Mahogany – continues on right path
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Mahogany, trained by Ian Parsard, who won by a city block on his final start in December 2019 as a two-year-old, returned against tougher rivals going seven furlongs (1,400) on Saturday, January 18, at Caymanas Park with much to prove. It was the colt’s first race for the new season as a […]
Double Crown makes encouraging start to career
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Double Crown began his racing career with an impressive win. The Bellamy Road - Salty Talk bred-in-utero chestnut colt, trained by Ian Parsard, showed that he is one earmarked for better things with an eye-opening performance on Saturday (January 18) at Caymanas Park. Double Crown entered racing with a crisp 1:27.0 for […]
Apprentice Kawise Gentle – first winner comes in at a high price
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Kawise Gentle, a 28-year-old claiming apprentice from the last batch of graduates, became the fifth member of that cohort to open his winning account. Gentle did so after piloting the Carl Anderson-bred, owned, and trained Twilight Storm to victory in the fifth race at Caymanas Park on Saturday (January 18). Twilight Storm […]
Errol Thomas – a special groom
This medium had a sit-down with former champion groom Errol Thomas to find out about his long and outstanding career. The interview is published below. QUICKGALLOP (SRG) ERROL THOMAS (ET) QG: What is your background? ET: I was born at 131 Hatfield Avenue in Gregory Park, Portmore, St Catherine, in 1950. I grew up there, […]
Owner of Prince Consort Hylton Dallas shares his story
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Hylton Dallas former racehorse owner has spent many years in the sport he loves with a passion. Dallas, in one of his rare interviews, spoke of his almost lifetime involvement in racing. QUICK GALLOP – QG HYLTON DALLAS – HD QG: How did you get into racing? HG: I got into racing […]
Apprentice Anthony Allen progresses in the saddle – an analysis of race day Saturday, January 18, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica - “The general expectation for 2020 is that apprentice Anthony Allen, who has improved in recent times, and seemingly with a footprint in Anthony Nunes’ champion stable, that will enable the youngster to make a significant impression on the Caymanas jockey colony.” This direct extract from this column in reviewing the New Year’s […]
FINAL PROGRAM for Sunday,January 26, 2020 now on Quickgallop.com
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The FINAL PROGRAM for the first Sunday race day of 2020 is now complete and has been posted on Quickgallop.com. Users of Quickgallop.com can access the runners for Sunday, January 26, 2020 by pressing the FINAL PROGRAM button at the top of the homepage.
US RACING: Bricks and Mortar pulls off an Eclipse Awards sweep
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Best horse. Best trainer. Best owner. Best jockey. Best breeder. Bricks and Mortar had a perfect year, and the Eclipse Award voters gave his team a historic night. After going 6 for 6 — all on the turf — at six tracks last year, Bricks and Mortar and his connections […]
US RACING: Pegasus World Cup favourite Omaha Beach withdraws from event
Hours after Pegasus World Cup (G1) second choice Spun to Run defected from the race Thursday, favorite Omaha Beach followed. Trainer Richard Mandella told Gulfstream Park's publicity staff that Omaha Beach showed "light swelling" in his right-hind fetlock after training earlier in the morning, fearing it's the beginnings of a fracture. The 4-year-old son of […]
UK RACING: Enable to start 6-year-old career with Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Enable, who will campaign in 2020 as a 6-year-old, was this week named a co-World's Best Racehorse along with two other European stars despite not winning her target race in 2019, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Trainer John Gosden said at a ceremony in London that another shot at the Arc, which Enable won […]