Strong field in Santa Rosa Classic

A wealth of three-year-old horse racing talent will be on show on Saturday in the Santa Rosa Classic, the feature event on the Arima Race Club Round 21 programme.

The 1200-metres event, which holds grade one status, has attracted a strong field of 12 classic contenders, some of whom will be reverting to sprinting after competing with limited success in the first two legs of the triple crown. Golden Honour, third placed behind Top Of The Class in the Union Park Turf Club Easter Guineas, and Isle Be There, who filled a similar position behind the triple crown seeker in the Clico’s Midsummer Classic are among the star-studded line-up. The duo along with Sir Vidia, Sweet Tempo, Naturelly Classy, and Loud Music will be eyeing the $60,000 purse while shortening in trip. Undisputed, Reign Of Fire, Beautiful Mind, Francesca, Lady Rossie and Affirm Decision who have made their marks over short trips will complete the field in the sprint holding down the penultimate spot of the 10-race card.

Three imposts and five local bred animals will share the spotlight one race earlier in the 1725 metres on the Turf. The staying event pits together Man Of Class and Carnival Messiah. The pair of creoles who battled from start to finish in their last meeting over 1200 metres, and was only seperated by the photofinish camera are set to renew rivalry on identical terms in the Saturday’s supporting highlight. Imports Ring Dang Do, Canaima and Dottie’s Way and creoles Punto a Punto, Maid Of Honour and Mandela complete the make-up which will provide opposition on the grass. Following are the framed races, entries, weights and jockeys for the entire card.

RACE 1: (12.15pm) 3 Y.O & OVER OPTIONAL CLAIMING ($7,500 - $6,500) - PURSE $14,000 - 1750 METRES.

1. MYSTILE - 44.5 - N.SAMAROO, 2. BOLD FAPP - 53.5 - B.HARDING, 3. SHEZABUTE - 46.5 - R.JADOO, 4. TOUR D’ARGENT - 47.5 - R.THOMAS, 5. MARY MAGDALENE - 44.5 - F.RAZACK, 6. YANKEE EAGLE - 55.5 - N.ABREGO, 7. ONCE IN A LIFETIME - 48.5 - G.LABAN.

RACE 2: (12.45pm) W.I BRED 3 Y.O MAIDENS WHICH HAVE RACED FIVE TIMES IN CAREER AND HAVE NOT EARNED $5,000 - PURSE $13,000 - 1150 METRES.

1. EL PRESIDENTE - 56.5 - R.CHADEE, 2. RUNNING TRICK - 56.5 - J.ARNEAUD, 3. COPY CAT - 56.5 - N.SAMAROO, 4. GUACHO - 54.5 - R.FREEMAN, 5. FINEST GEM - 54.5 - B.HARDING, 6. MISS BEAUTIFUL - 54.5 - D.GAFF, 7. RUBY SCORES - 54.5 - R.SINGH, 8. SMALL AXE - 54.5 - F.RAZACK.

RACE 3: (1.20pm) HANDICAP - W.I BRED 3 Y.O WINNERS AND W.I BRED 4 Y.O NON-WINNERS OF THREE RACES - PURSE $18,000 - 1750 METRES.

1. DUE DILLIGENCE - 52.5 - B.HARDING, 2. WILD LIFE - 48.5 - R.JADOO, 3. FRESH MANDATE - 47.5 - W.BHARATH, 4. FRESH HONEY - 50 - N.ABREGO, 5. BOUND TO DOT COM - 49.5 - W.GALVIZ, 6. CELEBRATION TIME - 56.5 - H.EMAMALIE.

RACE 4: (1.57pm) W.I BRED 3 Y.O MAIDENS - PURSE $20,000 - 1750 METRES.

1. FORTALEZA - 49.5 - R.FREEMAN, 2. SERAH’S TRICK - 50.5 - W.GALVIZ, 3. NEVER EVER WORRIE - 46.5 - W.BHARATH, 4. IRON WILL - 55.5 - V.CHARLES, 5. FIRESTORM - 54.5 - R.JADOO, 6. VAN NISTELROOY -52.5 - R.RAJKUMAR, 7. CREME CARAMEL - 51.5 - G.LABAN, 8. PANAMA CANAL - 56.5 - S.RODRIGO, 9. MY APHRODITE - 52.5 - H.EMAMALIE, 10. DARE TO DREAM - 53.5 - D.GAFF.

RACE 5: (2.34pm) 3 Y.O & OVER OPTIONAL; CLAIMING (6,000 - $5,000) - PURSE $11,000 - 1200 METRES.

1. JUSTICE - 52.5 - L.MUNOZ, 2. CONFIRMED - 48.5 - W.BHARATH, 3. BOBS TREASURE - 53.5 - R.FREEMAN, 4. INDIAN TROUBLE - 47.5 - N.SAMAROO, 5. TOUCH WOOD - 55.5 - B.HARDING, 6. TAKE CHARGE - 52.5 - N.ABREGO, 7. INDIAN GAME - 53.5 - R.RAJKUMAR, 8. SPIN N’SQUEEZE - 51.5 - W.GALVIZ, 9. KAY GEE BEE - 53.5 - R.JADOO, 10. REGENT BOY - 48.5 - V.CHARLES, 11. PANAM BELLE - 49.5 - R.MANGALEE.

