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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 (...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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’...
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’...
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...
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....
“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...
UNBEATEN UNITED States-bred colt FUNCAANDUN, a 14-length winner among overnight-allowance runners, chalking a fourth straight win on April 27, jumps to open-allowance company for Saturday’s Mark My Word Trophy at nine furlongs and 25 yards. Facing...
KNOLLY MOSES, co-director of Jamaica Inn Foundation’s seventh annual Backgammon Tournament, anticipates a full house this weekend, at least 40 competitors for Saturday’s finale, possibly an additional 20 participating during Friday night’s warm-up...
STUNNED BY fellow American WALL STREET TRADER’s lightning-fast splits when reporting off a five-month break on May 5, DIGITAL ONE returns drilled at exercise, producing glowing workouts, which should pave her way to the winners’ enclosure for...
CALIFORNIA CROWN yesterday upstaged 1-5 favourite and stablemate INTERESTNTIMESAHEAD, leading home a Jason DaCosta 1-2-3 in yesterday’s 2000 Guineas at odds of 3-1 for champion owner Carlton Watson. Breaking smartly from the wide draw in the nine-...
