Billy Whizz’s encouraging performance in Royal Dad
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Billy Whizz sped to a three-length win in this year’s rendition of the Royal Dad Trophy at Caymanas Park on Saturday, October 9, 2021. The Royal Dad Trophy was for imported horses three-year-old and upwards (non-winners of three races), and native bred three and four year olds (non-winners of four races) travelling […]
An additional review of race day | Saturday, October 9, 2021
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Predictably, this renewal of the 1,820-metre Royal Dad Trophy to continue the enduring memory of an outstanding thoroughbred who galloped into Triple Crown immortality as the first to achieve the feat at the Caymanas racetrack, was anticlimactic. The fact of the matter is that the conditions of weight allotment ensured a farce. […]
Additional news – Saturday, October 9, 2021
Sir Puddington in easy romp Trained by Donovan Plummer and ridden by Andre Powell, six-year-old bay gelding Sir Puddington (Western Classic – Shahar) easily defeated rivals by 7 ¾ lengths in a three-year-old and upwards Optional Claiming ($400,000-300,000) event going seven furlongs (1,400m). Running close to the leaders down the backstretch, Sir Puddington settled into […]
Upcoming OVERNIGHTS on Quickgallop.com
The race days are Saturday, October 16, 2021, and Tuesday, October 19, 2021. THE OVERNIGHTS RACE DAYS OVERNIGHT DATES Saturday, October 16, 2021 Tuesday, October 12, 2021 Tuesday, October 19, 2021 Wednesday, October 13, 2021 Stay on Quickgallop.com for your Overnight programs.
Recent exercise/gallops of note
HORSE EQUIP. WORK DIST. TIME ACTION RUN - Strode out straight ATONEMENT - Cantered/ Paced 6F 1:28.0 AVENGING ANGEL - Cantered/Galloped 4F n0:50.3 BATON ROUGE - Cantered/Galloped - Straight 5F 1:01.2 CALCULUS & Cantered (WP) CASUAL CHARM - Cantered/Galloped 2F 0:25.1 CRIMSON - Cantered (WP) CRUELLA - Cantered/Strode 7F 1:36.2 DEN STREET - Cantered/Galloped 5F […]
EASY TO WATCH REPLAYS FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2021
FIRST RACE Winner Sir Puddington 7-2 JOCKEY Andre Powell TRAINER Donovan Plummer DISTANCE 7 furlongs 1400 metres MARGINS 7 ¾ by 2 SPLITS 24.2 x 48.2 x 1:28.3 FINAL TIME 1:28.3 SECOND RACE Winner Mirabilis 8-1 JOCKEY Robert Halledeen TRAINER Dale Murphy DISTANCE One-mile 1600 metres MARGINS 4 ½ by ½ SPLITS 24.3 x 47.3 […]
THE QUICK GALLOPER’S | notes (Sat, Oct 9, 2021)
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A quiet race day with the usual fare was moving along it merry way until the ninth race when Primal Fear (Oshane Nugent) went down after an injury thereby causing the fall of two other horses and their jockeys| Uncle Vernon (Samantha Fletcher) and Nevada (Richard Henry). It was an unfortunate incident […]
Stevie The Great closes a double for trainer Colin Ferguson in Caymanas Saturday 10th
KINGSTON, Jamaica – By keeping straight while his main rivals were moving from the outside to the inside and vice versa, Stevie The Great landed the Caymanas Saturday nightcap to close a double for his trainer Colin Ferguson. Racing from the feared one draw coming down the five-straight course in a four-year-old and upwards |non-winners […]
Samantha Fletcher sent to hospital as a precautionary measure after 3-horse spill in 9th
KINGSTON, Jamaica – It was just announced that jockey Samantha Fletcher has been taken to hospital mainly as a precautionary measure after falling from her mount Uncle Vernon in the Caymanas Saturday ninth. Three horses fell in the race, Uncle Vernon, Primal Fear (Oshane Nugent) and Nevada (Richard Henry). Both Henry and Nugent were examined […]
Three jockeys fall as Duke takes ‘Jolly Man Trophy |double for Robert Halledeen|Gary Subratie
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The victory by Duke in the Vassell Najair Memorial Trophy |Overnight Allowance 5 ½ furlongs| came as no surprise but what drew attention to all watching was the spill of three horses Primal Fear (Oshane Nugent), Uncle Vernon (Samantha Fletcher) and Nevada (Richard Henry), which left all three riders on the track. […]