On Saturday, August 22, 2026, Don Kwesi delivered what was arguably his finest performance to date in the ninth race, only to be disqualified after a lengthy inquiry by the race day stewards.
Trained by Barrington Bernard and ridden by jockey Jaheim Anderson, the Don Kwesi was stripped of the victory following a post-race inspection.
The official reason delivered over the track’s loudspeaker stated that Anderson had weighed-in over the permitted limit of 0.5 kilograms.
While the exact weight recorded on the scales remains unknown to The Quick Galloper, sources confirm that Anderson was weighed on two separate scales to verify the finding, first in the winner's enclosure and again in the area close to the jockeys' room.
The Quick Galloper shares with readers on this website the specific Rules of Racing pertaining to weighing-in and disqualifications.
WEIGHING IN AND DISQUALIFICATIONS
RULE 215. Every jockey must, immediately after pulling up, ride his horse to the place appointed for unsaddling, dismount, and present himself to be weighed by the Clerk of the Scales provided that if a jockey be prevented from riding to the place appointed for unsaddling by reason of accident or illness by which he or his horse is disabled, he may walk or be carried to the scales, and his horse shall not be disqualified on that account provided the correct weight was declared to the Clerk of the Scales on weighing in. If a jockey be too ill to weigh in, his horse shall not be disqualified provided that the jockey weighed out at not less than his proper weight.
RULE 216. Except by special permission of the official in charge, every jockey must, upon pulling up, unsaddle his own horse, and no attendant shall touch the horse except by his bridle. Upon the returning of a jockey to the place appointed for unsaddling after a race has been run, no one may touch the equipment of the jockey until he has been weighed in, except upon the approval of the official in charge.
RULE 217. (1) If a jockey, except as provided in Rule 215 does not present himself to be weighed in, or, except as provided in Rule 215 if he dismounts before reaching the scales, or dismounts without permission, or if before weighing in, he touches or is touched by except accidentally) any person or thing other than his own equipment, his horse may be disqualified and he may be fined or suspended. (
2) If a jockey be more than 0.5 kilogram less than the weight at which he weighed out or if a jockey be guilty of any fraudulent practice with respect to weight or weighing his horse shall be disqualified and the matter shall be reported to the Stewards who may fine or suspend the person responsible or report the matter to the Commission.
218. If a jockey weighs in at more than one kilogram over the weight at which he weighed out, the matter shall be reported to the Stewards who shall fine the person responsible unless they are satisfied that such excess weight has been caused by rain or mud or they shall report the matter to the Commission.
