KINGSTON, Jamaica – Bettors on today’s 10-race card at Caymanas started to scramble after the running of the third event when 23-1 longshot Eddie’s Princess came home as the winner.
Trained by Paul Smith with jockey Oneil Mullings providing guidance, Eddie’s Princess drawn at one stuck to the rails from the get-go as the odds on 4-5 favourite Ballon d’Or (Omar Walker) decided to lead in the $450,000 - $400,000 claiming contest run over 7 ½ furlongs.
In the straight, Mullings kept Eddie’s Princess going and the pair got the job done by 1 ¼ lengths.
Flying Machine (Dane Nelson) came running on for second with Blood Song (Shane Nelson) third.
The winning time was 1:35.0.
The exacta paid a whopping $7,361 while Trifecta came in at $6,332.
| RACE 3 $450-400,000 OPT CLAIMING DIV I (3YOS&UP) 1500M/7 1/2FUR 1:10 PM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pos. | No. | Horse | Jockey | Odds | Win | Place | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Eddie's Princess | Oneil Mullings | 23-1 | $1,201 | $316 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Flying Machine | Dane Nelson | 9-5 | $106 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | Blood Song | Shane Ellis | 5-2 | $83 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Ballon d'Or | Omar Walker | 4-5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | Miss Linda Wray | Mathew Bennett | 35-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| TRAINER: Paul Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Splits 25.2 x 49.1 x 1:14.0 - Time: 1:35.0 - Margins: 1 1/4 x 2 - 10 RAN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EX:$7,361 | T/Fecta:$6,332 | S/Fecta:$9,498 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| D/E:$6,821 | Triple:$15,143 | HI-5:$30,591 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Qu:$1,269 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
