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Grande De Roja takes top honours at Rising Sun Mashramani horserace meet
Compton Sancho (left) of the Rising Sun Turf Club presents the winning Dynasty Sports bar trophy to representative of the Habibulla Stable for The Baliff win in the F class event.
By Samuel Whyte
The Jumbo Jet stable took off, touched down and raced away with championship honours when the Rising Sun Turf Club in collaboration with Banks DIH Limited held their annual Mashramani Horserace meet on Sunday 24th February at the Rising Sun Turf Club, Arima Park West Coast Berbice.
The feature B class 1400M event saw the horses of the Jumbo Jet stable setting off on a mission with Who is on the Case ridden by May, leading the way from Grande de Roja being piloted by Jockey Ajai Sansarran going out early with Renia Del Café and Score Is Even also in the hunt. There was some juggling for positions and exchange of places as the race got older with the animals picking up speed down the back stretch and into the far turn. They were going at a searing pace, galloping for all their worth.
Grande de Roja had taken over the lead with Score’s Even and California Strike by then making their move on the front runners. However their last gasp effort were not enough as Grande de Roja with Ajai urging it on having enough left in its belly to cross the finish line ahead of Score’s Even and California Strike with Who is On the Case holding on for third. The win was worth $1M and the Banks DIH trophy all compliments of Banks DIH.
Gold Rush of the Romel Jagmohan stable ridden by Rupert Ramnauth rushed to front to claim top honours from Monsoon of the Crawford stable as it galloped away with the $400,000winners money and trophy in the co-feature Three years old 1400M event for horses bred and born in Guyana and the West Indies. Set for fame and Another Jet were the others that placed. The Bailiff of the Habibulla Stable and trained by Senior Council Marcel Crawford seized control down the homestretch in the 1400M F class race and took possession of the $340,000 winners money and the Dynasty Sports bar trophy from Top of the line, Swing Easy and Feels Like Gold.
Banks DIH Manager Mortimer Stewart (3rd left) presents the winning Banks DIH trophy to representative of the Jumbo Jet stable for Grande De Roja victory in the feature B class event.
The Jumbo Jet stable was in winner’s row in the Three Years old event for Guyana bred horses when She So Special piloted by Junior won a contentious race from Dream Boy, Easy to Win and Silent Night. This was after Silent Night was relegated to fourth after crossing the line in second position. The officials ruling that the animal caused some infringement during the race. The win was worth $300,000 and trophy.
The G class 1400M event was won by Treacle of the Habibulla stables with Richmond on the hunch as it won its second consecutive race and the $300,000 and The Lakeram” Buddy” Sukdeo trophy ahead of The Bailiff, Rosetta and Feels Like Gold.
There was much controversy in the final event of the day which was staged for horses classified I and lower over 1100M for a winning prize of $200,000. Although it was glaring that the two horses that placed first and second Dream Boy and Dream Girl both of the Singh stable conspired continuously to block and squeezed out the horse that placed third, Silent Night of the Shariff stable, the authorities erred badly when they did not disqualify the two animals although viewing the event on video showed that the infringements were deliberate.
Elevating Silent Night to number two and relegating Dream Girl to third place was not good enough.
Golden Reprise with Jockey Ramnauth of the Mohabir Haripaul stable of Tain Corentyne Berbice tasted it first victory in the racing arena when it entered the winning enclosure in the J and lower event to carry home the $150,000 winners money and the Goodwood Racing Service trophy.
The Jumbo Jet Stable took top trainer and stable awards. They all received accolades compliments of The Trophy Stall Bourda market and the organizers. Over 100 horses were entered to participate in the day’s proceedings and close to $6M in cash up for offer.
The police led by Assistant Superintendent Jairam Ramlakhan were commended for marshaling his troops well in an incident free day of racing.
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