The sloppy track, plus the tongue tie off made the difference for King Arthur winning the Derby – trainer Wayne DaCosta
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Since the restart of racing after the three-month break due to COVID-19 restrictions, trainer Wayne DaCosta has not been in the winners’ enclosure to greet his many winners. Well today, DaCosta made the short trip from the trainers’ room to the winners’ circle to meet and celebrate with his upset 18-1 winner […]
King Arthur, Phillip Parchment, Wayne DaCosta, Carlton Watson sit at the 100th Jamaica Derby round table
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The almost forgotten King Arthur obviously relishing the sloppy underfoot conditions used every weapon in his armoury to win the historic 100th running of the Jamaica Derby. King Arthur is owned by Carlton Watson, was ridden by Phillip Parchment, is trained by Wayne DaCosta and is groomed by Leon Walker. The winning […]
Heavy showers at Caymanas mean a wet and sloppy race track for Derby runners
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The rain started to pour down heavily at Caymanas Park about an hour ago and has continued to do so albeit at a steady drizzle. This wet race track will greet the now 10 starters in the Derby which is just one race away to be contested. Originally, 11 runners were nominated […]
England’s Rose at her ‘blooming’ best – wins SVREL Sprint
KINGSTON, Jamaica – England’s Rose from the rich purple bloodline of Natural Selection – Ahwhofah making her a full sister of She’s A Maneater, who has had several injury issues during her short career, bloomed majestically to emphatically take home the Caymanas Saturday fourth. That was England’s Rose fourth win from seven starts with her […]
Trainer Richard Phillipps returns to the winners' enclosure after absence of nearly 20 years
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Derby Day 2020 provided the setting for a return to the winners' enclosure by trainer Richard Phillipps. Trainer Phillipps, who has been away from racing for close to 20 years for various reasons watched with delight as jockey Dane Nelson pushed his charge Cartel to victory in the Caymanas third over long-time […]
Extruder gets the Seeking My Dream – the Caymanas Saturday second after disqualification of Tricky One
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The race day stewards stepped in on Derby Day to disqualify first by the post in the second race Tricky One ridden by Oshane Nugent. Tricky One rallied in deep stretch to nip Extruder (Robert Halledeen) on the line but then the stewards deemed that Tricky One had intimidated and caused interference […]
4-5 on Battle Dancer starts Derby Day (Oct 31) race card at the Park – Shepanza a Derby late-non-starter
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Punters got especially their exotic wagers off to a flying start when 4-5 on in the final betting Battle Dancer won the first of the 10 Derby Day races at Caymanas Park a short while ago. Battle Dancer after finishing 13th and 11th in his first two starts returned under the […]
Quickgallop.com reminder - Early 11:10 am post time for today's (Oct 31) Derby Day card
KINGSTON, Jamaica - There is an early post time for the first of the 10 races on offer on today's Derby Day programme. Post time for the first race is 11:10 am. Quiockgallop.com is ready - stay on this site.
RIDING WITH THE STARS - A final look by Sportsmax analysts at the 100th Jamaica Derby - watch video
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Quickgallop.com and Sportsmax TV take a final look at the historic Jamaica Derby which will be run tomorrow (Saturday, October 31, 2020) at Caymanas Park.
Sportsmax's AT THE TRACK for Thursday, October 29, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Quickgallop.com readers can view the Sportsmax produced AT THE TRACK which covers local and Caribbean races as well as other jurisdictions. WATCH AND ENJOY!