KINGSTON, Jamaica – Now there is no doubt that Toona Ciliata is the best three-year-old in training and probably the best at his age never to win a Classic race.
In a show of devastating class, Toona Ciliata trained by Anthony Nunes just romped the 9 furlongs and 25 yards Nigel B Nunes Memorial Trophy in a very fast time of 1:53.3. This trophy race was an Open Allowance event and was the 10th of 11 races on the Caymanas mid-week card.
In doing so, Toona Cilita gave his rider Dane Nelson a fifth winner on the day. This was the second time in a month that Nelson was riding five winners on a single race day. The victory was also a family affair as trainer Anthony Nunes is the son of Nigel Nunes.
Houdini’s Magic and Summer Sun disputed the lead going down the backstretch. Passing the five-furlong marker, Toona Ciliata and Nelson took over and thereafter it was a procession.
Summer Sun finished second with Hover Craft third.
| RACE 10 NIGELNUNESMEMORIALOPEN ALLOW(3YOS&UP)9FURS&25YDS 4:35 PM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Odds | Win | Place | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Toona Ciliata | Dane Nelson | 1-9 | $53 | $53 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Summer Sun | Raddesh Roman | 6-1 | $53 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 8 | Hover Craft | Oneil Mullings | 15-1 | $53 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Fayrouz | Reyan Lewis | 28-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | Houdini's Magic | Shane Ellis | 28-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| TRAINER: Anthony Nunes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LNS:#5 Jamai Raja | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Splits26.2 x 50.3 x 1:14.3 x 1:39.2 - Time:1:53.3 - Margins: - 7 RAN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EX:$137 | T/Fecta:$96 | Triple:$897 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| D/E:$155 | S/Fecta:$364 | D/E:(12-5)$73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
