BIG JULE entered the August 7 Jamaica Derby as the least-prepared runner, yet he was three-in-a-row with CALCULUS and BILLY WHIZZ, turning for home behind FURTHER AND BEYOND, before weakening, zigzagging a furlong and a half out, on what was only...
KING ARTHUR ran probably one of his worst races ever last time out, carrying near topweight in the July 31 Legal Light Trophy at nine furlongs and 25 yards, finishing next-to-last, Anthony Thomas watching from 19 lengths down the track as CRIMSON...
LABYCKA rebounded from her dismal run in the August 7 Jamaica Oaks, making every post a winning one for trainer Steven Todd in the Caymanas Park 1959 at a mile yesterday. Running with only 105lb under lightweight claiming rider Jordan Barrett,...
HOIST THE MAST, who avoided SHE’S A WONDER and the rigours of the 10-furlong Jamaica Oaks, instead facing stablemate GO DEH GIRL two days later over the straight course, should use her pace to outclass rivals at seven and a half furlongs in...
IAN Parsard has again flayed the handicapper’s attempt to burden FATHER PATRICK. Though coming in heaviest for Saturday’s Blumenthal Trophy at six and a half furlongs, Parsard, summoning Romario Spencer to claim nine pounds, has all but nullified...
CHAMPION TRAINER Anthony Nunes all but wiped out Gary Subratie’s $1.7 million Jamaica Derby gain, responding with a sweep of the first three places in two $900,000-purse events yesterday. Determined to notch a third-straight trainers’ title this...
UNIVERSAL BOSS should exact revenge on MR UNIVERSE in Monday’s five-straight sprint for million-dollar claimers. The run-on sprinter has an 18lb swing in his favour after losing to speedy MR UNIVERSE by a length and three-quarters at the trip in...
IT’S hard to back a filly to beat SHE’S A WONDER in the Oaks after twice placing against the best colts and geldings, first finishing second in December’s Jamaica Two-Year-Old Stakes and a gallant third as a three-year-old in the 10-furlong St...
IAN Parsard kept a poker face and cards close to his chest throughout, waiting until yesterday’s entries morning to unveil a twin assault on Saturday’s biggest purses at Caymanas Park – BIG JULE in the $7.5 million Jamaica Derby and St Leger third-...
MAHOGANY destroyed Fitzgerald Richards’ pair, blinding PATRIARCH with speed before turning on the afterburners, beating GOD OF LOVE by eight and a half lengths in yesterday’s Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission Trophy at five and a half...
AFTER being spanked by FATHER PATRICK at six furlongs in the Hall of Fame Stakes, Fitzgerald Richards pair, PATRIARCH and GOD OF LOVE, return for a crack at Tuesday’s Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission Trophy. However, another Ian Parsard...
APART from the distance of nine furlongs and 25 yards and a glaring 13lb swing in EAGLE ONE’s weight, there’s not hardly any difference between Saturday’s Legal Light Trophy and the King’s Plate at seven furlongs four weeks ago. Six of seven...
GARY Subratie’s one-month transformation of CALCULUS turned around two terrible runs in the Kingston and 2000 Guineas, resulting in a St Leger victory, which has propelled the Sensational Slam-Trinket Box colt to Jamaica Derby favourite. Subratie...
Ian Parsard’s 1000 Guineas winner and St Leger second runner-up, SHE’S A WONDER, appears headed to face colts and geldings in the $7.5 million Betmakers Jamaica Derby on Independence Day, Friday, August 6, as opposed to the fillies-only Jamaica...
AFTER picking their own pockets on last, forsaking a claiming rider for TREVOR’S CHOICE, who carried topweight 126lb against five-straight specialist SALVATION and losing by three-quarter length at the wire, redemption day has arrived for the...
HAVING decided to keep Dane Dawkins aboard MAHOGANY at 130lb, going six furlongs, while Jordan Barrett slips seven pounds, taking FATHER PATRICK down to 110, Ian Parsard will prove just how smart, or not, his chess move will be in Saturday’s...
EROY took over from HARRY’S TRAIN three furlongs out and turned back LEGALITY in the straight, reversing the form of his previous run, to score a two-length win in yesterday’s overnight allowance at nine furlongs and 25 yards. After meekly...
AFTER running his heart out in the seven-furlong Prince Consort Stakes, getting within a half-length of FURTHER AND BEYOND, turning the tables on CALCULUS who had beaten him in the shorter Sir Howard Stakes, BILLY WHIZZ’ inside draw and level...
TREVOR’S CHOICE tried to steal a march at six and a half furlongs on last but his 46-1 coup was quashed by NIPSTER, who mowed him down to land the Saint Cecelia Cup. Though he has had no luck at five furlongs straight, one mishap after another,...
EVERYTHING in the form book points to MINIATURE MAN winning Saturday’s Jamaica St Leger, unbeaten in three starts since stretched out past six furlongs, including a convincing 2000 Guineas victory over his two main rivals – NUCLEAR NOON and FURTHER...
EL PROFESOR dropped an 8-1 bomb in yesterday’s Awesome Power Trophy, a non-restricted overnight allowance, swooping down on EROY and DOUBLE CROWN, turning for home along the rail, before exploding for a three and three-quarter length victory at...
EROY finally gets a field he can dominate, a return to overnight allowance company, who he beat by 10 lengths in February, clocking 1:18.3 at six and a half furlongs. Reporting with 126lb in Monday’s Awesome Power Trophy at seven and a half should...
STABLEMATES PATRIARCH and GOD OF LOVE have the exacta locked in Saturday’s SVL 20th Anniversary Trophy with nary a horse in sight to separate them in the five-and-a-half furlong event for open allowance runners. The weight allotment of 126lb has...
IAN Parsard’s BIG JULE, imported in utero, yesterday announced himself as a Jamaica Derby contender, clocking 1:57.4 to land division two of the Mr Lover Lover Trophy, equalling the fastest time at nine furlongs and 25 yards this season. Bred...
TRAINER Ian Parsard has a hat-trick lined up for Monday’s 10-race card, starting with a penalty kick – MAHOGANY, the fastest middle-distance horse in the country – down in class among overnight allowance runners at six furlongs in the seventh. In...
