Sugar Mike comes out of hiding

Sugar Mike, who declined his Union Park Turf Club Champagne Stakes engagement last month because of hard ground conditions, is back in contention. He is among a small but selected line-up for the Handicap Two and Lower feature on the Arima Race Club Day 14 card at Santa Rosa Park on Saturday.

The Bertwin Samlalsingh-owned four-year-old colt, which finished third in last year’s Stewards Cup, stood his ground for the Saturday’s 1200 highlight for which five will face the starter. The sprint for which seven runners took entry on Monday saw Sugar Mike’s stable companion Song Of Freedom and trainer Glen Mendez’s sprinting sensation Movietowne Magic ducking out of the $26,000 contest at yesterday’s declaration stage. Mendez was upset with the weight alloted his three-year-old, which scored a convincing win in his second start but left in the older Champagne Wager in the contest. Champagne Wager, who competed at Penn International over two seasons will be making his local bow.

Completing the cast will be Gold Master, who reversed placing with Song Of Freedom last raceday, and creoles Man Of Class and Punto a Punto. Set to make an appearance on the nine-race card is Royal Flush. The Easter Guineas runner-up will face off against seven runners over 1750 metres on the main course. The West Indian bred three-year-old maiden event was best filled will 18 entries. Among the field from which a maximum 16 will start are runners aspiring to acquire sufficient points to make the grade in the second and last legs of the triple crown.

Following are the framed races, entries, weights and jockeys for the entire card.
RACE 1: (12.50pm) 3 Y.O & OVER OPTIONAL CLAIMING ($10,000 - $8,500) - PURSE $15,000 - 1200 METRES.
1. SOCA TEMPO - 48.5 - R.JADOO, 2. INDIAN RHAPSODY - 51.5 - N.SAMAROO, 3. POETRY - 49.5 - K.BISSOON, 4. GOLDEN BOY - 55.5 - L.MUNOZ, 5. ULA - 51.5 - R.RAJKUMAR, 6. ALIBI IKI - 50.5 - W.GALVIZ, 7. BOLD FAPP - 50.5 - F.RAZACK, 8. SARATONE - 45.5 - K.JADOO.

RACE 2: (1.25pm) W.I BRED 3 Y.O WINNERS & W.I BRED 4 Y.O & OVER - PURSE $18,000 - 1750 METRES.
1. ROYAL FLUSH - 56.5 - R.PERSAD, 2. WILD LIFE - 47.5 - R.JADOO, 3. UPSET ALL - 48.5 - R.RAJKUMAR, 4. SWEET LAURA LEE - 48.5 - N.SAMAROO, 5. SUPER GREY - 52.5 - W.BHARATH, 6. ISLE BE THERE - 51.5 - W.GALVIZ, 7. ACTUAL LADY - 52.5 - N.ABREGO, 8. UNDISPUTED - 49.5 - H.EMAMALIE.

RACE 3: (2.00pm) HANDICAP 2 AND LOWER - PURSE $26,000 - 1200 METRES.
1. SUGAR MIKE - 56.5 - R.RAJKUMAR, 2. GOLD MASTER - 53 - R.JADOO, 3. MAN OF CLASS - 50 - N.SAMAROO, 4. CHAMPAGNE WAGER - 54.5 - S.RODRIGO, 5. PUNTO A PUNTO - 48.5 - W.BHARATH.

RACE 4: (2.40pm) IMPORTED 3 Y.O MAIDENS - PURSE $20,000 - 1100 METRES.
1. GAZA STRIP - 54.5 - J.ARNEAUD, 2. KALYAN - 53.5 - K.BISSOON, 3. OUTRAGEOUS VICTORY - 56.5 - R.THOMAS, 4. CYBER FIVE - 54.5 - R.FREEMAN, 5. I’M NO HINTER - 48.5 - W.GALVIZ, 6. X TO BOARD - 54.5 - N.SAMAROO, 7. PATTIE’S NO ANGEL - 44.5 - R.LATCHMAN, 8. LOVELY HONOREE - 54.5 - R.RAJKUMAR, 9. MARACAS BAY - 53.5 - D.GAFF.

RACE 5: 3.16pm) W.I BRED 4 Y.O & OVER NON-WINNERS OF TWO RACES - PURSE $15,000 - 1100 METRES (TURF).
1. HUNDRED PERCENT - 53 - D.GAFF, 2. LIVING IN HOPE - 55 - S.RODRIGO, 3. COLD RISK - 48.5 - R.RAJKUMAR, 4. LAZAR WOLF - 54.5 - L.MUNOZ, 5. KENT’S DELIGHT (T.0) - 55 - N.ABREGO, 6. V FOR VICTORY - 54.5 - J.ARNEAUD, 7. ESTILON - 51.5 - R.FREEMAN, 8. FIRST LOVE - 51.5 - R.THOMAS, 9. LANTERN LADY - 53.5 - F.RAZACK, 10. TRIBAL PLACE - 53 - K.BISSOON, 11. HILLSIDE SYMPHONY - 56.5 - R.JADOO.

