Ainsley Walters - Gleaner Writer


MONEY MARKET, ridden by Dane Dawkins, wins the Gregory Park Sprint  over five and half furlongs at Caymanas Park yesterday.
March 29, 2026 by Ainsley Walters

Dawkins four-timer capped with Money Market win

Dane Dawkins closed a four-timer with a hat trick yesterday including MONEY MARKET, whose form reversal in the Gregory Park Sprint humbled 4-5 favourite SHE’S THAT GIRL, denying the speedy…
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SALUTE THE DON, ridden by Dane Dawkins, wins the 32nd running of the Sir Howard Stakes at Caymanas Park yesterday.
March 22, 2026 by Ainsley Walters

Taylor Made, Salute The Don stay true to form

True to form, December’s Jamaica Two-Year-Old Stakes shaped the results of yesterday’s prep races for three-year-olds chasing classic glory this season, TAYLOR MADE and SALUTE THE DON both making…

FUNCAANDUN (right), ridden by Robert Halledeen, wins the Alexander Hamilton Memorial Trophy ahead of SUPER NATURAL POWER (Raddesh Roman) over seven furlongs at Caymanas Park yesterday.
March 15, 2026 by Ainsley Walters

Funcaandun shows class in thriller

FUNCAANDUN, 2024 Mouttet Mile winner and third behind RIDEALLDAY in last year’s race, proved his superiority down in class among open-allowance runners by outfinishing fellow American SUPERNATURAL…
NEO STAR (right), ridden by Tajay Suckoo, wins the second running of the nine-furlongs-and 25-yard International Women’s Day Trophy ahead of  DON KWESI at Caymanas Park on March 7.
March 8, 2026 by Ainsley Walters

Nunes goes on an International Women’s Day rampage

Anthony Nunes served notice on champion trainer Jason DaCosta yesterday, closing a stinging five-timer with a hat-trick completed by NEO STAR in the International Women’s Day Trophy at nine furlongs…

FLORINDIA, ridden by Tajay Suckoo, runs away with the The Allan E ‘Billy’ Williams Memorial Trophy over seven furlongs at Caymanas Park yesterday.
March 1, 2026 by Ainsley Walters

Florindia new barn provides ominous second wind

FLORINDIA showed exactly how much difference a change of barn can make, wiring rivals by nine and a quarter lengths to land yesterday’s seven-furlong Allan E ‘Billy’ Williams Memorial on her first…

PACK PLAYS wins the seven-and-a-half furlong Chairman’s Trophy at Caymanas Park yesterday.
February 22, 2026 by Ainsley Walters

Pack Plays a class above Chairman’s Trophy field

Mouttet Mile veteran, United States-bred PACK PLAYS, completed back-to-back grade-one victories yesterday, wiring GIRVANO in the Chairman’s Trophy at seven and a half furlongs, three weeks after…

WHIZZ KIDD (right), ridden by Robert Halledeen, wins the seven-furlong nightpan ahead of RANI BANGALA (Tevin Foster) at long odds 67-1 at Caymanas Park yesterday.
February 15, 2026 by Ainsley Walters

Money Market claims Reggae Month Trophy

MONEY MARKET closed fast on the stands’ side to overhaul lightweight MIGHTY GULLY stealing home in yesterday’s Reggae Month Trophy at five furlongs straight, completing a second consecutive win since…
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MACK AND ROME, ridden by Gavin Harris, wins the three-year-old and upwards Overnight Allowance Stakes George Hosang Trophy over five furlongs straight at Caymanas Park yesterday.
February 8, 2026 by Ainsley Walters

Mack and Rome goes gate to wire, Dawkins lands five-timer

Dane Dawkins rode a five-timer yesterday, a half of the day’s 10-race card, closing a jockey-trainer three timer with Gary Subratie’s LEXI LOU, who made all against fellow maidens at five furlongs…

PACK PLAYS, ridden by Christopher Mamdeen, wins the Eileen Cliggott Memorial Trophy over six and a half furlongs at Caymanas Park yesterday.
February 1, 2026 by Ainsley Walters

Pack Plays pounces on Of A Revolution’s second flop

Mouttet Mile Day’s Bruceontheloose Sprint winner, seven-year-old Florida-invader OF A REVOLUTION, flopped for the second consecutive race this season, outsprinted by fellow American PACK PLAYS in…