MAHOGANY ALLOWS THE WEIGHT IN REGGAE TROPHY HANDICAPS
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Mahogany has been asked to carry top weight of 57.0 kilogrammes in the five-furlong straight Reggae Trophy scheduled for next Saturday, August 13, 2022, at Caymanas Park. Eighteen horses have been provisionally entered in the Reggae Trophy with the closest in terms of weight to Mahogany being King Arthur with 49.0 kilogrammes. […]
EASY TO WATCH REPLAYS FOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 2022 – DERBY DAY
FIRST RACE Winner Buff Bay 5-2 JOCKEY Dick Cardenas TRAINER Rowan Mathie DISTANCE 7 furlongs 1,400 metres MARGINS 2 by 2 ¼ SPLITS 24.2 x 47.3 x 1:13.4 TIME 1:27.3 ========================================================================= SECOND RACE Winner King Antholew 1-1 JOCKEY Dane Dawkins TRAINER Rowan Mathie DISTANCE 6 furlongs 1,200 metres MARGINS 6 by a ½ SPLITS 23.3 […]
SELECTED GALLOPS | EXERCISE FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 2022
HORSE EQUIP. WORK DIST. TIME CALCULUS & Cantered (WP) - - DUKE - Cantered/Galloped – Straight 3F 0:36.4 EL PROFESOR - Cantered (RND) EROY - Cantered (RND) HOWILOOKIN T Cantered/Galloped 3F 0:36.2 IANNAI LINKS - Cantered/Galloped – Straight 4F 0:50.3 JOHNCROWJEFF - Cantered out straight JORDON REIGN'S - Cantered/Galloped – Chute 7F 1:28.3 KING ARTHUR […]
INDEPENDENCE FEATURE – THE HORSES, JOCKEYS, TRAINERS OVER 60 YEARS OF RACING AT CAYMANAS PARK
KINGSTON, Jamaica - THE ultra-modern Caymanas circuit was opened just under three years prior to 1962, and Saumarez, trained by former jockey Aston Commock and ridden by popular heavyweight reinsman Sylvester “Suit” Williams , was the first winner of the Derby in Independent Jamaica. Horseracing as a viable industry had the consummate racing men and […]
INDEPENDENCE FEATURE – 60 YEARS OF RACING AT CAYMANAS PARK: THE ADMINISTRATIVE YEARS
KINGSTON, Jamaica - A significant fraction of a millisecond past midnight, changing the previous day to the morning of August 6, 1962, was the momentous occasion of Jamaica’s transitional evolution from a political arrangement of internal self-government, overseen by the British Parliament, to full control of the governance of the country’s affairs. Significantly, three years […]