No spectators at Kentucky Derby over COVID-19 concerns

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - Next month's 146th Kentucky Derby, the second event in US horse racing's Triple Crown, will be contested without spectators, Churchill Downs announced last Friday (August 21). The September 5 showdown in Louisville, Kentucky, was postponed from May 2 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and concerns over the deadly virus prompted […]

Patriarch and jockey Robert Halledeen in one tilt

KINGSTON, Jamaica – He left the gates in a blaze of speed but this time Patriarch, with the distance of 5 ½ furlong much more to his liking, was able to hold himself together despite bleeding to win the penultimate race on the Caymanas programme just moments ago. Patriarch ridden by Robert Halledeen and trained […]

Jockey Anthony Thomas at his best as he drives De Inevitable to victory in Caymanas fifth

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Ringing into his qualities of strength and determination, former champion jockey Anthony Thomas had to dig deep to claim victory in the fifth race at Caymanas Park aboard 8-5 chance De Inevitable. De Inevitable released the maiden tag in condition race restricted to four-year-olds and upwards at a distance of seven furlongs. […]

Odds on at 1-5 – Mister Mandate and Dick Cardenas oblige in Caymanas second

KINGSTON, Jamaica – It was expected and although the race had to be run, Mister Mandate duly delivered in the second of 11 races on the Saturday card currently underway at the Park. Racing in a maiden two-year-old contest running over five furlongs round, Mister Mandate a chestnut colt by Strong Mandate – Moonlight Brew, […]