Digicel Horse Race Classic...Who So Ever wins again

Digicel Horse Race Classic…Who So Ever wins again

Jul 24, 2012 Sports

Who so ever owned by Dennis DeRoop of the Simple Royal Stable Corentyne, Berbice is turning out to be the horse to beat in the horseracing circle. The horse sourced from America and ridden by Raj Drepaul turned in a stunning performance to win the feature ‘B’ class race over 1700M and in the process carted off the top prize of $2M and a trophy at the Digicel Horserace Classic which was held on Sunday at the Norman Singh Memorial Turf, West Coast, Berbice.

Who So Ever (fourth right) and ridden by Raj Drepaul is seen right in contention as the field approaches the Main Pavilion in the feature ‘B’ Class event on Sunday during the Digicel Race Meet Classic.

Before a massive crowd, much bigger than when the Company held its inaugural Meet last year, the feature saw 11 horses take to the starting gate and as the gates flew Who So Ever was placed to the front by Drepaul along with three other horses as they passed the Main Pavilion, but as they came out of the first turn, Awesome Warrior and later Jet Set Go fell injuring both jockeys Rupert Ramnauth and Daniel Flores respectively.
As they entered the back straights, Who So Ever lurked menacingly at the front of the pack with Face the Fire, Perfect Circle, The Message and Grande De Roja, all in contention.
With the pace increasingly with every stride, The Message dropped out of the leading group and they turned for home, Drepaul placed Who So Ever on the far rail and quickened inside the final furlong to win handily from the fast finishing Face the Fire, who held on to place second from Perfect Circle and Grande DeRoja in that order.
Settle in Seattle of the Shariff stable and ridden by Jamaican Brian Blake romped home with the $1M and trophy for a gate to pole victory in the three year old Guyana and West Indian bred 1700M event. Occupying the other positions were Rock Sonna, Serenity and Rosetta.
Majestic of the Shariff racing stable with Blake again in control chalked up another victory with a convincing gate to pole win in the E class 1200M gallop. It took the $700,000 top prize from Appealing Harvest,

Ms Uasmin Shariff collects the winning trophy in the three year old open event for Settle in Seattle victory

Got to Go and the Girl Them Sugar.
The two year old 1000M event for Guyana and West Indies bred horses saw Gold Rush of the Jagmohan Stables with Ramnauth on the Mount racing away with the $600,000 winner’s money and trophy ahead of Flying Baby, True Gold and the Wild grinder.
Bridal Stone Corner of The Marcel Crawford stable with Winston Appadhu on the hunch was all alone as it cross the finishing line ahead of Peace and Love, Weekend Surprise and Prado’s Gold to win the $500,000 take and trophy in the G and lover 1200M event.
The event for two year old Guyana and West Indies bred horses was won by She so special of the Jumbo Jet Stable from Party time, Silent Night and Easy Win. However it was not certain if the $400,000 winner’s money was handed over as it was not confirmed if the animals were given the all clear to run.
There was some controversy in the I class 1200M event for the $250,000 winner’s money and trophy as Mona Lisa of the Crawford stable with Blake and Little Tip top of the Singh stable with R Drepaul came home for a close finish. The judges after some deliberation awarded a dead heat with Savion and Quincy rounding out the placing.
Hard Runnings of the Bacchus stable with Navin ran hard to win the JK&L race and take home the $200,000 money in the 1200M event.
The top stables were Crawford and Sharif with two wins each with Senior Council Marcel Crawford the top trainer. Jockey Blake, with three wins, rode away with the champion jockey honours. The top individual performers received accolades compliments of the Organisers, sponsors and the Trophy Stall, Bourda Market.
Over 90 horses took part in the $11.5M meet.

It all joy and happiness as connections of the DeRoop family receives the winning trophy and $3M for Who so Ever victory in the feature B class event.

Meanwhile, the inclement weather left the track in a soft state and despite the best efforts of the organizers parts of the track created difficulty for the horses thereby causing a few spills and injuries.
A number of owners criticized the state of the track and cautioned organisers to look into the safety of horses and jockeys in the future.