KINGSTON, Jamaica – The first of nine races on the Sunday card of December 19, 2021, went to the 7-5 favourite Flying Bullet with Ruja Lahoe in the saddle for trainer Patrick Fong.
Flying Bullet gained his fifth career win from 60 starts in a three-year-old and upwards Claiming contest ($250,000 - $200,000) going five furlongs round.
It was Seadon (Aaron Chatrie), who set the splits followed by Poker Star (Shane Richardson), with Flying Bullet travelling well in fifth – always hugging the rails.
Poker Star took over by the time the horses reached the stretch, but by then Lahoe got Flying Bullet going and in a jiffy got the advantage and then pulled away to win by four lengths.
Second was Poker Star with third going to Dallas (Marshall Porter).
| RACE 1 3YO & UP OPT CLAIM ($250,000-$200,000) 5 FUR (RND) 12:05 PM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| POS | NO # | HORSE | JOCKEY | ODDS | WIN | PLACE | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Flying Bullet | Ruja Lahoe | 7-5 | $121.00 | $68.00 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Poker Star | Shane Richardson | 5-2 | $89.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 9 | Dallas | Marshall Porter | 5-1 | $104.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 8 | April Spirit | Andre Powell | 8-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | Boss Izzy | Jawara Steadman | 10-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| TRAINER: Patrick Fong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Splits: 24.0 x 48.2 - Final Time: 1:03.0 - Margins: 4 by 2 - 9 RAN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ex: $559 | T/Fecta: $830 | Hi-5: $3,009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Qu: $200 | S/Fecta: $4,284 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
