THE Philippine Racing Commission (Philracom)-sponsored Philippine Sportswriters Association Cup rounds up three major events on Sunday at the San Lazaro Business and Leisure Park in Carmona, Cavite. Recent Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) 3-Year-Old Maiden Stakes winner Mommy Caring (Striding Ahead out of On A Mission) is favotred in the…
Published May 24, 2021, 5:06 PM
Super Swerte never skipped a beat despite a long layoff due to the pandemic, exacting a sweet revenge against Pangalusian Island in the Philracom Commissioner’s Cup 2021 at the San Lazaro Leisure Park in Carmona, Cavite on Sunday, May 23.
Racing under bemedalled jockey JB Guce and trainer Ruben Tupas, Super Swerte crossed the finish line in one minute and 40 seconds, five lengths ahead of Pangalusian Island in the 1,600-meter race staged for the fire victims and medical frontliners at the Philippine General Hospital.
Super Swerte stormed right out of the gates but surrendered the lead to Patong Patong inside the 900-meter mark before the Mayor Sandy Javier-owned horse regained footing and broke away in the final 350 meters.
Reli de Leon, Philippine Racing Commission chairman, (center), awards the Presidential Gold Cup trophy to Wilbert Tan (left), owner of Pangalusian Island, in this file photo late last year. With them is Philracom executive director Andrew Rovie Buencamino. The event is De Leon’s first official funct
Published May 10, 2021, 9:15 AM
Reli de Leon, Philippine Racing Commission chairman, (center), awards the Presidential Gold Cup trophy to Wilbert Tan (left), owner of Pangalusian Island, in this file photo late last year. With them is Philracom executive director Andrew Rovie Buencamino. The event is De Leon’s first official function as Philracom chairman.
Philippine horse racing will be off and running starting May 13 under the leadership of recently-appointed Philippine Racing Commission chairman Aurelio ‘Reli’ de Leon following the green light given by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Sport of Kings to resume.
“It’s four days of races in Malvar, Batangas. May 16 will also be a stakes race day with P1 million prize for the first Maiden Stakes for three-year-old horses,” says De Leon, named to the post only last December after serving as one of the commissioners since July 2019 to become Philracom’s 12th chairman.