KINGSTON, Jamaica – To say that jockey Anthony Thomas is riding in the pink of form would be a gross understatement.
Thomas is now enjoying another purple patch in his career as he guided the Wayne DaCosta trained Silent Seeker to notch a natural hat-trick in the eighth race which was just completed at Caymanas Park.
Going off at odds of 8-1, Silent Seeker was kept behind the front runner Basilicus (Chris Mamdeen) in the five-furlong straight contest for three-year-olds going five furlongs straight.
Basilicus ruined his chances of winning when she darted from the middle of the track – pinning herself on the inside rails as K D Rocket (Robert Halledeen) started to get into the action.
Thomas moved Silent Seeker from the middle of the track to the outside rails and came with a storming finish to nip Basilicus in the glass with K D Rocket finishing third in what was a three horse bang-up finish.
The winning margins were a short head by a nose.
The five straight is very fast today as Silent Seeker recorded a winning time of 58.0 seconds.
| RACE 8 REST ALL 11 (NB3YO&UP/NW2)(IMP3YO&UP/MDN) 1000M/5FUR STR 3:55PM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pos. | No. | Horse | Jockey | Odds | Win | Place | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Silent Seeker | Anthony Thomas | 8-1 | $467.00 | $107.00 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Basilicus | Christopher Mamdeen | 16-1 | $137.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 8 | K D Rocket | Robert Halledeen | 6-1 | $99.00 | $33 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 6 | Generational | Dane Nelson | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 9 | Chitu Prince | Dick Cardenas | 29-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| TRAINER: Wayne DaCosta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Splits: 22.3 x 45.0 - Time: 58.0 - Margins: short head by a nose - 10 RAN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ex:$2,510 | T/Fecta:$3,716 | Triple:$12,811 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| QU:$2,235 | S/Fecta:$6,481 | Hi-5:$146,558 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| D/E:$3,103 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
