old United States-bred mare in Saturday’s George HoSang Trophy....

Published:Wednesday | February 4, 2026 | 12:17 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

New Raiders Football Club won a historic court action against the beleaguered St Catherine Football Association (SCAFA) last Friday. Justice David Batts upheld an injunction barring the parish’s governing football body from finalising its 2024-2025...

Published:Thursday | January 29, 2026 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

BRUCEONTHELOOSE Sprint grade-one winner, Florida invader OF A REVOLUTION, should avenge his shocking grade-two Miracle Man Cup loss to fellow American GIRVANO when they lock horns in Saturday’s Eileen Cliggott Memorial at six and a half furlongs....

Published:Thursday | January 29, 2026 | 12:07 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

Still in awe and shock at the extent of damage wreaked by Hurricane Melissa in the western half of Jamaica last October, TotalEnergies Jamaica’s Managing Director Vincent Daniault appeared eager to oversee last Friday’s handover of 1,884 solar...

Published:Wednesday | January 28, 2026 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica Inn Foundation’s Swim For The Sanctuary, staged at Shaw Park Beach, St Mary, last Saturday, rescheduled from its annual fixed date of the first Saturday of November after the October 28 passage of Hurricane Melissa, continues to be an...

Published:Thursday | January 22, 2026 | 12:18 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

TAYLOR MADE’s exercise gallops make her unstoppable in Saturday’s Rimsky Trophy at six furlongs, her first outing as a three-year-old, after trotting up against two-year-old maidens on debut at five furlongs round in December. Sired by Aveenu...

Published:Thursday | January 15, 2026 | 12:15 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

NAUTICAL STAR, the Florida invader who Anthony Nunes had aimed at the Mouttet Mile, harbouring hopes of a come-from-behind win in last season’s trainers’ stakes race, returns two classes lower in Saturday’s six-furlong St Catherine Cup among...

Published:Thursday | January 8, 2026 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

Outgunned by rival Anthony Nunes’ PHENOMENAL POWER last Saturday after a stinging three-timer on New Year’s Day, four-time champion trainer Jason DaCosta’s resumes his assault on the 2026 season with AMERICAN AVIATOR seeking a second career win in...

Published:Friday | January 2, 2026 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

OF A REVOLUTION, winner of the Bruceontheloose Sprint when debuting locally on Mouttet Mile Day, was beaten yesterday by fellow American GIRVANO, victim of a baffling ride from returning champion jockey Raddesh Roman. Sent off as the 2-5 favourite...

Published:Wednesday | December 31, 2025 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

Saturday’s feature, the Security Department Trophy, is a complex five-furlong straight event in which varying factors, most notably the track bias and handicaps, could turn the race on its head. Anthony Nunes’ ANOTHER ONE could start favourite as a...

Published:Tuesday | December 30, 2025 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

Bruceontheloose Sprint winner, Florida-invader OF A REVOLUTION, opens Anthony Nunes’ 2026 title bid in Thursday’s Miracle Man Cup at seven furlongs among open-allowance runners, a level lower than the grade-one event he won when debuting locally on...

Published:Saturday | December 27, 2025 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

WE JAMMIN, touted by The Gleaner/RJR Group’s Track and Pools race form from as early as Wednesday morning when the publication hit the streets, yesterday won the Wayne DaCosta Jamaica Two-Year-Old Stakes at odds of 6-1 under six-time champion...

Published:Wednesday | December 24, 2025 | 12:14 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

LEGACY ISLE, this year’s Gold Cup winner and two-time Mouttet Mile runner-up, reverts to his comfort zone, sprinting against four rivals in Saturday’s Christopher Armond Memorial at five and a half furlongs. Armed with a record of five wins from...

Published:Tuesday | December 23, 2025 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

WE JAMMIN, a stubborn winner on debut under Omar Waker, rallying under a hand ride against the rail to outfinsh SENOR BISCOTTI, returns with lasix administered, making Peter-John Parsard’s runner the horse to beat at a mile in Friday’s Jamaica Two-...

Published:Monday | December 22, 2025 | 12:07 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

INTRESTNTIMESAHEAD yesterday capitalised on the revolving door of condition races and Jason DaCosta’s smart move of seating claiming rider Anthony Allen, to score a workmanlike win over stablemate BRENDA BOY in the Will In Charge Trophy at a mile...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

LEADERS of the occupational groups at Caymanas Park have expressed their appreciation for a recent meeting with Ryan Reid, new chair of the Jamaica Racing Commission (JRC) and Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission. Reid replaced Clovis Metcalfe,...

Published:Friday | December 19, 2025 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

MISSION Impossible quickly escalated into ‘race over’ for INTRESTNTIMESAHEAD at the start of the Bruceontheloose Sprint on Mouttet Mile Day, not having a ghost of a chance against Florida invader OF A REVOLUTION, compounded by bumping at the start...

Published:Friday | December 19, 2025 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

RYAN Reid, new chair of the Jamaica Racing Commission (JRC) and Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), has hit the ground running at Caymanas Park, recently meeting with representatives from the agents, grooms and trainers associations....

Published:Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

A winner in open overnight-allowance winners a month ago, PRINCE AMAAN has tumbled two levels lower to face $1.5-million claimers in Saturday’s fourth event at five and a half furlongs. Claimed at the level in May by Jason Dacosta from rival...

Published:Monday | December 15, 2025 | 12:06 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

DANE Nelson made it six winners in three meets yesterday, hanging on by a nose aboard Anthony Nunes’ 7-5 favourite, ANOTHER ONE, to deny United States-bred COMMANDER Z with journeyman Ian Spence in the Charles Hussey Trophy at five furlongs...

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