BIG JULE again made short work of rivals yesterday, scooting home six and three-quarter lengths clear of Anthony Nunes’ pair, SANTORINI and BERN NOTICE, for the second time in a month. Basically a rerun of BIG JULE’s November 20 runaway win at nine...
BIG JULE’s out-of-class display against second-string three-year-olds catapulted the in-utero colt into another sphere, which he should underline in Sunday’s restricted stakes at a mile, despite picking up five pounds for his nine-length demolition...
BILLY WHIZZ has no business among overnight-allowance runners after being caught two hops from the line in the two richest races run this year, August’s $7.5 million Jamaica Derby and last month’s $6 million Jamaica Cup, taking on the best older...
ABIGAIL ABLE gave LABAN’s backers quite a scare at the start of yesterday’s Ahwhofah Trophy. Almost unseated at the start aboard the even-money favourite, she recovered to slice through the nine-horse field from eighth position to slip down third...
AFTER four races in the higher class, finishing second twice and fourth the other two occasions, Richard Azan’s LABAN, similar to GOD OF LOVE recently, is back among overnight allowance runners, who he beat four months ago. Never mind that LABAN...
LET’S GET IT ON and SWEET MAJESTY have both performed creditably against decent colts and geldings in recent races to be given the nod in their respective sections of Saturday’s fillies-only Miracle Cure Sprint at the tricky trip of five and a half...
WHATEVER HAPPENS at the gate will determine the winner of Saturday’s None Such Sprint. SHE’S A WONDER and DUKE traded victories at six furlongs in two meetings because of one factor, they got it terribly wrong at the start of their respective...
GOD OF LOVE outbattled GO DEH GIRL by a half-length in what turned out to be a match race on the lead in the Gerry Skelton Memorial at five and a half furlongs yesterday. Down in class among overnight allowance runners, the level at which he had...
GOD OF LOVE is down in class and on the prowl, returning to overnight allowance for the Gerry Skelton Memorial at five and a half furlongs tomorrow, having notched his only victory this season when similarly lowering his sights in June. However,...
THOUGH dominating last month’s Cash Pot ‘Only One For Me’ at six furlongs, completing the stable exacta for Richard Azan, SLAMMER and PERFECT BREW could find themselves in a stew Saturday, going up against BRINKS and POWER, pacey colts coming off...
ANTHONY Nunes ended the weekend with back-to-back last-race victories over rival Jason DaCosta, ALIMONY landing yesterday’s non-winners-of-two sprint at five furlongs round ahead of SUDDEN FLIGHT. On Saturday, Nunes’ SPARKLE DIAMOND made every post...
HEART OF THE SEA has the speed and a rail-hugging draw to steal a march on rivals in tomorrow’s closing event at five furlongs round, a victory Jason DaCosta badly needs to end the weekend on a high in his battle with Anthony Nunes atop the...
AARON Chatrie made amends for MUM’s recent disqualification and returned to close a two-timer with DIAMOND STAR on yesterday’s nine-race card. A disqualified winner with Chatrie at five furlongs straight, two Sundays ago, MUM again gave her backers...
LAST SUNDAY’S disqualified winner, MUM, and fourth-past-the-post ALEXA’S DREAM, who was subsequently promoted to third, should land their respective divisions of Monday’s fillies-only event, restricted to three-year-olds, at five furlongs straight...
IAN PARSARD has a chokehold on $2.5 million Port Royal Sprint at six furlongs tomorrow, sending to post three fancied runners in the seven-horse field – morning-line favourite SHE’S A WONDER, FATHER PATRICK and ROJORN DI PILOT. Gary Subratie’s DUKE...
HORSE-OF-THE-YEAR honours, a three-way claim to bragging rights and a hotly contested trainers’ title race are all on the line in Saturday’s nine-and-half furlong Jamaica Cup, which has had a build-up fraught with the unexpected. From BILLY WHIZZ’...
UNITED STATES-bred LURE OF LUCY is the ante-post favourite to notch a fourth straight win when she lines up in Saturday’s St Elizabeth Distaff for fillies and mares, one of three co-features on Jamaica Day at Caymanas Park, topped by the six-...
STEVIE THE GREAT, who debuted as a four-year-old winner in July, ran like a seasoned pro yesterday to chalk up his fourth victory from six starts, hanging on by a diminishing short head to beat HELICOPTER flying at the finish of the five-and-a-half...
K.D. ROCKET tried to pull a fast one on rivals, going six furlongs on October 16, but was cut down by ALEXA’S LODGE inside the final furlong after ripping splits of 22.4, 34.1 and 45.4 into the lane. Despite coming around from an outside draw to...
FORTUNE has favoured NUCLEAR NOON twice in under a week, getting a field half-stacked with stayers going five furlongs round on Saturday after being gifted Sunday’s Tack Room Trophy at the start by BILLY WHIZZ. Almost six of the 13 starters back-to...
Spurred by the mushrooming of fast-food delivery services amid surging demand during curfews, hotelier Lee Issa has seized on the coronavirus pandemic’s motorcycle boom to form a new company specialising in electric bikes and scooters. Pitched as...
BILLY WHIZZ, considered the safest horse to peep through a blinker on yesterday’s nine-race card, sent bets crashing by losing the only way he could, rearing at the start of the six-furlong O...
PRNCSSHOOTINGSTAR’s manner of victory on debut, eased in 46.3, after an opening quarter of 22.3, was an awesome display of sprinting, reminiscent of her sire, Buzz Nightmare, making her a frightening prospect with 116lb in Saturday’s Cash Pot ‘Only...
JAMAICA’s first open-water swim meet in two years, ‘Swim for the Sanctuary’, set for Saturday, November 6, at White River House Beach, Ocho Rios, has the aquatic community and partners of the event’s beneficiary, the White River Fish Sanctuary, all...
