KINGSTON, Jamaica – Never before in this history of racing at Caymanas Park has three race days being so important in the careers of two trainers.
Anthony Nunes leads Wayne DaCosta by $127,700 in the race for the trainers’ championships with both conditioners digging deep into their barns for runners on today’s card of 11 races.
Nunes is starting 9 horses - Giaconda, Apollo Bay, Twilight Heroine, K J Express, Dioso de Oro, Matriarch, Western Wheels, Hot Ice, She’s Symbolic and Daddy’s Dilemma while DaCosta has eight - Sergeant Reckless, Poker Star, Winter Is Coming, Bullet Raj, My Little Princess, Rambunctious Links, Ricky Ricardo, and Brandy.
2018 LEADING TRAINERS - STAKES
77 Racedays - 791 Races up to 15/12/2018 inclusive
1ST | 2ND | 3RD | STARTS | STAKES ($) | ||
1. | NUNES, ANTHONY C | 79 | 60 | 71 | 459 | $62,800,200 |
2. | DACOSTA, WAYNE A | 72 | 52 | 65 | 430 | $62,672,500 |
3. | SUBRATIE, GARY A | 43 | 50 | 37 | 325 | $35,279,525 |
4. | LYNCH, PATRICK T | 26 | 19 | 18 | 240 | $25,280,550 |
5. | AZAN, RICHARD N | 26 | 19 | 23 | 156 | $22,332,000 |
6. | TODD, STEVEN M | 33 | 23 | 25 | 273 | $18,798,450 |
7. | MARLOWE, MICHAEL C | 14 | 24 | 24 | 156 | $15,528,725 |
8. | DARBY, RYAN O | 20 | 22 | 20 | 163 | $12,370,200 |
9. | PEARSON, ROBERT A | 5 | 3 | 0 | 23 | $12,312,400 |
10. | GLISPIE, FITZROY | 17 | 14 | 15 | 108 | $11,992,650 |