THE QUICK GALLOPER’S RACE BY RACE ANALYSIS – SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 2022
RACE ONE – This four-year-old maiden contest (5 ½ furlongs), brought victory for the ever-trying Victoria’s Medallion, owned, and trained by Leroy ‘Johnny’ Tomlinson with Tevin Foster aboard. Tomlinson was saddling his fifth winner in 2022 from 15 starts, while Foster was winning his first on the day. There was much pre-race talk surrounding Joyful, […]
A REJUVENATED TRAINER | PHARMACIST DALE MURPHY TELLS HIS STORY
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Trainer Dale Murphy like all his colleague conditioners of thoroughbred horses has had many highs and lows in his career. At present, Murphy is enjoying noticeable success with his small string of horses. Murphy tells his story. QUESTION (Q): DALE MURPHY: (DM) Q: Tell us about your background? DM: I was born […]
THE FOCUS IS ON GETTING MY WEIGHT DOWN AS LOW AS POSSIBLE – SHANE ELLIS
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Shane Ellis is already one of the most successful jockeys to parade his skills at Caymanas Park, and his career recently hit new heights when he notched his 1,300th winner. The two-time champion reached the milestone aboard the Alford Brown-conditioned Yellowstone, who romped a three-year-old Maiden Special Weight event by eight and […]
SELECTED GALLOPS | EXERCISE FOR SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2022
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Readers, please note that the horses listed below in RED are possible starters in this weekend’s Portmore and Kingston Stakes. HORSE EQUIP. WORK DIST. TIME A GIFT FROM BEN - Cantered/Galloped 6F 1:19.0 ALEXA'S DREAM B& Cantered/Galloped 3F 0:35.0 AMY THE BUTCHER - Cantered (WP) ATOMICA - Cantered/Galloped 6F 1:13.3 AWESOME TREASURE […]
JOCKEY DANE NELSON STARTS HIS CANADIAN STINT WITH A DOUBLE
Former four-time champion jockey Dane Nelson booted home two winners on the eight-race programme to open the new racing season at Century Mile, Canada, on Saturday, April 30. Nelson, who secured four rides on the card, first won aboard Deuces Are Wild in the fourth race – an Allowance Optional Claiming event over five and […]
SELECTED GALLOPS | EXERCISE FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 2022
HORSE EQUIP. WORK DIST. TIME . AAVA JAELYN - Cantered/Galloped 4F 0:51.1 ACAPELLA - Cantered/Galloped 3F 0:38.2 ACTION ANN - Cantered (WP) ANOTHER WAVE - Cantered/Galloped 6F 1:20.4 BABYLIKE - Cantered/Galloped 3F 0:35.4 BATON ROUGE - Gate/ Galloped – Straight 5F 1:00.3 BERLINO'S CHOICE - Gate/ Galloped – Straight 5F 1:03.2 BIG JULE - Cantered […]
THE UPSET ARRIVES IN THE NIGHTCAP – DENBIGH LIFE AT 17-1
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Following a relatively calm day, when the highest odds winner was Victoria’s Medallion at 7-1 in the first, the upset finally came in the final event of eleven on the Saturday card of April 30. The 17-1 upset was created by the Donovan Plummer trained; Nicholas Hibbert rode Denbigh Life in a […]
SECOND GENERATION TRAINER GRESFORD SMITH TELLS HIS STORY
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Trainer Gresford “Greasy” Smith is on the path of conditioning 400 winners after becoming a full-fledged licensed trainer in 1986. Having grown up under the tutelage of his late trainer father G Ashley Smith, Gresford was infused with the minute details of his trade which have served him well during his career. […]
BERN NOTICE SEALS A TRIPLE FOR JOCKEY TEVIN FOSTER IN CAYMANAS EIGHTH
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jockey Tevin Foster achieved a welcoming triple when he piloted the Anthony Nunes trained 5-1 chance Bern Notice to victory in the Caymanas Saturday eighth – a four-year-old and upwards (non-four) call at a mile. Foster had already won aboard Victoria’s Medallion for trainer Leroy Tomlinson and he benefitted from a chance […]
LEGAL BOMB TAKES THE CAYMANAS SATURDAY (APRIL 30) THIRD AT 9-2
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Legal Bomb, owned and trained by Patrick Lynch with Raddesh Roman in the saddle made full use of the outside draw coming down the straight course (four furlongs) to notch his first career victory in the Caymanas Saturday (April 30) third. The Caymanas Saturday third was for three-year-old maiden horses who have […]