Ainsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

Ian Parsard
December 9, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Ideal Horse Farms steals show at Mixed Sale

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…
Anthony Nunes’ NAUTICAL STAR is looking for redemption from his Mouttet Mile flop in Saturday’s St Catherine Cup at Caymanas Park.
December 9, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Mouttet Mile plot thickens with champion trainer race

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…
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s first involvement in horse racing comes at this weekend’s Mouttet Mile, the richest event in the Caribbean.
December 9, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Fraser-Pryce part of all-star ownership of Mouttet Mile-bound Rideallday

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…
Nicholas Dusard
December 9, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Dusard, 36, eyes retirement

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…
CALIFORNIA CROWN (right), ridden by Robert Halledeen, wins the 50th running of the Jamaica 2000 Guineas, a three-year-old graded stakes, ahead of stablemate INTRESTNTIMESAHEAD (Tevin Foster) at Caymanas Park on June 2, 2024.
December 9, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

California Crown a cinch for Kaz Hoshay Trophy

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…
DIGITAL ONE, ridden by Dane Dawkins, wins the the Alsafra Trophy ahead of SUPREMASI (Dick Cardenas) at Caymanas Park yesterday.
December 9, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Dawkins thrills fans with three-timer

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…
Raddesh Roman stands tall in the saddle as DIGITAL ONE wins the Trevor McKenzie Trophy over five furlongs round at Caymanas Park on September 15, 2024.
December 9, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Easy assignment for Digital One

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…
CHAMPION BUBBLER (left), ridden by Omar Walker, wins the seven-and-a-half furlong, four-year-old and upwards restricted allowance stakes seventh race ahead of a fast-finishing TEKAPUNT (Reyan Lewis) at Caymanas Park on Saturday, April 1, 2023.
December 9, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Bulletproofcoffee, Champion Bubbler, too much for Aftercare Trophy fields

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…
MOJITO (right), ridden by Raddesh Roman, wins the Jamaica Cup ahead of GIRVANO (Tevin Foster) at Caymanas Park yesterday.
December 9, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Mojito captures Jamaica Cup

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…