Formal Fashion earning his stripes
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Formal Fashion (Blue Pepsi Lodge – Onemorefashion) is slowly finding her way on the winning catwalk. The four-year-old chestnut filly outran rivals to win a Restricted Allowance IV event going over five and a furlongs (1,100m) on Sunday, January 26. The Patrick Lynch trainee, who has been holding her own in present […]
Supreme Soul’s situation reaches the Blood Horse
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Note from Quickgallop.com – The following article from the Blood Horse on the plight of Supreme Soul in the United States is reprinted below. Jamaica’s Supreme Soul stranded in US with tick fever …Hold-up over rules established by the Veterinary Services Division in Jamaica One of Jamaica’s top horses, Supreme Soul, has […]
US RACING: Kentucky Derby gets new starting gate for 2020 race
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Horses running in the Kentucky Derby will break from a new custom-made 20-stall starting gate for the 146th edition in May. Churchill Downs said Monday the new contiguous gate will eliminate the wide gap between post position No. 14 in the standard gate and No. 15 in the auxiliary gate. The […]
Notable gallops, works for Saturday, February 1, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Quickgallop.com keeps its readers updated on the morning gallops and other works, following, especially, the preparations of the three-year-olds as they go after Classic glory. These are some of the notable gallops on the Saturday morning of February 1, 2020. ABOVE AND BEYOND (chestnut filly by Blue Pepsi Lodge – Rumble) – […]
Trainer Gary Subratie sparks with triple after rousing performance by Sentient in Saturday nightcap
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A well-judged and executed ride by champion jockey Christopher Mamdeen on Sentient crowned a glorious Saturday race day for trainer Gary Subratie. Sentient a four-year-old chestnut colt by Strikeitwhileitshot – Lady Geetadeo, after his arduous three-year-old Classic attempts in 2019, and racing for the first time in 2020 was kept well off […]
FRENCH RACING: Star French jockey under investigation for alleged rape
PARIS, France (AFP) - Pierre-Charles Boudot, the jockey who rode the winner in the 2019 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, was questioned Thursday by investigators along with a woman who has accused him of rape. Boudot, 27, considered one of the best jockeys in the world, has been under investigation since the woman filed a […]
US RACING: Bob Baffert earns 3,000th win with Thousand Words at Santa Anita
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert got his 3,000th career victory when Thousand Words won the US$100,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes on Saturday. Thousand Words won by three-quarters of a length in the Grade 3 race named for Baffert's late client. The colt ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:43.64 at Santa […]
Dee Danger again – gives Shamaree Muir his first winner since his return in November of last year in 10th race
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The joy was obvious on the face and in the motions of jockey Shamaree Muir when he reached the winning post in front on Dee Danger in the just concluded 10th race at Caymanas Park. Dee Danger after winning on Saturday last repeated his success today in a five-furlong round contest with […]
Bold Aflair moves on to Open Allowance after dismantling Overnight Allowance
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Bold Aflair drawn at 10 in a field of 10 coming down the five straight course, made use of the best post-position in the contest and justified his 3-5 odds on favouritism with a facile victory in the ninth race which was just completed at Caymanas Park. Ridden by Anthony Thomas, Bold […]
Redemption for Cleopatra’s Child, Dane Dawkins, Gary Subratie
KINGSTON, Jamaica – After going by the post in first place when last at the race track on January 18, Cleopatra’s Child was disqualified. Today (February 1, 2020), Cleopatra’s Child, with Dane Dawkins in the saddle again for trainer Gary Subratie, the US bred chestnut filly got by the post in front one more time […]