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Cat Messiah on mission to the top
Cat Messiah is certainly not a timid ‘pussy cat’ that is housed up in some attic somewhere. No, this is one of the up and coming racehorses in the racing arena in Guyana and according to owner Gansham Singh as long as things go according to plan, the animal will soon be the talk of the town and the animal to beat.
Cat Messiah romps to an easy victory in the last meet at Port Mourant.
Singh is a proud man and he sees no reasons why his plans will not come through. He says he has all the ingredients to make the animal the number one in the racing circle.
A three year old locally bred animal that was born right at his farm and stable and No6, Singh said that he always had it that the animal will be a beater and although he had some setbacks earlier at the Two year stage, he was not perturbed. According to Singh the horse suffered a few problems then (two year old) and never raced. He never had any qualms about it because he knew when the horse came out he wanted it to hit the track running and leave mouths ajar. To care a horse for three year is no easy walk he asserted.
The animal was in winner’s row in its last race meet when it took care of business in the J class race. Incidentally it entered the racing arena this year and in only its third outing Cat Messiah was a class above the rest. It ran and excellent race looking in ripping form as it registered its first victory in the horseracing circle in Guyana.
Classified J2 and running in the JK and L class category with a weight of 117 pounds, with the experienced Jamaican Jockey Andron Findley on the mount, the animal was unstoppable and it whipped the field for a convicting victory running the last 50 meters unchallenged. In so doing it took away the $200,000 and trophy in the 1200M event from a much more experience and recognised field of horses. According to Singh it is definitely the start of the horses’ climb to the top and it will be looking to continue its winning ways next Sunday April 14th at the BLUTC one day horserace meet.
As a man who has been around horses for a while, Singh should know what he is talking about. With the right kind of training and food which includes a number of different mixtures and the right exercise Cat Messiah can reach the top.
The racehorse trains at the Norman Sigh Turf Club at Silver Park, West Coast, Berbice and the Bush Lot United Turf Club and according to the owner its training regiment depends on where it has to race and the type of races it will be involved in.
Apart from competing in the JK and L class events the animal is set to campaign in the three year old category, especially among the locally bred horses.
When told that there are some very good local three year olds around, the owner stated that the anticipated clashed would be mouth watering and he cannot wait for the opportunity to whip the bigger boys and with a man like Findley in the stirrups he doesn’t see why Cat Messiah cannot purr its way to the top and bring redemption to his stable. (Samuel Whyte)
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