1 - Eleven-year-old chestnut gelding Fortuneonehundred notched his 23rd career win after leading home rivals in a five-year-old and upwards Optional Claiming
($180,000-$150,000) event over 5 ½ furlongs (1,100m).
Apprentice Andre Powell broke the Errol Subratie-owned and trained Fortuneonehundred in second place behind Chief of State (Shane Richardson) but quickly assumed the lead going into the half-mile (800m) turn.
Fortuneonehundred turned for home easy on the lead and wasted no time in sprinting home to win by 3 ¼ lengths ahead of rivals. Synchronize (Tevin Foster) finished second and No Money Friend (Omar Walker) third with the final time recorded at 1:10.3.
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2 – The Patrick Lynch conditioned three-year-old roan colt Prosecco finally found his head in front at the wire when defeating rivals in a native-bred three-year-old maiden special weight event over 5 ½ furlongs.
With Robert Halledeen in the irons, Prosecco (Fearless Vision – Zacapa) jumped straight to the front at the off ahead of a chasing Morse Code (Anthony Thomas).
Prosecco led Morse Code into the straight where a minor battle for supremacy developed between the two runners. However, Prosecco drew clear for an easy 3 ¼ length win. First-time starter Clara’s Vision (Linton Steadman) came home in third place
as the final time for the event was 1:09.1.
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3 - Neglected at odds of 62-1 in a field of 10 runners, Casual Affair, trained by Ryan Darby and ridden by Oneil Mullings, made one move to beat his more fancied rivals in a three-year-old and upwards Claiming ($750,000-$600,000) spread over 5 furlongs (1,000m) straight.
Casual Affair shot to the front at the start of the race with Sir Kel (Chris Mamdeen), Gentle Giant (Anthony Thomas) Generational (Carlos Blake), and Princess Emanuelle (Delroy Beharie) close behind.
Casual Affair stayed with the field for the first half of the race before drawing way in the final two furlongs (400m) of the event to win by a length and a half ahead of Acero (Tevin Foster). Sir Kel was third in a and the final time of 59.1.
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4 - After going winless from 15 starts this season, Drummer Boy, racing with the tongue-tie on and figure-8 off, stepped down the ladder from Overnight Allowance company and easily brushed aside rivals in a three-year-old and upwards Optional Claiming ($550,000-$450,000) over 6 furlongs (1,200m).
At the off, Drummer Boy wasn’t able to be with the early leaders and though ridden from the gates by Anthony Thomas, the Jason DaCosta trainee settled in mid-pack as Broken Light (Hakeem Pottinger) lead the race ahead of Innovator (Javaniel Patterson) and A Seh Soup (Chris Mamdeen).
Still, under heavy riding, Drummer Boy made little progress navigating the half-mile turn
but with a quick change of gear, the six-year-old bay horse surrounded runners at the of
the straight and powered home to win by 3 lengths.
Night Light (Linton Steadman) was second and Armageddon (Phillip Parchment) was third. The final time for the event was 1:14.1.
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5 - The claiming box drew some attention as 12 horses were claimed on the 10-race card.
In the first race, Lance Richards claimed Twilight Storm for owner Frederick Davy from
Henry Harrison Jr; Steven Todd claimed Chief of State for owner Delroy Wellington from
Lawrence Freemantle; Marvin Campbell claimed General Mubaraak for himself from
Donovan Plummer; and Gordon Lewis claimed The Nextbigting for owner Victor Chong
from Ryan Williams. All horses from the first race were claimed for $180,000 each.
Joseph Thomas claimed Danceallnight for owner G-Links Connection from Nicholas Smith for $250,000 and Adin Williams claimed winner Willodeen for himself from Wilfred Chin, also for $250,000 from the second race.
In the sixth race, Anthony Nunes claimed Gentle Giant for himself for $750,000 from Jason DaCosta and Dennis Pryce claimed Acero for owner Busy Racing Stable from Nunes for $750,000 also.
In the eighth race, Cleveland Mitchell claimed Innovator for owner Donnette Yee from Patrick Taylor for $550,000; Anthony Dixon claimed Night Light for himself from Alford Brown for $550,000; Marlon Anderson claimed Drummer Boy for owner Fitzroy Davidson from Jason DaCosta for $450,000, and Ray Phillips claimed Diosa De Oro for owner Morris Myrie from Byron Davis for $550,000.
