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.
The grey mare Celestial Storm won the Boxing Day Stakes and Trophy Grade 1 for a second time on Monday at the Garrison Savannah after taking it for the first time in 2019. The seven-year-old five-time Grade 1 winner has now entered an elite group of horses to win the Boxing Day feature twice in its 35-year-old historyNot many imported horses in Barbadian history have won five Grade 1 races. The top mare has now won the Sandy Lane Gold Cup, Sandy Lane Spa Sprint, Coolmore Stakes and two Boxing Day Trophies under her belt and cemented herself as one of the greatest imported horses to come to Barbados.
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Shane Doan coasted to a fifth consecutive success when he easily disposed of the field in the feature Amory Phillips GCM Memorial Handicap over 1 100 metres for three-year-olds and older rated 95-75 yesterday at the Garrison Savannah. Carrying the top impost of 130 pounds, jockey Rickey Walcott had little to do other than steer the Fab Five-owned bay gelding home by two lengths on the Hall Of Fame Raceday. …
Shane Doan, flawless in his last four starts, will today seek to extend his victory streak to five consecutive wins when he competes in the featured Amory Philips GCM Memorial Handicap over 1 100 metres at the Garrison Savannah. This seven-year-old gelding, the property of Fab Five, becomes the third horse from trainer Andrew Nunes’ stable to target such a feat this year. The others who failed in their quest …