Ramsammy leads Canada jockeys

TORONTO, Canada:  Trinidadian jockey Emile Ramsammy rode a winner for Jamaican trainer Laurie Silvera on Friday to move into joint leadership in the Woodbine Jockeys’ Championship.

Ramsammy steered 3-2 favourite Halo’s Appeal to an easy win in the second race for Silvera for his third win of the season — joining Robert Landry, Dino Luciani and Steve Bahen in the early leading group. Barbadian Slade Callaghan also had a win on Friday. Ramsammy, champion jockey of Canada in 1996 and 1997, was a mere passenger on Halo’s Appeal, as the speedy three-year-old colt quickly took command and coasted to a 13-3/4 length win in the five-furlong sprint.

Halo’s Appeal stopped the clock at 58.63 seconds for Ramsammy and trainer Silvera, who also owns the colt. Callaghan got his win with Paris Caper in the fifth race, pushing the colt to a 2-1/4 length win at odds of 3-1. Paris Caper entered the stretch second by three lengths but wore down leader Herbs Spirit in deep stretch to land the five furlong sprint in 58.42 seconds.