Lourenco trio smash record at gallops

GRANT LOURENCO-trained trio of Invincibility, Sugar Mike and Song Of Freedom had a course record gallop at Santa Rosa Park, Arima, as horses got ready for the Arima Race Club Labour Day 10-race programme. This threesome sped over 1000 metres on Sunday in the fantastic time of 59.4 seconds, bettering the electronic record time for the distance held jointly by JD Gump (1996) and Kabila (1997) of 1:00.1 seconds. The American-bred trio gives Lourenco a strong hand in the Santa Rosa Dash over 1200 metres, where they will face the quick-stepping Fortunate Flag who also hold the engagement in the race which carries a purse of $45,000. Kenneth de Silva jnr-trained Fortunate Flag, also bred in the United States, had a good run over the same 1000 metres trip, returning in 1:09.3 seconds.

Other good gallops over the 1000 metres distance came fromn Super Grey who was clocked in 1:05 seconds and Panama Canal who stopped the clock in 1:07 seconds. Isle Be There showed he was in great heart with a 600 metres gallop in 36.3 seconds, but Green Light was best over the trip in 35 seconds, same time The Chairman and You’ve Got Mail. Here are Sunday’s gallops: 400 METRES — Celebration Time — 29.7; Cheerleader — 26.0;  Lazar Wolf — 29.3; Miss Shezabute — 29.8; Tora Bora — 27.0; Vanlou — 24.7.

600 METRES — Canaima — 41.8; Due Dilligence — 43.0; Embedded Option — 44.9; Green Light — 35.0; Isle Be There — 36.3; Miss Beautiful — 39.5; Outswinger — 44.9; Phantom Bidder — 42.9; Royal Flush — 41.9; Sir Vidia — 44.8; Squeezed Moment — 44.9; The Chairman 35.0; You’ve Got Mail — 35.0.
800 METRES — Alex — 58.8; Classy Kim — 50.1; Lantern Lady — 58.5; Lovely Pearl Paced — 53.9; Seductive — 53.9; Tricky Guy — 55.8; V for Victory — 57.9; 
X to Board — 54.3.

1000 METRES — Fortunate Flag — 1:09.3; Game High — 1:14.7; Golden Shufleur — 1:13.8; Invincibility,  Sugar Mike and Song Of Freedom — 59.4; Panama Canal — 1:07.0; Super Grey — 1:05.0;
Monday’s gallops:  400 METRES — Golden Boy — 29.9; Sunny — 29.9; What Left — 28.9.
600 METRES — Deadly Squeeze — 44.9;  Indian Game 43.7; Jattahyu — 44.2; Phantom Bidder — 44.2; Top Of The Class — 44.9.
800 METRES — Celebration Time — 57.6; Squeezed Moment — 59.9.