Race #

2

ID#

158

Track Condition

GOOD TO FIRM

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON HOUSE (CONDITION RACE) IMPORTED (NON-WEST INDIAN BRED) 2-YEAR-OLDS

1100 Meters (5½ furlongs)

Total Purse - $12,000

Winner - $6,600

Order of Finish # Horse Weight Jockey 1 #2 INDANGER 123 A. TROTMAN   Broke well, soon led comfortably, quickened nicely when ridden 1f out, stayed on well. 2 #5 MINGUN TEMPLE 123 J. CRAWFORD   Off a step slow, quickly recovered to track leaders, good progress between horses just under 2f out, strong finish, second best. 3 #1 REWARD ME 116 CHRIS HUSBANDS   Pressed pace, ridden 3f out, unable to quicken final furlong. 4 #4 DANY DANY (T) 114 K. JOHN (3)   Smartly away, soon outpaced, ran on one pace final furlong. 5 #6 COOL ASA BREEZE 123 JASON LEACOCK   Soon in rear, virtually pulled up after 1f.

Time Fractions

¼ Mile

26.2

½ Mile

49.6

¾ Mile

1 Mile

Time

1:06.2

Distances

1¼, 3, 1¾, 18¼

Winner	2YO Bay Colt - FOREST DANGER ex DYNO DANCER by DYNAFORMER
Winning Trainer	R. PARRAVICINO J.P
Winning Owner	MESSRS. DANIEL & MARTIN RAIZMAN
Winning Breeder	JMJ RACING STABLES LLC

Payments		Win	Place
1st	2	1.90	1.05
2nd	5		3.05
Forecast	2-5		3.70
Trifecta	2-5-1		7.40

Analysis:

Unlike the unfavourable track they encountered in their first meeting, the imported Two Year Olds found more suitable underfoot conditions for their re-appearance, this time at 1100 metres. It resulted in a fairer contest for the bunch, but the winner INDANGER was able to produce a somewhat similar effort as on that occasion to score nicely. He was more pleasing to the eye in the preliminaries as well, and looks to still have some room for further improvement. Mingun Temple showed lots more verve today, and got into the thick of things much earlier as well. The handsome colt found plenty when the chips were down, and he takes the shape of a horse with considerable promise. A solid pedigree to boot should see him developing into a very nice individual. Reward Me couldn’t be fairly assessed before this after losing his rider and chances with a stumble last time out. He was on the business end of things early as well, but lacked the turn of foot to go with the first two in the final quarter mile, and evened out. Dany Dany also showed slight improvement on the firmer footing, and was again willing. He seems to lack a significant change of pace for these shorter trips, and should perhaps be more effective over further.   [ROG]

Analysis:

Not a field with much form but the result produced a very good performance by the Edward Walcott trainee LIGHTNING BOLT. The chestnut gelding didn’t find the winning post first time out to continue his trainer’s recent good fortunes with debutantes and returnees, but did the business a start later with this decisive win. He was much the best in the end, but still had to sustain a worthy inquiry for interference about a quarter-mile out. Runner-up Ned Kelly didn’t have the best of trips on his debut a fortnight ago over 1000 metres, and found the additional ground today more to his liking. Que Pasa was well off the pace as usual and gave herself much to do. This coupled with traffic problems at a most critical stage, put paid to her chances of finally graduating from the maiden ranks. Quality Time was knocked right out of it at the start, and did well to recover enough from so far out of it to still earn a cheque, albeit just barely.   [ROG] 

 

Race #

5

ID#

161

Track Condition

GOOD TO FIRM

THE BARBADOS MUSEUM AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY (HANDICAP) 3-YEAR-OLDS AND OVER RATED 118-140 (ALSO OPEN TO HORSES RATED 117 AND BELOW)

1570 Meters - (7.8 furlongs)

Total Purse $15,000

Winner $8,250

Order of Finish # Horse Weight Jockey 1 #1 WALK ON BY (B) 106 J. SAMUEL (7)   Made virtually all, always handy until ridden 2f out, ridden clear, gamely held. 2 #4 PREACH TO ME (T) 126 CHRIS HUSBANDS   Held up in rear but close, along rail, smooth progress when pushed along just under 4f out, not a clear run, soon free, altered course final furlong, not enough. 3 #5 JOHN BRIAN 130 A. TROTMAN   Prominently placed to track leaders, bid 2f out, evened out final furlong. 4 #6 BLOUMBERG (T) 114 K. JOHN (3)   Held up behind horses, in rear 3f out, switched outside, unable to quicken. 5 #7 BOUNCEBAK 126 R. LUNAN   With leaders but always wide, no gain when ridden 2f out, widest into straight, soon beaten. 6 #2 KINGDORA (B) 126 J. CRAWFORD   Disputed lead, wide into first turn, relegated, soon disputed again, ridden under 3f out, no increase, weakened. 7 #3 COMPTON FIELDS (T) 116 W. CAVE   Stood up then away late, always well off in last, no effort.

Time Fractions

¼ Mile

24.6

½ Mile

50.4

¾ Mile

1:15.4

1 Mile

Time

1:34.6

Distances

1½, 2½, 1¼, ½, SHD, 19¾

Winner	5YO Chestnut Mare - STRANGER TO FEAR ex UNCHALLENGED by TAMMANY
Winning Trainer	S. JOSEPH JNR.
Winning Owner	MR. ATTIE JOSEPH III & MR. SAFFIE JOSEPH JNR.
Winning Breeder	MR. CHALLENOR JONES MBE

Payments		Win	Place
1st	1	6.65	2.25
2nd	4		1.55
Forecast	1-4		38.55
Trifecta	1-4-5		246.50

Analysis:

Benefitting from weight concessions all around and an enterprising ride by apprentice Jalon Samuel, five year old mare WALK ON BY turned what appeared to be a competitive event on paper, into an almost solo show of determination. The chestnut made the most of her light impost and delivered a performance reminiscent of her better days. The punter’s fancy Preach To Me was all out to peg the winner back, but had his momentum broken slightly when making a run, and this along with the 20lbs he gave her surely sealed his fate. John Brian (not surprisingly) looked beaten as far as a furlong out in this his first start since the Gold Cup in March. He was the high-weight in the field, and though beaten an increasing four lengths in the end, should be on target for bigger efforts next season. As the only three year old in the group, it was pleasing to see Bloumberg in the money against these older, tougher campaigners. He was perhaps not given the best chance having been squeezed out a bit after two furlongs, then found himself wide and fighting a futile battle to quicken up.   [ROG]