The Hard Work Is Still Ahead – Champion Jockey Dane Dawkins
KINGSTON, Jamaica - AFTER securing his first jockeys’ championship last year, Dane Dawkins says he has to cut the celebration short because a new riding season has started and the workload has to continue if he is to reap more success. The soft-spoken jockey sealed the deal on the last day of racing at Caymanas […]
Mahogany Returns To The Top After Win In Ian Levy Cup
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Mahogany, trained by Ian Parsard and ridden by champion jockey Dane Dawkins, won the third running of the $4-million Ian Levy Cup on December 31, the last major race for the 2022 racing season, in a manner that re-established his status as the top-rated horse in training. FIRST – MAHOGANY What a difference! […]
Final Analysis – Monday, January 2, 2023
KINGSTON, Jamaica - JUDGING by the lines at the teller windows, the decision by promoting company Supreme Venture Racing & Entertainment Limited (SVREL) to divest wins and place betting partially in a shared market with BetMakers Fixed Odds, operating on-track only, is attracting considerable interest. In each race there is inducement by risk-taking Bet Makers […]
Final Analysis – Saturday, December 31, 2022
KINGSTON, Jamaica - THE 2022 racing year is now confined to the annals of history and once again the industry — through the efforts of the lovers of the sport involving the ownership of horses, Jamaica Racing Commission personnel, the board of directors and the operatives of promoting company Supreme Venture Racing & Entertainment Limited, […]
One Early Late Non-Starter | Sat, Jan 7, 2023
KINGSTON, Jamaica - One early late non-starter has been announced on the nine race card of Saturday, January 7, 2023, at Caymanas Park. The late non-starter is horse number three in the third race, Letters In Gold.
I am now training my ‘grandchildren’ – Anthony Nunes
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Volatility gave her trainer Anthony Nunes a winning start to this year’s three-year-old campaign with a workable win in a maiden call on the five-furlong round course. Bred by Hedge Fund out of the Liquidity mare Fashionista, the bay filly Volatility was a length and three quarters ahead of Whizz Kidd (Robert […]
Trainer Michael Marlowe Expects More Winners In 2023
KINGSTON, Jamaica - While the 2022 racing season didn’t flash the numbers he would have liked, trainer Michael Marlowe says he is expecting a better showing from his stables in 2023. Marlowe saddled two winners on the last day of 2022, to end with 16 winners. The Marlowe winners were JNR Jones (Dane Dawkins), and […]
Cook Food Specials | Sat, Jan 7, 2023
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Cook Food Specialist after a productive day to start the New Year is again offering some sumptuous specials for the race meet of Saturday, January 7, 2022. The Cook Food Special is in race eight – horse number 5 - Millinium Star. The $600 Exacata Box Lunch Special is given in […]
Jason DaCosta Enters Top 25 All Time Trainers’ List By Stakes
KINGSTON, Jamaica – After one year and nine months conditioning horses in Jamaica, champion Jason DaCosta has entered the top 25 list of all time trainers based on stakes earned. DaCosta occupies position number 14, with his 161 winners earning just over $134 million. The list of 25, provided by the Jamaica Racing Commission is […]
An Opportunity For Lion Of Ekati
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The seventh race on the Saturday card of Saturday, January 7, 2022, sees seven four-year-olds at the non-winners of two level pitted against each other going the two turns of nine furlongs and 25 yards. The Quick Galloper’s assessment of the winning chances of the seven entered is published below in draw […]