Records and milestones at Caymanas Park over 60 years
As the racing community prepares to celebrate 60 years of horse racing at Caymanas Park on Saturday next (August 24), The Supreme Racing Guide reminds readers some of the records and milestones achieved at the home of racing in Jamaica. FIRST WINNER - On Saturday, August 22, 1959, the first race was run at Caymanas […]
Celebrating 60 years at the Park
Promoting company of horse racing in Jamaica, Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL) is putting together the final touches of their plan to celebrate in a big way, the 60th anniversary of horse racing at Caymanas Park. The 60th anniversary race day is set for Saturday next, August 24. A former sugar estate, owned […]
US RACING – A look at the 2019 Travers Stakes
Without the presence of Maximum Security, Game Winner or War of Will, some racing fans might feel let down by this renewal of Saratoga’s Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers Stakes. But Saturday’s (August 24) race remains a fantastic one for bettors with many ways to go about playing it Most eyes will fall on Tacitus, […]
US RACING: US$3.65 million colt now has a name – trained by Bob Baffert
The record-setting US$3.65 million colt purchased by Coolmore and sent to Bob Baffert out of Fasig-Tipton’s March sale of two-year-olds will from now on be known as Cezanne, an ode to the French post-impressionist painter. In an interview, Baffert said Cezanne is on course for an October debut at Santa Anita Park. The son of Curlin […]
Edgar Prado side-lined with broken rib after fall at Gulfstream Park
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado is expected to be side-lined a few weeks with a broken rib sustained in Friday’s last race at Gulfstream Park. Prado was unseated from his mount Mister Noisi down the backstretch. Agent Mike Kelly said Prado was taken to Aventura Hospital and Medical Center after Friday’s […]
Higher Power wins Pacific Classic at Del Mar
KINGSTON, Jamaica - It’s just the latest case of trainer John Sadler inheriting a horse from other connections, putting him in the program and ending up with a Grade 1 winner after Higher Power rolled to a dominating — if not a bit surprising — win in Saturday’s US$1 million TVG Pacific Classic at Del […]
Lady Blue gets it right in O & S Tack Room Trophy to give Walker/DaCosta a double
KINGSTON, Jamaica – After encountering traffic problems, the Wayne DaCosta trainee, Lady Blue under a determined ride by Omar Walker was able to burst through two horses in the last half-a-furlong of the 6 ½ furlongs event to win the O & S Tack Room Trophy at Caymanas Park moments ago. The trophy race, a […]
Casual Drink finally gets the job done in TOBA Trophy race
KINGSTON, Jamaica – After promising much when she made a winning debut last year, Casual Drink did enough to win this year’s running of the 7-furlong Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders’ Association Trophy at Caymanas Park not long ago. Ridden by apprentice Christopher Mamdeen and trained by Gary Subratie, Casual Drink got home in Restricted Allowance […]
Double for Anthony Thomas as he brings home 4-1 chance Jamai Raja
KINGSTON, Jamaica – It was a gate to wire effort on the Errol Waugh trained Jamai Raja which brought the second winner on the day for champion jockey, Anthony Thomas. Jamai Raja won an Optional Claiming ($1,000,000 - $850,000) event over a mile. None of Jamai’s Raja rivals was able to challenge and when he […]
Mamacita provides apprentice Shane Richardson with first winner in 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Valedictorian of the last batch of apprentices, Shane Richardson rode his first winner for the 2019 racing season, when he piloted the Andrew Nunes trained, Mamacita to victory in the fifth race of 11 on the Saturday (August 17) programme at Caymanas Park. Mamacita won a Maiden Special Weight event for three-year-olds […]