Trainer Anthony Nunes shares his thoughts on Supreme Soul, Caribbean Classic
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Both Jamaican entries in the Caribbean Classic contested on Sunday, December 8 at Gulfstream Park in Florida, USA, Juice Man and local 2019 Triple Crown champion Supreme Soul failed to hit the board in the nine-furlong event. Juice Man (Storm Craft – Passion), ridden by Christian Torres, was prominent throughout the race […]
Saturday (December 7) race day – a closer look
Dane Nelson boots home another three-timer Since returning from Canada last month, former three-time champion jockey Dane “Warrior Chief” Nelson has been nothing but brilliant in the pigskin. The bustling jockey rode another three winners to take his tally to 19 wins on seven race days. He got his first win in the sixth race […]
Patriarch’s speed dominates Overnight class
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Patriarch, still looking fresh after coming off a four-month break, used his class and talent to dispatch rivals in the top-rated Non-Restricted Overnight Allowance event going five-furlongs (1,000m) straight on Friday, December 6, 2019, at Caymanas Park. Patriarch last raced on August 1 in a five-and-a-half furlong (1,100m) contest in which the […]
Rachel’s Grace makes it number two
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Rachel’s Grace, a talented but troubled three-year-old filly trained by Gary Subratie for owner A BMW, took the track to leave non-winners of two behind with a fighting come-from-behind victory in a Restricted Allowance call at Caymanas Park on Friday, December 6. Inside the final half of the 800 metres straight sprint […]
Wow Wow leads 20 entries for Jamaica Two-Year-Old Stakes
THE 108th RUNNING OF THE SVL JAMAICA 2-Y-O STAKES (GR.IR) 1600 METRES -PURSE: $4,000,000 (THE SUPREME VENTURES LIMITED, SUPREME VENTURES RACING & ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED -THOROUGHBRED OWNERS AND BREEDERS ASSOCIATION TWO-YEAR-OLD SERIES - RACE #3) (TO BE RUN ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2019) HORSES WGT TRAINERS COLD PURSUIT 57.0 kgs Wayne DaCosta FEARLESS CHAMPION […]
Juice Man, Supreme Soul fail to make frame in Caribbean Classic as The Brother Slew wins at 45-1
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Both Jamaican entries in the Caribbean Classic which was just run at Gulfstream Park in Florida, USA, Juice Man and 2019 Triple Crown winner Supreme Soul failed to hit the board in the nine-furlong event. Juice Man ridden by Christian Torres was prominent throughout the race but faded in the straight while […]
CARIBBEAN RACING: Kukulkan an easy winner of the Gulfstream's Copa Confratemidad del Caribe
Kukulkan took command on the far turn and pulled away to a seven-length victory Sunday in the Copa Confratemidad del Caribe at Gulfstream Park, giving him a second straight victory on Clasico del Caribe day in south Florida. It was the 16th victory in 20 starts for the 4-year-old colt by Point Determined, who won Mexico's […]
UK RACING: Hollie Doyle breaks British female jockey record
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Hollie Doyle set a new mark for a female jockey's wins in a calendar year in Britain when she brought up victory number 107 on Thursday on Class Clown at Southwell. The 23-year-old broke Josephine Gordon's 2017 record. The only other woman to reach a century of wins in a […]
Joao Moreira and Japan dominate at Hong Kong races as Win Bright wins Hong Kong Cup
HONG KONG, China (AFP) - Superstar jockey Joao Moreira shone at Sunday's Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin, as Japan put the finishing touches on a year of global dominance, winning three of the four features. Adding to Group One wins in Australia, Dubai and England in 2019, Japanese horses captured the Hong Kong […]
US RACING: Bob Baffert earns fiver at Los Alamitos
The only thing that stopped trainer Bob Baffert from sweeping Saturday's Pick 6 at Los Alamitos was lack of an entry in the finale for maiden claimers. You won't find too many of those, if any, in the Hall of Famer's barn, which also explains how he won Races 4-8 in historic fashion at the […]