KINGSTON, Jamaica - Five-year-old chestnut horse Gone A Negril won his fourth race for the season in a three-year-old and upwards Optional Claiming ($550,000-$450,000) spread that also included five-year-olds and upwards (non-winners of four) at five furlongs (straight.
Gone A Negril broke behind the early leaders and watched as True Al Sky (Javaniel Patterson), Sir Kel (Matthew Bennett), and Lord Burkington (Dane Dawkins) compete for the headline advantage.
Coming across the dummy rails the Patrick Lynch-conditioned Gone A Negril slipped down into second place behind Sir Kel who continued to chart the course.
Gone A Negril then responded well from the urgings of jockey Reyan Lewis and got up to beat Sir Kel by a length and a half at the wire.
True Al Sky finished third, with the final time recorded at 1:04.1 after splits of 24.1 x 48.4.
With that fourth victory, Gone To Negril, now qualifies to race in the Overnight Allowance grouping.
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My question why can't the claiming system and the old handicap system co exist a horse like gone a negril hardly will win a race in overnight with those times the owner loves his horse why not handicap the horse if the owners want to sell they do if not the keep while still skipping classes they do it with the open allowance and overnight horses