DARE to Dream will carry the hopes of France in the featured Staffordstown Stud Stakes at the Curragh this Saturday. Trained in Chantilly by Gavin Hernon…
Trainer Kenny John will saddle Jericho who will be the headline act among seven in the St Valentine Handicap on Saturday, the second day of the 2022 season at the Garrison Savannah. The St Valentine Handicap will go 1100 meters and is race seven on the eight-race card. It carries a purse of $17 000 and is slated for 4:55p.m.Jericho started off as the leading three-year-old of 2018, winning the Hopeful Stakes and The Bajan Blue Restaurant Trophy before injury put an end to his three-year-old classic campaign. He won the co-feature Past President Handicap last race day going 1100 making all the running from Ceroc and Marengo and earning his sixth win in 22 starts. Owned and bred by George Devere Davis, Jericho will be coming down to 111Ibs this race day having won last race day with 120Ibs. N’ Rico Prescod will be in the saddle.
Sent off at odds of 7-1, Inspired Adventure produced his signature off-the-pace finishing kick to win the BTC 117th Anniversary Handicap at the Garrison Savannah on Friday’s Errol Barrow Day.There was a lengthy delay to the start of the event as horses were in the parade ring and behind the starting stalls of the 1800-meter event while two riders were in the stewards’ facing an enquiry and decision. There was more drama as horse number 4 Refire refused to be loaded into the starting stalls giving the gate attendants the world of trouble.Horse number 1 What You Think copied the antics of Refire and also gave trouble until race day stewards contacted starter Mark Batson via walkie talkie to withdraw both of them as attempts to get them loaded was time consuming. Punters got their monies back on the two withdrawals.
Good Vibration and War Eagle are heavily favoured to fight out the 90-72 rated BTC 117th Anniversary Handicap this afternoon at the Garrison Savannah. Also live in the 4:05 p.m. showpiece are Inspired Adventure, Whatyouthink and Alleria. Owned by Adam Deane, Good Vibration gets the nod over the 2020 Derby winner War Eagle in the 1 800 metres route event on the opening day of the Barbados Turf Club first …