FINAL NOTES FOR RACE DAY OF SATURDAY, AUGUST 27. 2022
DENNIS THWAITES’S GOOD FORM CONTINUES Trainer Dennis Thwaites continued his good form, saddling another double, Storm Valley, and Superluminal. Ridden by Linton Steadman, Storm Valley (Storm Craft – That Girl) made one move to win a five-year-old and upwards Optional Claiming ($180,000-$150,000) event that also included native-bred six-year-olds and upwards (non-winners of two) and native-bred […]
SELECTED GALLOPS | EXERCISE FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2022
HORSE EQUIP. WORK DIST. TIME ATOMICA - Cantered (WP) AWESOME ANTHONY - Trotted AWESOME TREASURE - Trotted/Hacked BEST DAUGHTER EVER - Trotted BIG JULE - Trotted BOLD LEADER - Cantered (WP) CALCULUS - Cantered (WP) CURLIN'S AFFAIR - Cantered (WP) D HEAD CORNERSTONE - Cantered (WP) DUKE- Cantered (WP) EAGLE ONE - Hacked EMPEROROFTHECATS - […]
TEN RACES ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 3, 2022) - OVERNIGHT ON QUICK GALLOP.COM
KINGSTON, Jamaica - There will be ten race with 90 horses nominated on the race day of Saturday, September 3, 2022. The OVERNIGHT has been published and has been placed on QUICKGALLOP.COM. To view, press the OVERNIGHT button at the top of the QUICKGALLOP.COM home page.
EIGHT STARTERS CONFIRMED IN 2022 WINSTON GRIFFITHS CLASSIC
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Eight three-year-olds have been officially declared to start in the 2022 running of the Winston Griffiths Classic. The Winston Griffiths Classic is set for Saturday, September 3, 2022, at Caymanas Park. The race will be contested over nine and a half furlongs (1,900 metres). The list of the starters, their post-positions, jockeys […]
GET TO KNOW CONDITIONER HENRY HARRISON JR
Q: Tell us about your background. HENRY HARRISON JR (HH): I grew up in horse racing from childhood as my father Henry Harrison Sr was a racehorse trainer. I am his son Henry Harrison Jr, born in Western Kingston at 94 George Street. I then moved uptown to St Andrew at the age of about […]
RACE BY RACE ANALYSIS – SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 2022
RACE ONE – Following some consistent performances, four in total, the Gresford Smith trained One Like It delivered the fifth time of asking with Dane Dawkins in the saddle. RACE TWO – This race was decimated with two late non-starters reducing the field to five starters. Dare To Speak made use of the opportunity presented […]
SELECTED GALLOP | EXERCISE FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2022
HORSE EQUIP. WORK DIST. TIME ACKNOWLEDGEME - Trotted AWESOME PRINCE - Cantered/Galloped 3F 0:36.1 BEST DAUGHTER EVER - Trotted BOLD LEADER C Cantered (WP) CHAMPION BUBBLER V Cantered (WP) CHANDRA'S LAW - Trotted CURLIN'S AFFAIR - Cantered (WP) EAGLE ONE - Hacked FAULT LINE V Gate/ Galloped – Straight 5F 1:04.3 FLY MESSENGER FLY - […]
EASY TO WATCH REPLAYS FOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 2022
FIRST RACE Winner Storm Valley 4-5 JOCKEY Linton Steadman TRAINER Dennis Thwaites DISTANCE 6 furlongs 1,200 metres MARGINS 6 by 1 3/4 SPLITS 24.1 x 48.4 FINAL TIME 1:18.4 =================================================================================== SECOND RACE Winner Hopenperseverance 3-1 JOCKEY Mario Chung TRAINER Ryan Darby DISTANCE 7 furlongs 1,400 metres MARGINS 4 1/2 by 9 SPLITS 24.2 x 49.2 […]
RACE BY RACE ANALYSIS – SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 2022
RACE ONE – Storm Valley duly obliged as the 4-5 favourite for the recently revived trainer Dennis Thwaites and jockey Linton Steadman. Steadman was enjoying his sixth success this year from only 52 rides. Something is awry with the status of Steadman’s career. It is known that he is a more than capable rider with […]
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? THE NINE RUNNERS IN THE 2021 WINSTON GRIFFITHS CLASSIC
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Winston Griffiths Classic had its first run last year (2021) for three-year-old horses, not winning one of the traditional Classic races. What was significant about this inaugural staging of the Winston Griffiths was the distance. It was the first occasion in the then 62-year-old history of horse racing in Jamaica that […]