Sing along with Song of Freedom

SONG OF FREEDOM has an abundance of early speed and can use it to advantage to win the Starter Allowance feature on the Arima Race Club Day 13 programme at Santa Rosa Park, Arima, today.

The son of Boston Harbour found the going tough among the maiden claiming ranks in the United States where he competed earlier in  his career. But Song Of Freedom has found the local competition more to his liking since his arrival here last year. In his first outing on local soil the Grant Lourence-trained colt created a favourable impression, showing blinding speed to race for the lead after leaving the gates a shade slowly. In that 1100 metres contest he set the fractions and was only denied victory by a fast finishing Sugar Mike. There was a pile-up in that event which saw Miss Lover Lover take a fall. Song Of Freedom was later awarded the race by the stewards, who after viewing a replay of the incident found both Sugar Mike and My Son John responsible for the offence, and disqualified. Connections of Sugar Mike appealed, and the Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority overturned the decision and reinstated their charge as the official winner.

Song Of Freedom took a drop in class next time out, racing among Starter Allowance company and made every yard a winning one. He takes a step back up in today’s feature, and should he repeat either of his past performances, is capable of landing the spoils again, since the field has four runners he accounted for in the incident marred race, and two others in his second run are among the opposition and worse off at the weights. From the rest of the lot, a case could be made out for Miss Lover Lover, since she was in contention in her debut run when brought down. And she showed she had improved on that initial run with a smart victory on her next appearance two weeks later. Sir Vidia gave a game performance to finish seventh in the UPTC Easter Guineas. And the Bertram Dookeran-trained colt showed that his forte is staying, and with lesser lights to contend with this time, he could turn in his certificate in the maiden event over 1750 metres which shares the spotlight on today’s nine race card.