BLUE VINYL exploded from fifth to first, midway the stretch run of yesterday’s 2000 Guineas, outclassing long-time leader BRINKS and EMPEROROFTHECATS in an 11-length victory for trainer Patrick Lynch. Sent off as the 3-2 favourite from the dreaded...
BLUE VINYL couldn’t have worked any better for Sunday’s 2000 Guineas at a mile, galloping the distance out the chute in 1:43.4, the last seven in 1:30.2, signalling that he is ready to outstay his peers, who are all suspect at the trip. Though...
ATOMICA’S RACES have turned into ‘watch’ events, pundits taking stock of the times Gary Subratie’s filly has been posting, comparing her Thornbird and Portmore Stakes clocking to the colts’ and geldings’ Prince Consort and Kingston runs, summing up...
GOD OF LOVE should make it two-in-a-row, returning up in class, but on favourable terms at a friendly trip, facing DUKE and GO DEH GIRL in Saturday’s Pari-Mutuel Trophy going five furlongs straight. The six-year-old speedster went all the way with...
AMY THE BUTCHER closed out four winners for Dick Cardenas and a three-timer for champion trainer Anthony Nunes by scoring a textbook length-and-quarter victory in yesterday’s Labour Day Trophy at seven furlongs. Running the rail throughout, after...
PHILIP Feanny’s I’VE GOT MAGIC wore down speedy RUNAWAY ALGO at the last hop, winning Sunday’s Seeking My Dream Trophy by a neck at odds of 17-1, leaving 4-5 favourite FURTHER AND BEYOND to finish a floundering third. Attempting to make all in the...
REPORTING off a four-month lay-up and unplaced in three races since finishing second to SHE’S A WONDER in last season’s Jamaica Oaks last August, AMY THE BUTCHER emerged a market-springer, even-money favourite, to dismiss non-winners-of-three at...
SIMILAR to a compass, the handicap needle for Sunday’s Seeking My Dream automatically points north, FURTHER AND BEYOND, suggesting the reigning Horse of the Year should repeat his April 2 Saint Cecelia Trophy clobbering of EXCESSIVE FORCE and I’VE...
PREDICTABLY MADE to look inferior by MAHOGANY two weeks ago, GOD OF LOVE returns among overnight-allowance company, non-restricted, hunting a repeat of his November 28 win at the level when landing the Gerry Skelton Memorial at five and a half...
DUKE’S MODUS operandi of firing off two or three wins in a row should land him his second race in a month, taking on six rivals in Saturday’s Lady Geeta Trophy at six furlongs. Since logging a hat-trick of wins in little under a month late last...
Christopher Armond, whose booming voice as a commentator excited horse-racing enthusiasts at Caymanas Park for a decade, and who served later as an administrator in Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad, died Wednesday at age 66. Inducted into the Hall...
PATRICK Lynch’s BLUE VINYL made amends for his April 3 Prince Consort Stakes near-miss with a commanding victory in yesterday’s Kingston 2000 Guineas prep, turning the tables on EMPEROROFTHECATS, who tried to make all but quit under topweight 126lb...
EMPEROROFTHECATS has a mammoth task at 126lb in Sunday’s Kingston Stakes, allowing too much weight for his own good, going a half-furlong longer, after hanging on by a short head to beat BLUE VINYL at seven furlongs in the Prince Consort Stakes....
ATOMICA’s class act in the Thornbird Stakes, after being slammed into by OUTBIDDER at the off, seven and a quarter lengths clear of runner-up GOLDEN WATTLE, makes Gary Subratie’s runner a tough horse to beat in Saturday’s fillies-only Portmore at...
I AM FRED’s never-say-die qualities were on full display last time out, winning a heated stretch battle with CURLIN’S AFFAIR to secure third in the fast-run Easter Sprint Cup won by RUNAWAY ALGO, who turned back off-the-break MAHOGANY in 1:05.2 at...
BLESSED WITH a turn of foot last exhibited by SHE’S A MANEATER, backed by a powerful stretch run, FURTHER AND BEYOND won’t be easily beaten in one-kick races such as Saturday’s Viceroy Trophy at a mile. The weight swings against FURTHER AND BEYOND...
SMALL-string trainer, Dale Murphy, yesterday enjoyed his best day ever as a conditioner at Caymanas Park - RUNAWAY ALGO making every post a winning one in the Easter Sprint Cup, turning back 1-5 favourite MAHOGANY - after earlier landing a massive...
PHILIP Feanny swept the first two places in yesterday’s feature event for three-year-olds, non-winners of two races – the Simply Magic Cup – named for his 2002 Triple Crown winner, upstaging champion trainer Anthony Nunes’ 7-5 favourite, NEFERTARI...
MONDAY’s Easter Sprint Cup boils down to whether MAHOGANY, though technically down two classes, can return off a seven-month lay-up to outsprint overnight-allowance runners at five and a half furlongs. MAHOGANY is no stranger to winning off a lay-...
NEFERTARI and SILENT MISSION both had mishaps at the gate last time out. Only one got away with it. This time around, there will be no room for error when the fillies from rival barns line up in Sunday’s Simply Magic Cup at a mile for non-winners...
ANTHONY NUNES and Jason DaCosta have started their see-saw battle atop the trainers’ stakes standings after going down to the wire last season. Nunes, who sealed a third straight title with GOLDEN WATTLE’s upset victory over colts and geldings in...
EMPEROROFTHECATS yesterday reproduced his scintillating form at exercise, a bullet 1:13.2 for six furlongs a week prior, to make every post a winning one, landing the seven-furlong Prince Consort Stakes by a short head from 6-1 shot BLUE VINYL....
EMPEROROFTHECATS has thrown Saturday’s Prince Consort Stakes on its head after galloping a bullet 1:13.2 at exercise, out the mile chute, last Sunday morning - bettering BRINKS and DEEZI, 1:13.4 and 1:14.4, respectively - akin to setting a cat...
ATOMICA, THE speedy, unbeaten half-sister to Bonnie Blue Flag and Royal Dad Trophy Grade 3 winner, Southern Cruise (Weekend Cruise), has looked awesome in the mornings and should use her pace to land Saturday’s Thornbird Stakes at seven furlongs....
HOVER CRAFT is down in class for Sunday’s ‘Lindy’ Delapenha Memorial at a mile, taking on old rival CRIMSON, who never looked the part when beaten out of sight by imported I’VE GOT MAGIC at seven and a half furlongs two Saturdays ago. Sent off at...
