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War Craft looking to be number one
War Craft, owned and trained by veteran Trainer and ‘horse man’, Senior Counsel Marcel Crawford, is cutting its own path in the horseracing circle in Guyana. With horseracing in Guyana enjoying some success of recent, with more horses taking part in meets, no one horse has the accolade of being undisputed champion with upsets after upsets being the order of the day at most race meets.
At the moment most of the stables and owners try to keep on top of their game by replenishing their stocks on a regular basis with constant importation and breeding of horses. However one horse has been on the improve ever since it took to the track a few months ago.
Gansham Singh presents the winning trophy to Ms Lisa Gopaul of the Crawford stable for War Craft telling victory in the E class event in a recent race meet. Jockey Yap Drepaul is perched on top of the animal.
War Craft of the Senior Council Marcel Crawford stable at Alness, Corentyne Berbice, is proving to be the exception and is set to reverse the trend in its quest to reach the top in the horseracing arena in Guyana. With three wins from four starts since arriving in Guyana, the animal has converted its last three starts to convincing victories as it stakes it claim to be the horse to beat at the moment.
Sourced from the twin island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, it was first allowed to campaign in the G3 category, the animal when it last race had moved up to the G1 class and carried a permitted weight of 111 pounds. Having destroyed its opponents in the G and lower category, War Craft is now set to take on the higher class horses.
The animal moved up to the E and lower category for the first time in the last race meet just over three weeks ago and scored a thumping victory as it completed a hat-trick of victories. The animal is now set to campaign in the E class and higher C and B class races.
Owned and trained by Marcel Crawford who has been in the business for over six decades, the horse is getting the right kind of training and feed. Crawford has had an illustrious career in the horseracing field in all aspects of the sport. He stated that through all his years in the business he has never doped a horse and mentioned that as one of the reasons why his horses are so successful despite having a small stable at the moment. Most of his horses perform consistently for a long period of time.
War Craft will be no different, with three wins in its last four race meets the animal is presently preparing to take to the track on Sunday December 9 at the Bush Lot United Turf Club in an effort to redeem itself after a close and controversial loss at its last race meet last Sunday in the E and lower event at the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club Classic horse race meet.
By name War Craft has declared war on its opponent and is crafting its own path with tremendous finishing speed down the homestretch. The horse has won all of its races running from behind and bolting past its opponents on its way to the finishing pole. The Crawford Stable connections will continue to work and look forward to seeing the horse in the winner’s circle on a regular basis. (Samuel Whyte)
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