Atomica wins 1000 Guineas by a 'city block'

It's tempting to get caught up in the Atomica versus Runaway Algo argument as the third staging of the $6-million Jamaica Cup main race takes place today at Caymanas Park. Their portfolios have been exceptional this season, making it tough to select an overall victor. Atomica, trained by Gary Subratie, made her seasonal debut on April 8 over a…

THERE were two interesting ads in the official form book. Firstly, advising the recommended training fees now stand at $3500 per day to address the increase in the grooms' weekly wages to $5000 per horse. The $1.3-billion gap between owners' collective support of the horse population, therefore, continues to widen with only around $700 million…

Derby Day 2023 was undoubtedly another memorable one for perennial top-10 practitioner Patrick Tyrone Lynch with another success in 2400-metre Jamaica Derby run as the 10th of 11 races. The jockey-turned-trainer established himself in the top echelons of the profession with his first success in the Premier Classic in 2007 saddling The Bomber and…

What was expected to be a match-race between God of Love and Yellowstone, proved their undoing, as both went too fast, too early and it paved the way for the late-running Perfect Brew to snare the 19th running of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) Trophy race at Caymanas Park on Tuesday. Piloted by reigning champion jockey Dane…

The improving Strike Smart (Omar Walker) is on his way to winning his second race.(Photos: Naphtali Junior) THERE were sundry technical issues with a malfunctioning digital platform affecting the operation of cameras, leaving many punters unable to place bets. There was a significant delay to the start of the second event, which was understandably…

Jason DaCosta's Mamma Mia, the 1000 Guineas winner, and Richard Azan's 2000 Guineas conqueror Mojito, were both hunting what would have been the second jewel in the Triple Crown series, but Thalita, also conditioned by DaCosta, spoiled the party, as she copped the 97th running of the Jamaica St Leger in commanding fashion on Saturday. By virtue of…

Royal Ascot is Britain's premier Flat racing event with 35 races across five glorious days in the heart of Berkshire. The sport's worldwide talent is expected to take to the hallowed turf next week and with the racing usually ultra-competitive, this list looks to help you through each day of the meeting. Get ready for the most prestigious event in…

It is lamentable that even on public holidays there is weak spectator support for the 2023 version of the Sport Of Kings. In fact, attendance has not increased significantly since to the lifting of the COVID-19 restrictions, and the obvious conclusion is that radio commentary, off track betting, closed-circuit TV, and live streaming is the…

THE 2022 racing year is now confined to the annals of history and once again the industry - through the efforts of the lovers of the sport involving the ownership of horses, Jamaica Racing Commission personnel, the board of directors and the operatives of promoting company Supreme Venture Racing & Entertainment Limited, backed by the professional…

Jason DaCosta is set to start his first season as champion trainer at Caymanas Park by landing Monday's Fan Appreciation Day Trophy race with United States-bred LURE OF LUCY at nine furlongs and 25 yards. LURE OF LUCY ran a cracker against her classic-winning stablemate, MINIATURE MAN, at the distance in the December 3 Chairman's Plate, finishing…

Race Review - Saturday, November 12, 2022 From the moment the 10 nominations were published, the first renewal of the 1900-metre, $6.0-million Jamaica Cup generated huge talking points. This marquee event was billed mainly as a clash of successful 2022 Classic aspirants, namely Atomica (Jamaica Derby & 1000 Guineas) and Blue Vinyl (Jamaica St Leger…

Leading trainer Jason DaCosta's MINIATURE MAN, last year's 2000 Guineas winner, reported off a two-month break to land Sunday's Caymanas Park feature, the Announcers' Trophy at six and a half furlongs, with seven-pound female claiming rider Abigail Able. Able, who had opened the weekend of racing astride DaCosta's IANZHA LINKS on Saturday, rode a…

A look at the finishing post at Dundalk Stadium It was a quality night of racing at Dundalk Stadium last Friday night with two Listed Races, both worth €47500, both for two-year-olds, forming the highlights. Firstly, it was the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Legacy Stakes, run over a trip of five furlongs. "Funny Money Honey is finding plenty for…

LAST year's Jamaica Derby winner, CALCULUS, is down two grades as a chalk at Caymanas Park in Sunday's Kenneth Mattis Memorial at nine furlongs and 25 yards, facing overnight-allowance runners after failing by a half-length to catch KING ARTHUR in the grade one Eros Trophy six weeks ago, allowing the 2020 derby winner 11lbs. Having not won since…

Horse racing fans near and far, whether serious or neophyte, will be heading to the racetrack, the off-track betting parlours, or will be seated comfortably in their living rooms glued to the television sets as Blue Vinyl seeks his place in the record books when he takes on nine rivals in the 102nd staging of the $7.5-million Jamaica Derby, the…

Trainer Ian Parsard should close a feature-race double at Caymanas Park on Monday's eight-race holiday card with MAHOGANY in the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) Trophy and down-in-class BERNING RED in the Emancipation Day Trophy. One of the most exciting horses in training, four-year-old MAHOGANY registered his 11 win from 18 starts…

Trainer Ian Parsard dominated Saturday's co-features at Caymanas Park with American JORDON REIGN'S and his imported-in-utero stablemate, BIG JULE, both registering impressive victories in the Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame Stakes and the Reynold'Ren' Gonzalves Memorial, respectively. JORDON REIGN'S notched his fifth win in seven starts, beating…

The 2022 season of Futurity competition continued with the 96th renewal of 2000-metre Jamaica St Leger featured on the 10-race programme. Run as the 10th race, this second jewel of the Triple Crown was one of the most anticipated in recent years. Wide-margin winners of the 1600 metres 1000 and 2000 Guineas Atomica (163/4 lengths) and Blue Vinyl (9¼…

Following resounding victories in the 1000 Guineas by the filly Atomica and by the colt Blue Vinyl in the 2000 Guineas, the two, who are the top rated three-year-olds at present, are expected to meet for the first occasion in the Classic 10-furlong Jamaica St Leger on July 2. Gary Subratie, the trainer of Atomica, and Patrick Lynch, who…

ATOMICA on Saturday scored one of the widest margins of victory ever recorded in the 1000 Guineas, a 20-length victory clocked in 1:37.0 with Dane Dawkins a mere passenger at Caymanas Park. Our Angel with Robert Halledeen finished second at 30-1, just a neck ahead of third-place SILENT MISSION at 14-1 with Omar Walker. The Gary Subratie-trained…

GO DEH GIRL closed a two-timer for Tevin Foster on Saturday's 11-race card at Caymanas Park, outsprinting 4-5 favourite GOD OF LOVE at five furlongs straight in the Pari-Mutuel Department Trophy for open-allowance runners. The United States-bred four-year-old filly won at odds of 2-1 for champion trainer Anthony Nunes, quickening inside the final…

KING'S LYNN can win the Cazoo Temple Stakes (3.45pm) for The Queen at Haydock Park on Saturday afternoon. The Andrew Balding-trained five-year-old can go one better than at Chester last time to upset favourite Winter Power in the Group Two feature on Merseyside. And he can book his ticket to the King's Stand Stakes and bid to give Her Majesty…

Not having a standout contender for either of the 1600-metre Group 1 Guineas races at Caulfield is not something James Cummings has had to get accustomed to as head trainer at Godolphin. He produced Anamoe to win last year's Caulfield Guineas as a short-priced favourite, having done likewise with Flit in the Thousand Guineas two years…