Lure of Lucy set to shine in Fan Appreciation Day feature
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 ahead of horses who have since returned to frank the form.
The December 17 Betmakers Holiday Bonanza Trophy #1, won by PRINCE MARSHALL in a driving finish over POSITIVE ID at a mile, has thrown up two winners coming out of the Chairman’s Plate – PRINCE MARSHALL and PERFECT BREW.
PRINCE MARSHALL ran a cracker in the Chairman’s Plate at odds of 23-1, chasing LURE OF LUCY from the get-go, before MINIATURE MAN went second past him turning for home.
Returning two weeks later in the Betmakers Holiday Bonanza, PRINCE MARSHALL stunned howling 2-5 favourite, BLUE VINYL, the 2000 Guineas and St Leger winner, by storming in the last furlong at 23-1 with Dane Dawkins, outfinishing POSITIVE ID and PERFRECT BREW.
Last Tuesday, PERFECT BREW franked the Betmakers Holiday Bonanza Holiday form by scoring an out-of-class runaway victory in the ninth race at six and a half furlongs.
With the form playing perfect, LURE OF LUCY, returning among overnight-allowance company, should be the horse to beat with Omar Walker retained to make every post a winning one.
The Fan Appreciation Day Trophy is the eighth of nine races scheduled. First post is noon.
Caymanas Park Tips – Monday, January 2
Race 1 – 1820m Rd
War of the Roses (2)
Race 2 –1100m
True Al Sky (9)
Race 3 – 1000m Rd
Volatility (4)
Race 4 – 1100m
Wearyourhonor (7)
Race 5 – 1400m
Sensational Ending (5)
Race 6 – 700m
Schlesinger (12)
Race 7 –1000m St
Prncsshootingstar (2)
Race 8 – 1820m
Lure of Lucy (3)
Race 9 – 1300mFly Messenger Fly (6)
Bet of the day
Race 5 – 1400m
Sensational Ending (5)
Race 7 –1000m St
Prncsshootingstar (2)
