Bold As Brass shines at ‘Friday Lime’

But the race lost much of its lustre when half the field of ten were withdrawn because the race was to be run on a soft turf course.

From the off, Jadoo (C) kept his mount with the topweight 56.5 kilos in the middle of the five runners, while Reef Knot set a merry gallop.

When the horses entered the stretch 400 metres out, Reef Knot with champion jockey Wilmer Galviz appeared to have the 1100 metres race all sewn up.

But Bold As Brass who had not raced since last December, shook off all the rust and thundered down the stretch to snatch victory by 3/4 length.

Vera Cruz shocked turfites with a smooth victory in the Intense II 1350 metres race for three-year-old maidens, and backers were rewarded with $8.90 and $3.20 on the tote.

And with runner-up Prince Lara, with Fifth Avenue third the trifecta dividend was a good $1,747.60. With Action in fourth place, the superfecta returned a handsome $3,929.50.

On a day with very small fields, only champion trainer (earnings) Glenn Mendez managed to saddle two winners.

No jockey could land more than one winner on the day’s seven-race programme.

Earlier, and throughout the day turfites were able to view ten of the power boats to contest this year’s Great Race from Trinidad to sister-island Tobago on August 26.