Horses Continue To Prepare For Classic Dates – Selected Choices
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Following the exercise this morning (Sat, July 15, 2023), The Quick Galloper went through the report to find out how the Jamaica Derby and Jamaica Oaks aspirants were preparing. The 10-furlong Jamaica Oaks is scheduled for Saturday, August 5, 2023, and the 12-furlong Jamaica Derby on Monday, August 7, 2023. Acknowledgeme trained […]
The Final Analysis – Sunday, July 9, 2023
KINGSTON, Jamaica - On another quiet Sunday afternoon, the form players had little to complain about as most of the fancied starters raced competitively to make the frame in the early events. In the opener with a triple 24 hours earlier, Tevin Foster moved his tally to four winners for the two-day weekend race card. […]
Meet Trainer Patrick Smellie
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Patrick Smellie is the elected president of the United Racehorse Trainers’ Association of Jamaica (URTAJ). As a conditioner for many years, Smellie shares his time in racing. QUESTION – (Q) PATRICK SMELLIE (PS) Q: Take us on the journey that led you into the racing industry? PS: I grew up in Patrick […]
Selected Gallops | Exercise For Saturday, July 15, 2023
HORSE EQUIPMENT WORK DISTANCE TIME A GIFT FROM BEN - Cantered/Galloped 3F 0:38.0 ABILITY - Cantered (WP) ACKNOWLEDGEME - Cantered (WP) ALEXA'S SECRET - Gate/ Galloped - Straight 5F 1:03.2 ALL FOR LOVE B Cantered (WP) ALWAYS WRIGHT B Cantered/ Paced 7F 1:41.0 ANTARCTICA & Cantered (WP) ATOMICA - […]
#US RACING: Watch Whitebeam Upset In Saratoga’s Diana Stakes
The Grade 1, $500,000 Diana Stakes was run on a beautiful, green turf course on the first Saturday of the Saratoga meeting. However, the results of the race were Brown. Chad Brown that is, as the trainer won the prestigious stakes for older fillies and mares for the eighth time with surprising Whitebeam. Whitebeam was one of […]
Gulfstream Park Replay Show | Saturday, July 15, 2023
#UK RACING: Watch – Shaquille Win The July Cup At Newmarket Festival
Shaquille shot to the sprinting summit at Newmarket as Julie Camacho’s speedster doubled his big-race tally in the Pertemps Network July Cup Stakes. The three-year-old was competing in handicap company on the weekend of the opening Classics of the season – but he has since announced himself as a star of the division and having taken the […]
#UK RACING: WATCH - Juvenile Sensation City Of Troy Win At Newmarket Festival
City of Troy shot to the top of next year’s 2000 Guineas betting after confirming his class with a destructive display in the bet365 Superlative Stakes at Newmarket. Trained by Aidan O’Brien, the regally-bred son of Triple Crown hero Justify looked a real talent on debut at the Curragh two weeks ago and immediately took […]
Jockeys’ Guild Backs Trainers, Owners, Wants An Increase In Purses
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica Jockeys’ Guild President Phillip Parchment says his members support trainers and owners in their dispute with Supreme Ventures and Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL) regarding purse money. At a meeting held at Caymanas Park on Tuesday, stakeholders in the local horse racing industry rejected a $27-million purse increase offer made by […]
Trainer Michael Hall Tells His Story
QUESTION (Q): How did you get into horse racing? MICHAEL HALL (MH): I got into horse racing through Arthur Bell — the senior brother to the football coach and commentator Neville Bell. We worked at Appliance Traders: I was in the capacity of sales manager and Bell was in the industrial field department and he […]