The number one inside draw could prove decisive for Celestial Storm today as she defends her Coolmore “Home of Champions” Stakes And Trophy at the Garrison Savannah today against a star-studded field. Ironically, her last success at the trip came in the 2020 edition of this event when she edged Night Prowler by a short head. Owned and trained by Roger Parravicino, the eight-year-old mare shrugged off a seven-race losing …
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.
The queen of the Garrison Savannah, Celestial Storm, returned to her winning ways in a breathtaking home-stretch three-way battle, thundering home on the outside to defeat Trini Aviator and Terrain yesterday. Sent off as the overwhelming favourite, the seven-year-old chestnut mare wore down the early leaders in a tense stretch battle in front of a boisterous crowd to claim victory in the Boxing Day Stakes And Trophy over 1 570 …