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Stories by Ainsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

Published:Monday | December 15, 2025 | 12:06 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

DANE Nelson made it six winners in three meets yesterday, hanging on by a nose aboard Anthony Nunes’ 7-5 favourite, ANOTHER ONE, to deny United States-bred COMMANDER Z with journeyman Ian Spence in the Charles Hussey Trophy at five furlongs...

Published:Friday | December 12, 2025 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

UNITED States-bred COMMANDER Z returns off a three-month break, without blinkers, perfectly drawn for a shot at Sunday’s Charles Hussey Trophy out the straight course. A four-year-old colt, COMMANDER Z won on debut, 59.2 at five furlongs straight...

Published:Thursday | December 11, 2025 | 12:28 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

Raddesh Roman opting for ZULU WARRIOR after two near misses astride the four-year-old, bypassing United States-bred stablemate, SHOOTING STAR, aboard whom he won back-to-back races, gives more than an insight into the leading rider’s thoughts for...

Published:Monday | December 8, 2025 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

SANDRA Solomon’s Ideal Horse Farms, just four years into operation, yesterday topped the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) of Jamaica’s 2025 Mixed Sale, Lot 35 fetching $5.2m, a bay colt sired by Outshine out of the Natural...

Published:Thursday | December 4, 2025 | 12:13 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

ANTHONY NUNES’ chances of dethroning Jason DaCosta as champion trainer depends on two horses with Guyanese connections, NAUTICAL STAR in the $45.15-million Mouttet Mile and OF A REVOLUTION in the $15m Bruceontheloose Sprint. Runner-up to DaCosta in...

Published:Wednesday | December 3, 2025 | 8:29 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

IF STAR power could propel RIDEALLDAY to the winners’ enclosure, the recent Port Royal Sprint winner would be a shoo-in for Saturday’s US$300,000 Mouttet Mile at Caymanas Park. Shortly after landing the November 16 Port Royal Sprint, it was...

Published:Friday | November 28, 2025 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

HAVING finished back-to-back tournaments by conceding in gold-medal bouts due to injury, Nicholas Dusard, 36, pound for pound Jamaica’s most decorated martial artist, believes his time is winding down on the international scene. Dusard won his...

Published:Thursday | November 27, 2025 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

CALIFORNIA CROWN, who made MONEY MARKET look ordinary when dismissing his fellow local-bred in an overnight allowance at five furlongs round in June, returned after a six-race dalliance among open-allowance runners, effectively ending his time in ‘...

Published:Monday | November 24, 2025 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

DANE DAWKINS rode three thrilling winners on yesterday’s 10-race card, closing the late double with feature-event victories astride DIGITAL ONE and HAZELNUT in the Alsafra Trophy and Flossie McNeil Memorial Cup, respectively. Wintering locally, on...

Published:Friday | November 21, 2025 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

AFTER failing by a length to land the gamble at 7-2 behind fellow American DOTHRAKI making his local debut, October 19, DIGITAL ONE gets an easier pace to dominate in Sunday’s Alsafra Trophy at seven and a half furlongs. Quietly whispered to...

Published:Thursday | November 20, 2025 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

UNITED STATES-BRED BULLETPROOFCOFFEE and CHAMPION BUBBLER, both course-specialists and overnight-allowance winners, should prove hard to beat in their respective divisions of Saturday’s Racehorse Aftercare Trophy feature. BULLETPROOFCOFFEE’s four...

Published:Monday | November 17, 2025 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

MOJITO yesterday changed the colour of December’s US$300,000 Mouttet Mile from stars and stripes to green, gold and black with a telling length-and-a-half win against American GIRVANO in the Jamaica Cup at nine and a half furlongs. Sitting 26th in...

Published:Saturday | November 15, 2025 | 9:34 PMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s Police National Netball Team (PNNT), on Saturday, cruised into Sunday’s Championship Division as favourites to top the inaugural Florida United Netball (FUN) Extravaganza at the Vernon E. Hargray Youth Enrichment Center in Miramar,...

Published:Saturday | November 15, 2025 | 9:20 PMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

ZULU WARRIOR on Saturday made amends for his loss the last time races were run at Caymanas Park, October 25, closing the first meet after the passage of Hurricane Melissa by landing the Stargas United Racehorse Trainers Association of Jamaica...

Published:Saturday | November 15, 2025 | 12:21 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA’s POLICE National Netball Team (PNNT) and their Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) counterparts are among 11 teams entered in the all-female division of this weekend’s inaugural Florida United Netball (FUN) Extravaganza at the Vernon E....

Published:Thursday | November 13, 2025 | 12:16 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

MOJITO’S WIN in the Kenneth Mattis Memorial was not only flashy, an eight-length dismissal of United States-bred UNSPUN, it was also the fastest time clocked at nine furlongs and 25 yards in more than 14 months. Reporting with 120lb for Sunday’s...

Published:Wednesday | November 12, 2025 | 12:38 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

ANOTHER ONE should make amends when he tackles overnight-allowance for the third time in Saturday’s feature for the Stargas United Racehorse Trainers Association of Jamaica trophy. Bred to sprint, ANOTHER ONE’s classic ambitions ended abruptly with...

Published:Monday | November 10, 2025 | 12:41 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

HOME-BASED AMERICAN, FUNCAANDUN, who outbattled Florida invader LEGACY ISLE, to deny Rohan Crichton back-to-back Mouttet Mile winners, will have to win next Sunday’s Jamaica Cup at nine and a half furlongs to have a shot at defending his title on...

Published:Monday | November 10, 2025 | 12:40 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

RICHARD Stone, Jamaica’s second-most decorated fighter behind countryman Akino Lindsay, said he is not worried that his combined martial arts teammate has widened the gap in gold medals won at the International Sports Kickboxing Association Amateur...

Published:Wednesday | November 5, 2025 | 12:24 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

THE THOROUGHBRED Owners and Breeders Association of Jamaica (TOBA) yesterday announced Sunday, December 7, as the new date for its annual Mixed Sale, allaying fears that the event would have been cancelled this year, a fallout from the passage of...

Published:Thursday | October 30, 2025 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA’S HORSE-RACING breeding industry was dealt a crushing blow by Hurricane Melissa, the powerful storm exacting what appears to be the near decimation of Trelawny’s iconic Orange Valley Estates Limited. The Instagram page of the many-time...

Published:Friday | October 24, 2025 | 12:08 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

UNITED States-bred MAIN MISTRESS and in-form native runner ZULU WARRIOR should use similar running styles to land divisions one and two, respectively, of Saturday’s Front Runner Caymanas Park Announcers’ Trophy at six and a half furlongs....

Published:Tuesday | October 21, 2025 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

UNITED STATES-BRED SUPERNATURAL POWER yesterday climbed a further $764,000 up the Mouttet Mile qualification ladder with victory over fellow American, TIZ TOK, in yesterday’s Viceroy Trophy at a mile. Already sitting 10th among horses based in...

Published:Monday | October 20, 2025 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

UNITED States-bred DOTHRAKI served notice on grade-one sprinters with an eye-catching debut victory at Caymanas Park yesterday, dismissing fellow American INCREDIBLE JO coming off the home turn, notching a length-and-quarter victory ahead of late-...

Published:Saturday | October 18, 2025 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

SUPERNATURAL POWER’S first brush with grade-one horses, two Saturday’s ago in the seven-furlong Gold Cup, took her within a length and a quarter of Mouttet Mile runner-up, LEGACY ISLE, with whom she almost sat level at the scale. Added to her leap...

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