Apprentice Ramon Nepare is a winner

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Ramon Nepare became the second of 19 graduates from the last batch of claiming apprentices to register a win since leaving the Jamaica Racing Commission Jockey Training School programme. Nepare lost his non-winners tag as a licenced apprentice from his eighth ride, when he piloted the Michael Marlowe-trained 5/2 chance Dada’s Nala […]

Crafty and Ready – one to watch

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Crafty And Ready, a two-year-old imported bay colt, fitted with the tongue tie for the first time, recovered from a fighting head length defeat on debut to win the Dye Job Sprint call by 4 ½ lengths with a command performance one week later on Saturday at Caymanas Park. Sent off as […]

Princess Annie back in the winners’ enclosure

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Princess Annie, the 2019 Oaks winner, returned to the winners’ enclosure for the first time in six months with a resounding 1½ lengths performance win over a mile (1,600 metres). The win by Princess Annie came in a Restricted Allowance (three-year-olds and upwards) event on Saturday at Caymanas Park. This win was […]

The rise of Princess Ava

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Princess Ava grabbed the spotlight after a smooth and emphatic late run which began from below the distance and ended with a 2 ½ length victory in the Seymour “Foggy” Mullings Memorial Trophy feature race going one mile (1600 metres) on Saturday, December 14 at Caymanas Park. When the gates opened, Sentient […]

A closer look on Wednesday (December 18) racing results

Easy does it for Nuclear Thunder Consistent Nuclear Thunder romped home easily by 1 ¾ lengths in an Optional Claiming ($450,000-$400,000) race to register his second win from 18 starts this season. Trained by Phillip Elliott and ridden by leading rider Christopher Mamdeen, Nuclear Thunder (Nuclear Wayne – Royal Beauty) broke well from the starting […]

Dane Nelson gets a winner on Purple Wayne

KINGSTON, Jamaica – In-form jockey Dane Nelson had to wait until the penultimate eighth race on the mid-week card at Caymanas Park to notch his first winner. Nelson on board the Robert Pearson trained Purple Wayne in a Restricted Allowance 11 contest for horses who have not won two races. Purple Wayne was slowly out […]