KINGSTON, Jamaica - The opening event saw trainer Byron Davis posting eight-year-old chestnut mare A Seh Soup (Javaniel Patterson) in unbeatable condition for a near seven-length romp over the 1000-metre round course at odds of 9-5.
Two kilogramme claiming jockey Jordan Barrett, steered 5-1 shot Wilson, declared by Ryan Williams to score by just over three lengths in race two over 1000 metres round.
Barrett only had a wait of half an hour to enjoy double success as 1-2 favourite My Smokey, saddled by Donovan Plummer won the 800-metre straight sprint of race three by seven lengths.
Starting at odds of 2-1 in race four, run at 1100 metres, Just An Illusion, saddled Errol Waugh, continued the afternoon’s pattern of clear sprint race winners, with Raddesh Roman executing the riding honours effortlessly for a conservative seven-length win on the sloppy surface.
The eight rivals of Muzzo (2-1) in the 1000-metre straight fifth event fared no better than the runners-up in the four races prior. Ridden by leading reinsman Reyan Lewis for conditioner Spencer Chung, the lightly raced four-year-old bay colt was just short of being six lengths clear at the finish.
For Muzzo, whose dam is the great champion St Cecelia, made his debut in June 2022 had one win in the seven previous appearances, and, was the first of Lewis’ three winners on the ten-race card.
The rider’s second was confirmed in race seven with Lawrence Freemantle’s Justin Biden (3-5), controlling the pace of 1600-metre gallop to score by nine lengths.
In race six over 1000 metres straight, Peter-John Parsard saddled his eleventh winner from 42 starts with former six-time champion Omar Walker partnering 8-5 favourite Bernard De Quik to a nose advantage over 44-1 shot Superio ridden by four-kilo claimer Calvin Bailey.
It was a return to the spectacle of another wide-margin winner with Michael Marlowe schooled maiden Always Wright (Jerome Innis) registering a nine and a half-length triumph as the 7-5 favourite of the 1500 metres eighth event.
Marlowe, a second-generation trainer, has now won nine races from 156 declarations this season. Speaking of maiden success, victory in the 1000-metre straight race ten by English Anne (8-5) was the first of the season trainer Welsh Soutar (13 starts) as well as jockey Odeen Edwards (28 rides).
Featured on the programme and run as race nine, was another renewal of the 1820-metre United Racehorse Trainers Association Trophy. Bred, owned and trained by Fitzroy Glispie, Money Miser (6-5), 2023 Triple Crown (Guineas, St Leger. Derby) runner-up duly outstayed his seven rivals by three lengths.
