Man of Class gets top impost

Man of Class, who has raced consistently hard over sprint distances this season and has earned upkeep in most of his race, is set to make another appearance.

He will be in action on the Arima Race Club Day 17 card at Santa Rosa Park on Saturday. The Son of Bandsman, who was denied a hatrick of victories recently by Sugar Mike when stepping up against handicap company, steps back down to the allowance ranks to contest the feature on the 10-race card. The five-year-old gelding will tote the top impost of 56.5 kilos against six rivals in 1,750 metres event. Last Year’s Royal Oak Derby winner Millennium Reign is also pencilled in to contest the staying event, made of four imports and three locally bred animals. The John O’Brien inmate, who rocketed to stardom when he added  the Champion Stakes at the back end of last season, is nicely weighed with 48.5 kilos for the event. Mandela is the other creole listed to match strides with the elite group eyeing the $23,000 at stake in the contest.

Beautiful Mind, who won many admirers when he ran away from a quality field of juveniles in  the Nursery Stakes is down to make his three-year-old bow on the same card. The Glenn Mendez inmate, a nominee for the champion two-year-old colt award at last year’s  Jetsam Award function will face off against six opponents of his age in a 1,200 metres event for West Indian bred runners yet to win two races. Full Of Promise, who raced on a tight hold for the major part of the Gleneagle Stakes before his stamina limitation was exposed and Affirm Decision, defeated in his most recent outing by a neck after giving away ground at the start are among the opposition expected to make the race fiery from the start. Following are the framed races, entries, weights and jockeys for the entire card.

RACE 1: (12.30pm) W.I BRED 3 Y.O MADENS (CONDITIOONAL) - PURSE - $13,000 - 1100 METRES.
1. Fresh Mandate - 56.5 - N.Abrego, 2. Winning Trick - 54.5 - R.Mangalee, 3. Mary Magdalene - 54.5 - W.Galviz, 4. Running Trick - 56.5 - J.Arneaud, 5. Milford - 56.5 - D.Gaff, 6. Guacho - 54.5 - F.Razack, 7. Principle - 54.5 - K.Bissoon.

RACE 2: (1.05pm) 3 Y.O & OVER OPTIONAL CLAIMING ($10,500 - $8,500) - PURSE $15,000 - 1150 METRES.
1. Not To Worrie - 53.5 - G.Laban, 2. Living In Hope - 54.5 - S.Rodrigo, 3. Touch Wood - 52.5 - R.Rajkumar, 4. Hundred Percent - 51.5 - K.Bissoon, 5. Rhythm Divine - 51.5 - L.Munoz, 6. Redoubled - 51.5 - R.Jadoo.

RACE 3: (1.40pm) HANDICAP - W.I BRED 3 Y.O & OVER NON-WINNERS OF TWO RACES IN CAREER - PURSE $14,000 - 1200 METRES.
1. Full Of Promises - 53.5 - R.Mangalee, 2. Affirm Decision - 53 - R.Jadoo, 3. Sweet Laura Lee - 49.5 - R.Rajkumar, 4. Wild Life - 52.5 - G.Laban, 5. Beautiful Mind - 56.5 - N.Samaroo, 6. Hyarima - 53.5 - W.Galviz, 7. Naturelly Classy - 54.5 - S.Rodrigo.

RACE 4: (2.15pm) W.I BRED 3 Y.O MAIDENS - PURSE $20,000 - 1750 METRES.
1. Dare To Dream - 55.5 - J.Arneaud, 2. Ruby Scores - 45.5 - R.Chadee, 3. Creme Caramel - 45.5 - G.Laban, 4. My Aphrodite - 52.5 - S.Rodrigo, 5. Never Ever Worrie - 53.5 - R.Freeman, 6. Bound To Dot Com - 56.5 - N.Abrego, 7. Baggy Green - 55.5 - N.Samaroo, 8. Tea Time Doc - 54.5 - R.Rajkumar.

RACE 5: (2.50pm)3 Y.O & OVER OPTIONAL CLAIMING ($6,000 - $5,000) - PURSE $11,000 - 1100 METRES (TURF).
1. Restless Renegade - 55.5 - R.Rajkumar, 2. Stormy Season - 51.5 - F.Razack, 3. Cash Reward - 54.5 - R.Jadoo, 4. Justice - 52.5 - H.Emamalie, 5. Jena’s Delight - 46.5 - R.Chadee, 6. Cat Woman - 47.5 - R.Ragoonath, 7. Brandy - 47.5 - W.Bharath, 8. Estilon - 49.5 - R.Freeman.

RACE 6: (3.25pm) HANDICAP - W.I BRED 3 Y.O - OVER NON-WINNERS OF FOUR RACES IN CAREER - PURSE $17,000 - 1200 METRES. 
1. Toronto Star - 54.5 - H.Emamalie, 2. Indian Decision - 53 - R.Rajkumar, 3. Anatevka - 53 - L.Munoz, 4. Supreme Dancer - 55 - R.Jadoo, 5. Ruby Rich - 56.5 - S.Rodrigo, 6. Richie Rich - 50 - W.Bharath, 7. Bajan Connection - 53 - W.Galviz.

RACE 7: (4.00pm) 3 Y.O & OVER OPTIONAL CLAIMING ($14,000 - $11,000) - PURSE $16,000 - 1600 METRES (TURF).
1. Magen - 52.5 - R.Thomas, 2. Kent’s Delight (T.O) - 49.5 - G.Laban, 3. Joint Venture - 46.5 - W.Galviz, 4. Guardian Angel - 48.5 - R.Mangalee, 5. Politics - 50.5 - R.Jadoo, 6. Fresh Honey - 50.5 - N.Abrego, 7. Life In Russia - 49.5 - F.Razack, 8. City Of Lights - 51.5 - S.Rodrigo.

RACE 8: (4.35pm) RESTRICTED HANDICAP - PURSE $18,000 - 1250 METRES.
1. Emelda M - 44.5 - G.Laban, 2. New Star - 47 - R.Jadoo, 3. Maid Of Honour - 54.5 - W.Galviz, 4. Splitting Image - 55 - S.Rodrigo, 5. Bon Voyage - 54.5 - R.Rajkumar, 6. Red Hill - 56.5 - N.Abrego, 7. Piece Of Cake - 52.5 - K.Bissoon.

RACE 9: (5.10pm) ALLOWANCE - 3 Y.O & OVER - PURSE $23,000 - 1750 METRES.
1. Man Of Class - 56.5 - R.Rajkumar, 2. Kalyan - 42.5 - R.Thomas, 3. Morgan Heritage - 54.5 - S.Rodrigo, 4. Millenium Reign - 48.5 - W.Galviz, 5. Maracas Bay - 42.5 - G.Laban, 6. Ring Dang Do - 46.5 - R.Freeman, 7. Mandela - 51.5 - N.Samaroo.

RACE 10: (5.40pm) 3 Y.O & OVER OPTIONAL CLAIMING ($7,500 - $6,500) - PURSE $14,000 - 1350 METRES.
1. Kay Gee Bee - 47.5 - F.Razack, 2. If Only - 51.5 - R.Ragoonath, 3. Erin Dancer - 50.5 - R.Jadoo, 4. Vaqueiro - 51.5 - K.Jadoo, 5. Alibi Iki - 55.5 - R.Mangalee, 6. I’M No Hunter - 45.5 - W.Galviz, 7. Once In A Lifetime - 49.5 - L.Munoz, 8. Yankee Eagle - 55.5 - N.Abrego, 9. Special Gem - 52.5 - R.Rajkumar, 10. Daurian - 49.5 - J.Arneaud.