‘Class’ tops Midsummer list

Easter Guineas winner, Top Of The Class, heads a list of 26 runners for the Clico Midsummer  Classic at Santa Rosa Park, Arima on June 20.

The runaway winner of the Monday’s feature on the Arima Race Club Day 12 card, stayed on course for triple crown honours after connections paid the required $400 to be eligible to race in  the second leg of the series. Also among the subscribers for the 1900 metres contest are Royal Flush, Golden Honour, and Celebration Time. The trio followed home Top of the Class in the Easter Monday race. Champion trainer John O’Brien holds his usual strong hand in the staying event with six entries. His string includes Ichiban and Due Dilligence, two of the early fancies for the Easter Guineas, who withdrew late because of  injury.

Cornerstone, who had to be re-saddled after breaking open his gate before the start of the Easter Guineas, Hannibal’s Will, Isle Be There and Fresh Mandate are O’Brien’s other hopefuls. Trainer Maniram “Boboy” Maharaj, who failed to have a runner in the Easter Guineas had three listed for the second stanza. Loud Music and Sweet Laura Lee, who raced in separate events on the Easter Guineas card were paid for along with an un-raced son of Trouble Rips It. The total kitty for the event now stands stands at $27,400.

Following are the subscribers in alphabetical order:

AFFIRM DECISION, BOUND TO DOT COM, CELEBRATION TIME, CORNERSTONE, DARE TO DREAM, DUE DILIGENCE, FINEST GEM, FRESH MANDATE, FULL OF PROMISES, GOLDEN HONOUR, HANNIBAL’S WILL, HYARIMA, ICHIBAN, ISLE BE THERE, LOUD MUSIC, NATURELLY CLASSY, RENAISSANCE MAN, ROYAL FLUSH, SIR VIDIA, SUPER GREY, SWEET LAURA LEE, SWEET TEMPO, TOP OF THE CLASS, UNDISPUTED, WILD LIFE, YAA ASANTEWAA.