KINGSTON, Jamaica – Dropping down from Overnight Allowance to $550,000 - $500,000 claiming, Crucial Appeal was seen as a lock in most if not all of the exotic bets.
Yet, the nine-year-old could not handle the youthful spurt of Axle Rod ridden by apprentice Kiaman McGregor and trained by Everal Francis.
Axle Rod always prominent in the five-straight event, drew away from rivals to win by 3 ½ lengths as a 7-2 betting option.
Crucial Appeal as the 1-5 favourite was second with Smokey Top (14-1) third.
| RACE 3 $550-500,000 CLAIMING (3YOS&UPWARDS) 1000METRES/5FURLONGS STRAIGHT 2:00 PM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pos. | No. | Horse | Jockey | Odds | Win | Place | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Axle Rod | Kiaman McGregor | 7-2 | $231 | $66 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Crucial Appeal | Anthony Thomas | 1-5 | $61 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 7 | Smokey Topaz | Bebeto Harvey | 14-1 | $83 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 6 | Alexandra | Reyan Lewis | 36-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | Sweet Destiny | Daniel Satchell | 22-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| TRAINER: Everal Francis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Splits: 22.4 x 46.0 - Time: 1:00.0 - Margins: 3-1/2 x 3/4 - 9 RAN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EX:$737 | T/Fecta:$431 | S/Fecta:$3,394 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| D/E:$784 | Triple:$748 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
