No stopping Wow Wow
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Wow Wow underlined his juvenile superiority yesterday at Caymanas Park when he dispatched rivals once again, this time in the top two-year-old event of the season, the Jamaica Two-Year-Old Stakes. Sponsored by Supreme Ventures Limited, the Jamaica Two-Year-Old Stakes is contested for over a distance of one mile (1,600 metres). Wow Wow, […]
A closer look at the race meeting of Thursday, December 26, 2019
Money Call finally off the mark Four-year-old chestnut colt Money Call (Zahaazeh – Pat on Call), after finishing in fourth in his last three starts, was finally able to find the winning post in front. Money Call’s triumph came in the Super Lotto “Become A Super Millionaire” Trophy over six-and-a-half furlongs (1,300m). Money Call got […]
The race meeting of Saturday, December 21
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Having appealed his six-day ban for several riding infractions which should have commenced on December 14, leading rider Christopher Mamdeen has made full use of the opportunity to keep riding. This, while the Jamaica Racing Commission tries to convene a quorum to hear the matter. Although Mamdeen’s mount Struck by Grace was […]
A first win for new apprentice Nicholas Hibbert
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Nicholas Hibbert, one of the current crop of 19 apprentice riders who recently graduated from the Jamaica Racing Commission Jockeys’ Training School, is off the mark. Hibbert rode his first winner as a licenced apprentice when he piloted the 8/5 chance Voytek to victory by five lengths in the Royal Lancaster Trophy […]
Suasion one to watch
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Two races after Voytek romped The Royal Lancaster Trophy for colts and geldings, Suasion, stepped forward to wrest the Sunny Side Stakes for two-year-old maiden fillies. Both races were run over five furlongs round (1,000 metres) on Saturday (December 21) at Caymanas Park. While Voytek (49.0 kg) lead home the colts and […]
Two hefty carryovers to aim at on Saturday (December 28) card
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Race goers aiming to punt on the Saturday nine-race programme at Caymanas Park have two rather hefty pay outs to aim. The most appealing is the Sunrise-6 which after the Boxing Day results has a whopping carryover of $2,064,464.03. On Boxing Day despite, the presence of certain banker Wow Wow in the […]
Sentient finally gets the job done as Mamdeen rides his second winner
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Despite coming slowly out of the starting gates and despite being interfered with when rounding the half-mile turn, Sentient couldn’t help but win the eighth of nine races on the Boxing Day card at Caymanas Park a short while ago. Ridden by champion jockey elect Christopher Mamdeen and trained by Gary Subratie, […]
Wow Wow makes it eight in a row – captures Jamaica Two-Year-Old Stakes
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Win number eight in a row for Wow Wow was not as easy as expected yet the total dominance of this two-year-old bay colt by Casual Trick – Sarah Barracuda over his peers continued unabated with victory in the one mile Jamaica-Two-Year-Old Stakes sponsored by Supreme Ventures Limited. Jockey Ameth Robles the […]
Sunshine Cat upsets at 19-1 in second Boxing Day race
KINGSTON, Jamaica – In a dramatic burst of speed over the last half a furlong, Sunshine Cat came from dead last to upset rivals in the second Boxing Day event which was a six-furlong contest for horses in the $650,000 - $600,000 claiming bracket. Sunshine Cat with apprentice Anthony Allen in the saddle was the […]
Money Call at 6-5 with Anthony Thomas gets Boxing Day card underway
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Boxing Day nine-race programme got off to a reasonable start for punters when the 6-5 second favourite, Money Call obliged. Money Call ridden by outgoing champion jockey Anthony Thomas and trained by the rejuvenated Michael Francis surged through with a half a furlong to go, winning authoritatively in the end by […]