Uncle Frank – getting better with age
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Wayne DaCosta produced another trophy winner on the midweek 11-race card at Caymanas Park on Wednesday (September 11) with Uncle Frank who won the St Cecelia Cup feature over 6 ½ furlongs (1,300 metres) among Open Allowance horses — three-year-olds and upwards. Uncle Frank, a five-year-old progeny of Storm Craft – Dusty […]
After long wait – Taranis is a winner
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Taranis, a seven-year-old chestnut gelded son of Adore The Gold returned to the races for the fourth time since 2017 in a $1,000,000 - $850,000 optional claiming race for three-year-olds and upwards and native-bred four-year-olds non-winners of four going five furlongs (1000 metres) round and promptly defied the odds by winning the […]
Search For A Song wins Irish St Leger
Search For A Song gave trainer Dermot Weld an eighth success in the Comer Group International Irish St Leger at the Curragh. Having only the fifth start of her career, and the only three-year-old in the race, the daughter of Galileo landed the spoils under an enterprising ride by Chris Hayes. He decided the pace […]
El Tormenta upsets at 44-1 in Canadian Woodbine Mile
El Tormenta, a 44-1 longshot by Stormy Atlantic stuck with a rail draw in the Grade 1, CAN$1 million Woodbine Mile, drove by favored Got Stormy to upset in the Breeders’ Cup qualifier. The winner finished up 1:32.60 under jockey Eurico Rosa Da Silva, edging the filly Got Stormy after a brave move by some […]
Chris Mamdeen breaks winners’ drought with victory on She’s An Introvert
KINGSTON, Jamaica – After losing a shoe on her last outing, foreigner She’s An Introvert trained by Gary Subratie and ridden by Christopher Mamdeen got the job done in the tenth of 11 races at Caymanas Park a short while ago. Ridden from off the pace set by Awesome Aviator and Sebastian, Mamdeen who was […]
Rare, rare winner for trainer Chris Pearson – Hadia wins at 8-1
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The up and down day for punters continued in the ninth when 8-1 outsider Hadia with Shavon Townsend aboard won a Maiden Special Weight for four-year-olds and upwards run over seven furlongs. Hadia trained by Christopher Pearson who was having one of his rare successes, was slowly out of the gates but […]
Double for Nunes as San Siro wins the seventh
KINGSTON, Jamaica – San Siro after many attempts finally released the maiden tag with an effortless victory in the seventh event on the 11-race Saturday card now underway at Caymanas Park. Ridden by Shane Ellis, San Siro was held well of the pace in the one mile– three-year-old maiden contest.. Leaving the three-furlong point on […]
Stranger Danger a cut above the rest as he easily takes GG Stakes
KINGSTON, Jamaica – It was expected, it was waited for and Stranger Danger delivered with an aplomb which now means he has raced eight times and has won eight times. Stranger Danger won the sixth race, the Grade One, Governor General Stakes over 10 furlongs. Ridden by his now regular ride Omar Walker, Stranger Danger […]
Buck Call at 29-1 in fifth race
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Racing over a distance of two furlongs, Buck Call in a field of 16 triumphed from the number two draw to create a stunning upset in the day’s fifth race at starting odds of 29-1. Trained by Raymond Townsend who was winning his second race in 2019, watched as Buck Call with […]
It’s Enable next for Aidan O’Brien’s Magical after taking Qipco Irish Champion Stakes
Connections of Sea The Stars and Frankel know that Aidan O’Brien likes to ensure the road to greatness is paved with Ballydoyle landmines so Enable can expect to feel the full might of Rosegreen force when she seeks to carve her own bit of history at Longchamp next month. Magical, second in three successive Group […]