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Published:Friday | August 9, 2024 | 12:13 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

RETURNING for Saturday’s Poorlittlerichgirl Trophy at seven furlongs with his customary blinkers refitted, MAHOGANY’s only speed threat should be old rival MADELYN’S SUNSHINE following his decent effort with topweight behind in-form MAMMA MIA in...

Published:Wednesday | August 7, 2024 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

CROWN CHASER yesterday used superior staying power to expose St Leger winner INTRESTNTIMESAHEAD’s stamina limitations in a thrilling 12-furlong Jamaica Derby victory over brave filly RUN JULIE RUN, who lost yet another battle of the sexes against...

Published:Friday | August 2, 2024 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

TITLE-chasing jockey Raddesh Roman yesterday booted home a three-timer including Rowan Mathie’s1-5 favourite WALL STREET TRADER in the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission Trophy feature event, inching to five wins behind leading rider Tevin...

Published:Thursday | August 1, 2024 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

ANTE-POST FAVOURITE RUN JULIE RUN tackling colts and geldings in next Tuesday’s 12-furlong Jamaica Derby has flung Saturday’s Oaks door wide open to a gaggle of fillies, sprinter BANADURA being the only winner of three races among the lot hoping to...

Published:Wednesday | July 31, 2024 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

WALL STREET TRADER should frank the form of the I’msatisfied Trophy in Thursday’s Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission feature at five and a half furlongs, following the lead of I AM FRED and BOOTYLICIOUS, who both returned as winners out of...

Published:Thursday | July 25, 2024 | 12:06 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

ATOMICA RETURNS in another Graded Stakes-Open Allowance this Saturday, the She’s A Maneater at a mile, after humbling American IS THAT A FACT for the second consecutive race in last month’s Eros Trophy at seven furlongs. Facing IS THAT A FACT’s...

Published:Thursday | July 18, 2024 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

CONSIDERING HOW FRED THE GREAT chased and put away PROVOCATIVA at seven furlongs, SISTREN TREASURE and ATLANTIC CONVOY will lack the turn of foot to go with the colt whenever he is asked to kick by Tevin Foster in Saturday’s overnight allowance at...

Published:Monday | July 15, 2024 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

BOOTYLICIOUS USED her terrifying speed, ripping splits of 23.4 and 47.0, to make MONEY MARKET and imported CHOCOMO appear slow in yesterday’s overnight allowance at five furlongs round. Zipping from post-position three with champion jockey Reyan...

Published:Friday | July 12, 2024 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

THOUGH CARRYING topweight 126lb in Sunday’s overnight allowance at five furlongs round, BOOTYLICIOUS’ rivals are too close in the handicaps, LABAN at 121lb and CHOCOMO, 122lb, to try testing her on the lead. BOOTYLICIOUS’ speed allowed her to...

Published:Thursday | July 11, 2024 | 12:13 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

HAVING CLOCKED the fastest time at five and a half furlongs this season, I AM FRED, who won four consecutive races in grade one last year – sprinting against the best and holding off KING ARTHUR at nine furlongs and 25 yards – has simply signalled...

Published:Tuesday | July 9, 2024 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

RADDESH ROMAN yesterday responded to Tevin Foster’s St Leger Day blitz with a four-timer of his own, reminding the leading rider that it’s not over until the fat lady sings. After going winless on Sunday’s 10-race card, dominated by Foster’s four...

Published:Monday | July 8, 2024 | 12:08 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

RICHARD STONE rewrote local martial arts history books on Saturday, crowned the first fighter to win back-to-back Night of Champions International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) World Championship titles at the International Sports Karate Association (...

Published:Saturday | July 6, 2024 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

IT will be a matter of who blinks first when NEO STAR and PROVOCATIVA eyeball each other on the lead in Monday’s overnight allowance at nine furlongs and 25 yards, having both shown blistering speed at a distance of ground when last out. A trip...

Published:Friday | July 5, 2024 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

NO PUN intended. Interesting times are, indeed, ahead in Sunday’s Jamaica St Leger, considering the outcome of last month’s 1000 and 2000 Guineas. CALIFORNIA CROWN stunned stablemate INTRESTNTIMESAHEAD in a gate-to-wire 2000 Guineas run at odds of...

Published:Thursday | July 4, 2024 | 12:07 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

CAYMANAS PARK hunkered down yesterday with one eye on the passage of Hurricane Beryl and the other on Saturday’s Jamaica St Leger Day, the second leg of the Triple Crown classic races for three-year-old horses. Traditionally a rain-or-shine sport,...

Published:Thursday | July 4, 2024 | 12:07 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

AS HURRICANE Beryl bore down on the island yesterday with Category Four strength, leaving Eastern Caribbean devastation in its wake, it also held in limbo Jamaica’s 36 athletes to the July 4-6 International Sports Karate Association (ISKA) United...

Published:Tuesday | July 2, 2024 | 12:08 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA’S COMBINED martial arts team, steeped in its history of going unbeaten in more than 50 team matches after being conceptualised in 2004, aims to continue its tradition of individual and team glory at the July 4-6 International Sports Karate...

Published:Monday | July 1, 2024 | 12:08 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

Luxury speaks for itself. Not quite so, says Alex Issa, founder and CEO, Issa Homes, which has three developments under way, each designed to set new benchmarks, transcending the traditional definition of luxury living. Harmony Retreat and Sierra...

Published:Thursday | June 27, 2024 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

HAVING SWEPT the top two places in last weekend’s SVL 23rd Anniversary Trophy with importees I AM FRED and IS THAT A FACT, upstaging ageing local-bred MAHOGANY, champion trainer Jason DaCosta’s barn should dominate Saturday’s divided Hubert Bartley...

Published:Monday | June 24, 2024 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

RADDESH Roman drove home American INSPIRE FORCE between horses inside the final furlong to yet again deny Tevin Foster aboard MILOS at five and a half furlongs, getting there in time to land yesterday’s Millard Ziadie Memorial by three-quarter...

Published:Monday | June 24, 2024 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

CAVANI JAMES, 12 years old, and Tajay Lobban, 21, topped a field of 70-odd golfers on Saturday, June 15, winning top prize at the fourth Sandals Golf and Jerk Festival at Upton Estate Golf and Country Club, giving a thumbs-up to Sandals Foundation’...

Published:Friday | June 21, 2024 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

CHOCOMO’s MID-RACE pace could land the United States-bred colt his fourth victory in six starts, taking on overnight-allowance runners in Sunday’s Millard Ziadie Memorial at five and a half furlongs. The only three-year-old in the line-up, CHOCOMO’...

Published:Thursday | June 20, 2024 | 12:52 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

MAHOGANY MIGHT be long in the tooth at age seven but still packs a kick against the best of the land, never mind him being caught by FURTHER AND BEYOND at seven and a half furlongs in the May 18 Seeking My Dream Trophy. Returning with topweight...

Published:Tuesday | June 18, 2024 | 12:06 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

MITTA ROUSSEAU rallied from 4-6 down to beat Luke Roberts 9-7 in Saturday’s thrilling finale of Jamaica Inn Foundation’s seventh annual backgammon tournament, lifting his first title at the event, which benefits the White River Fish Sanctuary....

Published:Friday | June 14, 2024 | 12:08 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

“REGISTER, register, register,” Celia Barclay, Jamaica’s information commissioner, urged business attendees at Tuesday’s ‘Enhancing Security for Compliance with Jamaica’s Data Protection Act’ forum, hosted by Blue Chip Strategies at the Terra Nova...

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