Lively Sugar Mike at Santa Rosa

THE one that heads Sugar Mike to the post in the feature Santa Rosa Dash will take the top $45,000 prize money. Bertwin “Mike” Samlalsingh’s five-year-old American-bred champion who will be bidding to capture the 1200 metres race at Santa Rosa Park, Arima, on Labour Day, Saturday, looked full of himself in an 800 metres gallop yesterday morning, completed in a handy 53.97 seconds. Consistent Miss Lover Lover who holds the same engagement stepped lively over 600 metres in a tremendously good 34.38 seconds, and Invincibility working together with stablemate Twice Infallible scooted through the trip in 35.22 seconds. And Bon Voyage from the Maniram “Boboy” Maharaj stable, was easy throughout his 800 metres spin in 53.01 seconds. He is pointed for the Stud Farm Association National Stakes over 1800 metres. Another Maharaj-trained runner Lovetillidie should run well in the three-year-old maiden race over 1200 metres following a handy gallop over 600 metres in 37.81 seconds.

Here are the gallops recorded yesterday:
400 METRES — CAT WOMAN — 29.93 pacing; PUNTO A PUNTO — 28.98 pacing; MOULIN ROUGE — 29.90 pacing; PEACE MAJESTY — 29.99 pacing; GROOMSMAN — 29.93 pacing; MAID OF HONOUR — 38.98 pacing; CHIEF OF STAFF — 29.92 pacing; HONOR BOUND — 27.75 pacing; HATRICK — 24.78 good; PERFECT GEM — 27.19 handy; KENT’S DELIGHT — 29.92 pacing; MIR ON FIRE — 25.03 handy; JAVA TAKEOVER — 28.99 pacing; CELEBRATION TIME — 27.73 pacing; GUATAMA — 29.75 pacing; MELANIE MY LOVE — 26.43 handy.
600 METRES — SURE HONEY — 44.98 pacing; EVIL KNEEVLE — 41.46 handy; THE CHAIRMAN — 44.95 pacing; SOUL ASYLUM — 42.15 pacing; MR HYPOCRIT, LURA’S BOY and MAN OF CLASS — 37.58 seconds; — TWICE THE JET — 39.61 handy; GHOST MEADOW — 44.94 pacing; INDIAN DECISION and FRANCESCA — 40.95 HANDY; Love Till I Die 51.81 handily; LOVETILLIDIE — 37.81 handy; JUSTICE — 37.57 handy; MISS LOVER LOVER — 34.38 GOOD; LOVELY PEARL — 41.46; NOT THIS TIME — 39.65 handy; SILVER BULLET — 42.45 pacing; ERIN DANCER — 39.09 handy; ICHIBAN — 36.80 good; REBEL MUSIC 40.91 handy; POETRY — 44.99 pacing; MANDELA — 39.62 handy; TWICE INFALLIBLE and INVINCIBILITY — 58.22 good.
800 METRES — BORN TO CHARM — 51.50 handy; HUNDRED PERCENT — 55.71 pacing; SONG OF FREEDOM — 51.90 handy; FANTASTIC STORY — 53.49 easy; EL PRESIDENTE — 56.60 pacing; SUGAR MIKE — 53.97 handy; NOBLE MAN and CRACK SHOT — 50.69 good; REDOUBLED — 55.46 pacing; BON VOYAGE — 53.01 handy; INTHLINEOFFIRE — 59.97 pacing; TRAVEL AGENT — 54.15 handy.
1000 METRES — RETURN TO SENDER — 1:08.95 handy; FAST COMPANY — 1:14.63 pacing; TACTICAL BID _ 1:07.14 easy; OCEAN SURF and KAVITA NADIRA — 1:12.91 pacing; IMASEKHA — 1:14.86 pacing; JOINT VENTURE — 1:10 69 pacing; CITY OF LIGHTS — 1:14.98 pacing; SEAHAM HARBOUR — 1:08.23 handy.
1200 METRES — FRENCH ACADEMY — 1:22.99 pacing.