As usual there was no citation in the official form publication for honouree Kaz Hoshay in whose memory the feature event was staged.
The presumption is that everyone should suspect that this was an outstanding thoroughbred trained by Philip Feanny and not the name of some worthy historic member of the opposite sex, whose contribution is being recognised.
Staged as the nightcap, the 1200-metre gallop was controlled by the Jason DaCosta declared, Madelyn’s Sunshine (USA), ridden by leading reinsman Reyan Lewis (92 wins) for the third of his successes on the card.
Four-year-old-bay colt Neo Star, imported in utero and schooled by Peter-John Parsard, made it to the Overnight Allowance category in the shortest period in living memory.
The medium-sized progeny of prolific stallion Neolithic (USA) finished five lengths second in a maiden event on August 25. Since then, he has followed up with a series of four consecutive successes including the 1400-metre opening event on today’s ten-race card.
Neo Star, the 9-5 favourite was ridden by champion Dane Dawkins (78wins) to score by a neck over hindered to be unlucky 5-1 shot Gracefully Made (Raddesh Roman).
The second of Lewis’ riding triple came aboard Simba The Lion (6-5) in race two and was the first of a stable double posted by trainer Patrick Lynch. Notably, Lewis and Lynch would return to the winners’ enclosure in the 1600-metre race nine following a determined front-running victory by Canadian-bred Atlantic Convoy.
In race three over 1000 metres round, 2-5 favourite Stickydon (Phillip Parchment) trained by Courtney Williams coasted in ahead of three rivals.
In the 1400-metre gallop for race four honours, Bebeto Harvey guided 7-5 favourite Thunderstrike, owned and trained by Oral Hayden, to a near two-length defeat of the nearest of her three rivals.
Given the fact that Justin Biden second and stablemate General Chief were ahead of her behind Neo Star in her previous outing, the fifteen and a half-length runaway by 6-5 favourite Real Boss (USA) in race five over 1500 metres, may have even surprised jockey Raddesh Roman and perhaps more so, conditioner Spencer Chung. This four-year-old American-bred filly could be one of those late-developing-sort beginning to show significant improvement.
In tandem with jockey Tevin Foster (73wins), the stable of former three-time trainer titlist Anthony Nunes was in double form.
Race six, restricted to three-year-old fillies, with one career victory and contested over 1300 metres as Division One, went to his 3-5 favourite Wow How scoring by just over three lengths.
An hour later in race eight, Division Two, Nunes’ Savvy Girl needed the complete skill set of Foster to score by a neck in three way driving finish battle.
Sandwiched between the Nunes pair of winners was the maiden success of the three-year-old colt Mr Wonderful (14-1), schooled by veteran Donovan Plummer.
Enterprisingly ridden by Shamaree Muir, the colt sired by Bern Identity, was clear 300 metres out but only lasted home by a neck. This frustrated the belated effort of his chief rival Lady Ramdularie, even-money favourite ridden by the triple-seeking Tevin Foster.