RACE 6: (3.12pm) 3 Y.O & OVER OPTIONAL CLAIMING ($10,500 - $8,500) - PURSE 415,000 - 1200 METRES.

1. STORMING WIND - 53.5 - R.JADOO, 2. COLD RISK -0 43.5 - K.BISSOON, 3. HILLSIDE SYMPHONY - 53.5 - G.LABAN, 4. GOLDEN BOY - 55.5 - L.MUNOZ, 5. BADPAYJAMESEE - 51.5 - R.THOMAS, 6. SOCA TEMPO - 53.5 - S.RODRIGO, 7. I’M NO HUNTER - 44.5 - W.BHARATH, 8. GROOMSMAN - 53.5 - N.ABREGO, 9. NOT TO WORRIE - 49.5 - F.RAZACK, 10. ULA - 50.5 - R.RAJKUMAR, 11. DURABILITY - 49.5 - R.FREEMAN, 12. LOVELY PEARL - 49.5 - R.FREEMAN, 13. WHAT LEFT - 53.5 - W.GALVIZ, 14. ALIBI IKI - 51.5 - D.GAFF.

RACE 7: (3.49pm) RESTRICTED HANDICAP - W.I BRED 3 Y.O & OVER WINNERS AND IMPORTED 3 Y.O & OVER - PURSE $18,000 - 1100 METRES (TURF).

1. EMELDA M - 44 - R. FREEMAN, 2. SEA SPIDER - 53.5 - W.GALVIZ, 3. GAME HIGH - 52 - B.HARDING, 4. PATTI’S NO ANGEL - 48.5 - W.BHARATH, 5. THE GUV’NOR - 52.5 - R.RAJKUMAR, 6. HONOUR BOUND - 57 - J.ARNEAUD, 7. NANDO - 49 - R.MANGALEE, 8. BAZODEE GAL - 48.5 - F.RAZACK, 9. BAJAN CONNECTION - 51.5 - G.LABAN, 10. SPLITTING IMAGE - 55 - S.RODRIGO.
 
RACE 8: (4.26pm) ALLOWANCE - W.I BRED 3 Y.O WINNERS AND IMPORTED 3 Y.O & OVER - PURSE $23,000 - 1725 METRES (TURF).

1. RING DANG DO - 47.5 - R.JADOO, 2. PUNTO A PUNTO - 50.5 - W.BHARATH, 3. CANAIMA - 53.5 - J.ARNEAUD, 4. MAID OF HONOUR - 46.5 - W.GALVIZ, 5. MAN OF CLASS - 54.5 - R.RAJKUMAR, 6. MANDELA - 52.5 - N.SAMAROO, 7. DOTTIE’S WAY - 47./5 - B.HARDING, 8. CARNIVAL MESSIAH - 56.5 - S.RODRIGO.
RACE 9: (5.04pm) SANTA ROSA CLASSIC (GRADE 1) W.I BRED 3 Y.O - PURSE $60,000 - 1200 METRES.

1. UNDISPUTED - 56.5 - H.EMAMALIE, 2. SIR VIDIA - 56.5 - F.RAZACK, 3. NATURELLY CLASSY - 56.5 - S.RODRIGO, 4. REIGN OF FIRE - 54.5 - N.SAMAROO, 5. SWEET TEMPO - 54.5 - R.JADOO, 6. GOLDEN HONOUR - 54.5 - V.CHARLES, 7. BEAUTIFUL MIND - 53.5 - J.ARNEAUD, 8. LOUD MUSIC - 56.5 - R.RAJKUMAR, 9. FRANCESCA - 54.5 - B.HARDING, 10. ISLE BE THERE - 56.5 - N.ABREGO, 11. LADY ROSSIE - 54.5 - L.MUNOZ, 12. AFFIRM DECISION - 56.5 - R.PERSAD.
RACE 10: (5.40pm) 3 Y.O & OVER OPTIONAL CLAIMING ($20,000 - $16,000) - PURSE $17,000 - 1350 METRES.

1. EL GUERROUJ - 50.5 - N.SAMAROO, 2. BON VOYAGE - 53.5 - R.RAJKUMAR, 3. SUPREME DANCER - 51.5 - R.JADO,L 4. TRICKY GUY - 52.5 - R.MANGALEE, 5. LIFE IN RUSSIA - 50.5 - K.BISSOON, 6. SQUEE ZINTRU - 51.5 - W.GALVIZ, 7. POLITICS - 50.5 - G.LABAN, 8. SUNNY - 52.5 - L.MUNOZ, 9. BITE DE BULLET - 55.5 - S.RODRIGO, 10. IN SWINGER - 55.5 - B.HARDING.