It’s official Dane Nelson will not ride on Caymanas Sunday – tied championship
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Official word has come that Dane Nelson who is tied with Anthony Thomas with 84 wins in the race to become champion jockey for 2020 will not be riding on the Caymanas Sunday (December 27) programme. It was already known that Thomas would not be riding over this weekend because of an […]
Sunday racing starts at 11:00 am - 11 races on tap - Anthony Thomas not riding, Dane Nelson uncertain
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The last race day of the truncated 2020 season which lost three months because of COVID-19 takes place today starting at 11:00 am at Caymanas Park. There are eleven races on the programme with the one mile Jamaica Two-year-Old Stakes and the Chris Armond Sprint Cup being the features. Quickgallop.com understands that […]
#US RACING: Charlatan returns in style at Santa Anita – watch video replay
Charlatan is officially back. Making his first start Saturday since a June ankle surgery, the Bob Baffert trainee romped to victory in the Grade 1, US$300,000 Malibu Stakes. Sent off as the 8-5 second choice, Charlatan easily bested 6-5 favourite and fellow 3-year-old Speightstown colt Nashville. Charlatan covered seven furlongs over the Santa Anita […]
Nipster lays solid claim for Horse of the Year title with smashing win in Ian Levy Cup – one-two finish for trainer Gary Subratie
RACE TYPE – Three-year-olds and upwards Open Allowance/Graded Stakes Ian Levy Cup DISTANCE – 8 ½ furlongs KINGSTON, Jamaica – Racing for the 14th time this year, Nipster finished his three-year-old campaign with a magnificent effort in winning the Caymanas Boxing Day night cap with a devastating run which has placed him atop […]
Salvation for “The Maestro” – Philip Feanny on the double in Caymanas Boxing Day ninth
RACE TYPE – Three-year-olds Restricted Allowance – non winners of two DISTANCE – Five furlongs round KINGSTON, Jamaica – The man dubbed “The Maestro” by his peers and those in racing many times champion trainer Philip Feanny demonstrated that despite cutting down on his training activities in recent years for breeding pursuits on his […]
Double for jockey Javaniel Patterson, trainer Ryan Darby as Reassurance takes Caymanas Boxing Day seventh
RACE TYPE – Three-year-olds and upwards Optional Claiming $250,000 - $200,000 DISTANCE – Five and a half furlongs KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jockey Javaniel Patterson and trainer Ryan Darby secured their second win on the Caymanas Boxing Day card when a game Reassurance won the seventh offering. Patterson kept Reassurance on the outside of the […]
Late burst drives Cold Pursuit to victory in Caymanas Boxing Day sixth
RACE TYPE – Three-year-olds non-winners of two DISTANCE – Five furlongs round KINGSTON, Jamaica – Cold Pursuit not known for his speed waited far behind tearaway leaders Casual Affair (Phillip Parchment) and Another Prosecutor (Robert Halledeen) before his rider Reyan Lewis asked him to go and Cold Pursuit responded in a flash to take […]
Magenta at the first time of asking in Caymanas Boxing Day fifth – rare winner for jockey Kerry-Gayl Robinson
RACE TYPE – Two-year-olds maiden special weight DISTANCE – Six furlongs KINGSTON, Jamaica – Magenta a chestnut filly by Here Comes Ben – Winning Spirit got off to a winning career start in the Caymanas Boxing Day fifth. A quick burst from Magenta, who was one of the last to enter the starting gates […]
Super Amia wins Caymanas Boxing Day fourth at 5-1
RACE TYPE – Four-year-olds and upwards restricted allowance non-winners of three maiden condition DISTANCE – Five and a half furlongs KINGSTON, Jamaica – Super Amia trained by Dennis Lee raced to the lead under the guidance of apprentice Jordan Barrett and then had to hold off the late effort of Uncle Vernon into order […]
Tied jockeys’ contest not the first at Caymanas Park – it happened in 1970, 50 years ago with Richard DePass and Jose Bravo
KINGSTON, Jamaica – If both leaders in the current jockeys’ standings Anthony Thomas and Dane Nelson with 84 wins each fail to saddle up on the last race day of the year tomorrow (Sunday, December 27), it will not be the first occasion in the 61-year existence of Caymanas Park that the jockeys' race would […]