RACE 6: (3.54pm) W.I BRED 3 Y. MAIDENS - PURSE $20,000 - 1100 METRES.
1. FANTASTIC LAD - 52.5 - W.BHARATH, 2. NEVER EVER WORRIE - 52.5 - R.FREEMAN, 3. COPY CAT - 52.5 - N.SAMAROO, 4. PRINCIPLE (R1) - 44.5 - K.BISSOON, 5. HONEY BELLE - 49.5 - N.MANGALEE, 6. SIR VIDIA - 52.5 - R.JADOO, 7. RUBY SCORES (R2) - 44.5 - R.CHADEE, 8. SMALL AXE - 49.5 - K.JADOO, 9. SENSATIONAL - 54.5 - R.BADAL, 10. LOUD MUSIC - 55.5 - J.ARNEAUD, 11. UNDER INFLUENCE - 56.5 - L.MUNOZ, 12. ROYAL MADRIS - 50.5 - R.THOMAS, 13. NATURELLY CLASSY - 52.5 - H.EMAMALIE, 14. SEDUCTIVE - 54.5 - N.ABREGO, 15. PEACE OF MIND - 50.5 - F.RAZACK, 16. SILK RUNNER - 56.5 - R.LUNAN, 17. TEA TIME DOC - 53.5 - R.RAJKUMAR, 18. FINEST GEM - 51.5 - S.RODRIGO.
RACE 7: (4.32pm) 3 Y.O & OVER OPTIONAL CLAIMING ($6,000 - $5,000) - PURSE $11,000 - 1100 METRES.
1. EL PRESIDENTE - 48.5 - S.RODRIGO, 2. MY FRIEND PHIL - 51.5 - R.MANGALEE, 3. BOBS TREASURE - 49.5 - K.JADOO, 4. MAXIMUS - 52.5 - R.RAJKUMAR, 5. PANAMA BELLE - 49.5 - W.GALVIZ, 6. COLOUR OF PEACE - 40.5 - R.LATCHMAN, 7. CONFIRMED - 55.5 - H.EMAMALIE, 8. ONCE IN A LIFETIME - 49.5 - L.MUNOZ, 9. JUSTICE - 53.5 - K.BISSOON, 10. JATTAHYU - 53.5 - R.PERSAD, 11.YANKEE - 50.5 - N.SAMAROO, 12. BRANDY - 47.5 - W.BHARATH, 13. UNCLE JOE - 50.5 - D.GAFF, 14. STORMING WIND - 52.5 - R.JADOO.

RACE 8: (5.05pm) STARTER ALLOWANCE - PURSE $20,000 - 1725 METRES (TURF).
1. DOTTIE’S WAY - 52.5 - R.LATCHMAN, 2. CARNIVAL MESSIAH - 55.5 - R.JADOO, 3. BAZODEE GAL - 52.5 - F.RAZACK, 4. MAID OF HONOUR - 54.5 - W.GALVIZ, 5. MANDELA - 55.5 - R.RAJKUMAR, 6. BITE DE BULLET - 53.5 - H.EMAMALIE, 7. RING DANG DO - 49.5 - W.BHARATH, 8. MILLENIUM REIGN - 56.5 - N.ABREGO.

RACE 9: (5.40pm) 3 Y.O & OVER OPTIONAL CLAIMING ($20,000 - $16,000) - PURSE $17,000 - 1350 METRES.
1. SQUEE ZINTRU - 55.5 - N.ABREGO, 2. LITTLE MANIRAM - 50.5 - J.ARNEAUD, 3. NOT TO WORRIE - 48.5 - R.JADOO, 4. BON VOYAGE - 55.5 - R.RAJKUMAR, 5. CITY OF LIGHTS - 50.5 - R.FREEMAN, 6. LIFE IN RUSSIA - 45.5 - W.BHARATH, 7. TRICKY GUY - 52.5 - R.PERSAD, 8. NEW STAR - 51.5 - L.MUNOZ, 9. EL GUERROUJ - 51.5 - F.RAZACK, 10. FOUCAULT PENDULUM - 48.5 - G.LABAN, 11. INDIAN DECISION - 51.5 - N.SAMAROO, 12. POLITICS - 46.5 - W.GALVIZ, 13. FRUITION - 48.5 - R.MANGALE, 14. RUBY RICH - 52.5 - S.RODRIGO, 15. ISLE BE TRUE - 54.5 - H.EMAMALIE.