KINGSTON, Jamaica – From the starter let them go in the 8th, it was a front-end duel between 4-5 favourite Beach Boy and El Gringo in a maiden three-year-old - 6 ½ furlong contest.
In the straight, Beach Boy faded badly as El Gringo under a measured ride from Omar Walker found much more, pulling away for a 1 ½ length victory over Purple Wayne who was coming on well. San Siro was third.
El Gringo went off at odds of 7-2.
RACE 8 MAIDEN CONDITION (THREE-YEAR-OLDS) 1300METRES/6 1/2FURLONGS 5:00 PM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pos. | No. | Jockey | Odds | Win | Place | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | 4 | El Gringo | Omar Walker | 7-2 | $240 | $94 | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | 6 | Purple Wayne | Anthony Thomas | 8-1 | $276 | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | 9 | San Siro | Linton Steadman | 9-5 | $80 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 2 | Cairo | Raddesh Roman | 8-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 7 | Beach Boy | Christopher Mamdeen | 4-5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
TRAINER: Donovan Russell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
LNS: #10 Corazon Sin Miedo; #11 In The Blood | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Splits: 23.3 x 47.0 x 1:13.3 - Time: 1:21.2 - Margins: 1 1/2 x 3 - 9 RAN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
EX:$5,820 | T/Fecta:$1,826 | Triple:$2,697 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
D/E:$950 | S/Feacta:$17,270 | Hi-5:$35,532 |