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Horse racing’s Project Monitoring Committee intervenes in dispute with promoter and stakeholders
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The entity set-up by Government to oversee the post divestment of the Caymanas Park race track to Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL), the
We need help – grooms
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The association representing grooms in the horse racing industry is calling on the Government for help after Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment
Quickgallop.com back up and running
KINGSTON, Jamaica - We are off and running again. Quickgallop.com was off the track for a while mainly due to certain restrictions of COVID-19. Now
We have to keep going during this lock down — jockey Phillip Parchment
Despite the indefinite shutdown of operations at Caymanas Park due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), jockey Phillip Parchment said he is
It is challenging for us jockeys — Ian ‘Dolly Baby’ Spence
Exhausting hours, the constant watching of weight, and risks of being injured are the regular realities of life as a jockey anywhere in the world.
Remembering Venice
BY GLEN MOHAMMED NOTE FROM QUICKGALLOP.COM – The following article was first published in the Trinidad Guardian. “It has a nice bounce.” This was how
Broke and alone – Master jockey Venice Richards should not have died the way he did
BY LANCE WHITTAKER KINGSTON, Jamaica - Venice “Pappy” Richards is statistically the greatest jockey in southern Caribbean thoroughbred racing history, and the story of his
It was really different without spectators, leading jockey Dane Nelson gives his take
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Turning for home without the sound of fans vociferously screaming and shouting from the stands, and posing in the winners’ enclosure flanked
RACING NEWS FOR SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2020
Justsaytheword a rare winner for Andre Martin Justsaytheword (Nuclear Wayne – Dontsayaword), who has not been worse than third in his last five starts, produced
Trainer Ian Parsard continues his elite 2020 form with two winners – Saturday, March 21, 2020 - the analysis
KINGSTON, Jamaica - In the absence of spectators, including owners, there is a stark reality that something is terribly amiss in terms of the current
A Caymanas lick and a coronavirus lick at the same time – Gregory Park businessman
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Desmond “Crazy D” Walker, owner of Crazy D Sports Bar located on Cottage Drive in Gregory Park, St Catherine, is bemoaning the
Legendary Barbadian jockey Venice ‘Pappy’ Richards is dead
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Reports reaching Nation News is that renowned Barbadian jockey Venice Richards died on Monday in Trinidad and Tobago, where he was residing