Outswinger bowls ‘em at Santa Rosa

JOCKEY Ricky Jadoo bowled six rivals a deep Outswinger to capture the feature Indian Arrival Turf Handicap on the Indian Arrival Day card of the Arima Race Club, Santa Rosa Park, yesterday. The clever rider pushed his mount to the head of the seven-horse field from the off, and although Dottie’s Way appeared to be catching him, the Friends Stables-owned gelding was still half length ahead at the wire in the 1750 metres event on the turf course worth $45,000 to winning connections. Pre-race favourite Sugar Mike was noted in third position on the back stretch but poulled out nothing when asked by jockey Rajpaul Rajkumar, and could only finish fourth. But the well-fancied Adawar, last year’s Horse of the Year,  never gave backers a hope. Sweet Tempo overwhelmed nine rivals to win the co-feature Gleneagle Stakes for three-year-old fillies over 1800 metres on the main track.

Always well positioned, Venezuelan rider Wilmer Galviz sent Merlin Samlalsingh’s filly into the lead 600 metres out and she quickened away for an emphatic eight-length victory. Cornerstone, the favourite for the event worth $36,000 to the winning owner, could only plod on at one pace for the runner-up position with Firestorm another six lengths back in third. Both the winner and fourth-placed Wild Life survived objections. Earlier, Rajkumar was fined $500 for not riding out his mount Sea Spider in the day’s opening event.  The horse finished fourth.Jadoo was the rider of the day, landing three winners to collect the $500 prize, while Mendez who saddled two winners just like Kenneth de Silva Jr, and Stephen Jardim, was named the day’s best trainer and got the $500 prize money. There were a few upset winners during the day with turfites enjoying handsome dividends in the process. Best on the tote came on all the way winner Outswinger who rewarded backers while $25.60 and $8.00, while the best on the trifecta was on the Squeezed Moment, Bazodee Gal and Lovely Honoree combination  which paid $4,250.40.The best superfecta payout was on the Entertainer, Indian Decision, Peace Consort and Magen quartet which paid $3,974.70.