GOLIATH THE GREAT RE-ENTERS WITH NO SLING AROUND

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Three of the nine races on the Sunday card of May 8, 2022, feature the three-year-olds including THE KINGSTON. The first of these three-year-old races is the fifth (non-winners of two)  going five furlongs straight. Ten horses go to post.  PEAKY BLINDERS is a chestnut gelding (April 16) by Distorted Humor out […]

#US RACING: BANNED BAFFERT STILL LOOMS LARGE AT 148th KENTUCKY DERBY

WASHINGTON, United States - There will be a capacity crowd and full field of horses in Saturday's Kentucky Derby, but with legendary trainer Bob Baffert banned, the race is far from back to normal. Covid-19 safety measures saw the event moved from May to September in 2019 and run last year with about 60% of […]

#US RACING: SECRET OATH GIVES 86-YEAR-OLD - D WAYNE LUKAS 5th KENTUCKY OAKS WIN

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Secret Oath charged from pack to grab the lead from Yuugiri and off favorite Nest by two lengths Friday in the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs, giving 86-year-old trainer D. Wayne Lukas his fifth Oaks win and first since 1990. Coming off a third-place run behind colts Cyberknife and Barber Road […]

SPECIAL NOTES: RACE DAY | SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2022 – INCLUDING THE KINGSTON

KINGSTON, Jamaica – THE QUICK GALLOPER has compiled special notes for the race day of Sunday, May 8, to include THE KINGSTON.   THE KINGSTON   1 – The dominant sire in THE KINGSTON is Bern Identity. Bern Identity has sired three of the 13 participants including Blue Vinyl (Bern Identity out of Blufield), Perfect Brew (Bern […]

THE QUICK GALLOPER CANNOT GO AGAINST ATOMICA IN THE PORTMORE

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Nine members of the fairer sex line-up for the second running of THE PORTMORE – a race for three-year-old fillies going seven and a half furlongs. This is the final prep instalment for the ‘ladies’ before the start of the Classic races, which begins in approximately one month's time with the 1000 […]