Gallopja has Patriarch as the 2-1 morning line favourite to win Sprint Championship

Gallopja has Patriarch as the 2-1 morning line favourite to win Sprint Championship KINGSTON, Jamaica – Hot young sprinter Patriarch trained by Anthony Nunes is given  the nod by Gallopja analysts as the 2-1 favourite to win the six furlongs, Sprint Championship tomorrow (Nov 10) on the Burger King Super Day of racing at Caymanas […]

Grooms to be honoured on Burger King Super Day

KINGSTON, Jamaica - – Eight of Jamaica’s most successful horse grooms will be honoured at the Burger King Superstakes Raceday at Caymanas Park on Saturday, November 10, 2018. The honourees have groomed the ten most recent “Horse of the Year” winners.  They include: Arthur Spencer, 2008 “Alsafra”; Keith Cornwall – 2009 “Ahwhofah”; Donville Smith – […]

Six face the starter in Burger King Superstakes, Will In Charge goes from 4

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Only six horses will take up starting post positions in this year’s running of the Burger King Superstakes scheduled to be run on Saturday, November 10 at Caymanas Park. The final starters and draw for post positions was just made known and done at Caymanas Park. Horse of the moment Will In […]

Glen Mills Sprint Fest attracts 10 starters

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Ten horses have been officially nominated in the Glen Mills Sprint Championship over six furlongs, one of the major races on the Burger King sponsored Super Day of racing set for Caymanas Park on Saturday next (November 10, 2018). The draw for post positions was just concluded at Caymanas Park. The reigning […]

Imported star Hilly’s Halo draws number 11 in Coca Cola Invitational Mile

The Coca Cola Invitational Mile has attracted a final field of 11 starters after the draw for post positions was done a short while ago at Caymanas Park. The Invitational Mile will be competed for on Saturday, November 10 at the same venue. Hilly’s Halo the precocious American bred filly with Dane Nelson aboard is […]

Diamond Mile Scholarship, Award of Excellence bring further boosts to horse racing

The Diamond Mile Scholarship and The Diamond Mile Award of Excellence were announced as 2 new enhancements to Jamaica’s most prestigious horse racing event, The Diamond Mile Race Day. Speaking at the launch event for the 4th staging of the Diamond Mile Race Day, Vitus Evans, Executive Director of the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission, […]

Cross Counter wins Melbourne Cup for Godolphin stable

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — English stayer Cross Counter, ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, gave Dubai-based Godolphin stable its first Melbourne Cup with victory in Australia's largest and most prestigious horse race on Tuesday. The race was marred when the Aidan O'Brien-trained The Cliffsofmoher broke down at the winning post the first time around, breaking its right […]

KENTUCKY POLICE: Drunken man rode horse toward track at Breeders' Cup

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police say a drunken man entered a restricted area at the Breeders' Cup Classic, mounted a horse and rode it out toward the racetrack before he was arrested. News outlets quote a police report as saying 24-year-old Michael Wells-Rody was arrested Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville. Police say […]

BGLC Diamond Mile launch today – Tuesday November 6, 2018

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The fourth running of the richest race on the local calendar, the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission, Supreme Ventures Limited sponsored Diamond Mile takes place today at 11:00 am at Devon House in Kingston. This year the Diamond Mile will be run on December 1. Chairman of the BGLC, Clovis Metcalfe is […]