KINGSTON, Jamaica – Leaving the starting stalls at odds of 6-5, Another Commander got off the mark in his racing career on a heavy track saturated by heavy rains in the delayed fifth race on the Wednesday card at Caymanas Park.
Another Commander a chestnut gelding by Sensational Slam – Diamond Princess trained by Patrick Taylor and ridden by Javaniel Patterson shot into the lead as the gates opened in the six-furlong maiden two-year-old contest.
Prohibitive 1-2 favourite Versatile Vision (Shane Ellis) challenged relentlessly throughout until they entered the straight when Another Commander pulled away easily to win by 5 ¾ lengths.
Versatile Vision was second while Colawill was another five lengths behind in third.
The winning time on the wet track was 1:15.0.
RACE 5 MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT (NB2YO) 1200M/6FUR 2:25 PM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pos. | No. | Horse | Jockey | Odds | Win | Place | |||||||||||||||||||
1 | 3 | Another Commander | Javaniel Patterson | 6-5 | $116 | $50 | - | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | 4 | Versatile Vision | Shane Ellis | 1-2 | $50 | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | 5 | Colawill | Romario Smith | 16-1 | $50 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 6 | Olde Wharf | Dane Dawkins | 8-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 7 | Last Lick | Ameth Robles | 27-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
TRAINER: Patrick Taylor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Splits: 23.3 x 48.1 Time: 1:15.0 - Margins: 5 3/4 x 5 - 8 RAN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
EX:$286 | T/Fecta:$317 | S/Fecta:$1,052 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
D/E:$604 | Triple:$2,454 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||