Maharaj runners dominate feature

TRAINER Maniram “Boboy” Maharaj never fails to seize the opportunity when it arises to earn upkeep with his horses. And the first two races on the Arima Race Club Day 22 card at Santa Rosa Park, Arima, on Saturday, is a classic example of his knowledge and shrewd placements. Maharaj, who owns and trains one of the the largest strings of horses at our centralised racing facility, again saw an opening to earn prize money  in the early events by dominating them with entries from his stable. Maharaj has ploughed in 14 of the total of 17 runners in the two events, which guarantees him a minimum of five prizes. The astute Maharaj, who brought his two-year-olds to an advanced stage early in the season, has again been a dominant force in the 900 metres opener with seven entrants in  the eight-runner field.

And alike the opening juvenile event this season two weeks ago, his lone opposition will be the Harold Chadee-trained Shear Magic. In the Handicap 1 and Lower contest, which is the day’s feature on the 10-race card, the stable famous for the green and white colours has a similar number of runners. In that 1100 metres spotlight,  his string, which in the main comprises Man Of Class, Smooth Operator and The Guv’nor will be opposed by Song Of Freedom and Champagne Wager. With the racing enjoying a nest day next weekend,  trainers filled the card with a total of 95 entries.

Following are the framed races, entries, weights and jockeys for the entire card.
RACE 1: (12.15pm) W I BRED 2 Y.O MAIDENS - PURSE $22,000 - 900 METRES.
1. SUNDAY JEWEL - 53 - L.KEIZER, 2. JAVA IN STYLE - 55 - R.SINGH, 3. SHEAR MAGIC - 55 - B.HARDING, 4. LAURA’S BOY - 55 - L.MUNOZ, 5. ALL SET FOR BATTLE - 55 - J.ARNEAUD, 6. SALSA MOVES - 55 - F.RAZACK, 7. MUSIC MAN - 55 - K.BISSOON, 8. JAVA TAKEOVER - 53 - R.MANGALEE.
RACE 2: (12.50pm) HANDICAP 1 & LOWER - PURSE $32,000 - 1100 METRES (TURF).
1. HEMLOCK FALLS - 44.5 - R.CHADEE, 2. SMOOTH OPERATOR - 54.5 - J.ARNEAUD, 3. MAN OF CLASS - 52.5 - L.MUNOZ, 4. SONG OF FREEDOM - 56.5 - B.HARDING, 5. SWEET LAURA LEE - 46 - F.RAZACK, 6. MANDELA - 50 - L.KEIZER, 7. JOINT VENTURE - 45 - K.BISSOON, 8. THE GUV’NOR - 51.5 - R.MANGALEE, 9. CHAMPAGNE WAGER - 52 - R.JADOO.

RACE 3: (1.25pm) 3 Y.O & OVER OPTIONAL CLAIMING ($6,000 - $5,000) - PURSE $14,000 - 1350 METRES.
1. KAY GEE BEE - 53.5 - R.FREEMAN, 2. REGENT BOY - 48.5 - V.CHARLES, 3. JUSTICE - 51.5 - W.GALVIZ, 4. CASH REWARD - 54.5 - R.JADOO, 5. ONCE IN A LIFETIME - 49.5 - W.BHARATH, 6. MUTOLA - 46.5 - B.HARDING, 7. MYSTILE - 50.5 - L.MUNOZ, 8. BOBS TREASURE - 51.5 - L.KEIZER.

RACE 4: (2.02pm) STARTER ALLOWANCE - W I BRED 3 Y.O & OVER WINNERS AND IMPORTED 3 Y.O & OVER - PURSE $23,000 - 1200 METRES.
1. GOLD CONVEYOR - 56.5 - L.MUNOZ, 2. BAJAN CONNECTION - 47.5 - L.KEIZER, 3. LOVELY HONOREE - 54.5 - W.GALVIZ, 4. GAZA STRIP - 49.5 - R.JADOO, 5. FROMNOWUNTIL - 46.5 - W.BHARATH, 6. ISLE BE TRUE - 50.5 - H.EMAMALIE, 7. BON VOYAGE - 49.5 - R.MANGALEE, 8. SQUEEZED MOMENT - 48.5 - G.LABAN.
RACE 5: (2.38pm) W I BRED 3 Y.O & OVER NON-WINNERS OF FOUR RACES IN CAREER - PURSE $20,000 - 1250 METRES.
1. SUPREME DANCER - 56.5 - S.RODRIGO, 2. QUEEN’S BAND - 54 - G.LABAN, 3. INDIAN DECISION - 53 - N.ABREGO, 4. TRICKY GUY - 55.5 - R.PERSAD, 5. TORONTO STAR - 53.5 - B.HARDING, 6. FRANCESCA - 53 - R.JADOO, 7. RUBY RICH - 53.5 - W.GALVIZ.

RACE 6: (3.15pm) 23 Y.O & OVER OPTIONAL CLAIMING ($7,500 - $6,500) - PURSE $17,000 - 1150 METRES.
1. COTONOU - 48.5 - G.LABAN, 2. VAQUEIRO - 48.5 - L.KEIZER, 3. INDIAN GAME - 53.5 - R.MANGALEE, 4. TOUCH WOOD - 53.5 - S.RODRIGO, 5. INDIAN TROUBLE - 46.5 - K.BISSOON, 6. STORMY SEASON - 52.5 - N.ABREGO, 7. SHEZABUTE - 46.5 - R.JADOO, 8. ESTILON - 51.5 - R.FREEMAN, 9. CAT WOMAN - 47.5 - W.BHARATH.

RACE 7: (3.50pm) HANDICAP - W I BRED 3 Y.O & OVER NON-WINNERS OF THREE RACES IN CAREER - PURSE $19,000 - 11OO METRES (TURF).
1. RICHIE RICH - 48.5 - W.BHARATH, 2. REIGN OF FIRE - 53 - R.JADOO, 3. MIR ON FIRE - 56.5 - K.BISSOON, 4. A FIRM RELIEF - 54 - N.ABREGO, 5. LOUD MUSIC - 53 - J.ARNEAUD, 6. LADY ROSSIE - 49.5 - W.GALVIZ, 7. AFFIRM DECISION - 55 - B.HARDING, 8. HYARIMA - 50 - S.RODRIGO, 9. NATURELLY CLASSY (M.0) - 54.5 - H.EMAMALIE, 10. TRIBAL PLACE - 44.5 - F.RAZACK.

RACE 8: (4.27pm) W I BRED 3 Y.O MAIDENS - PURSE $22,000 - 1100 METRES (TURF).
1. YOU’VE GOT MAIL - 52.5 - S.RODRIGO, 2. GUACHO (T.O) - 44.5 - L.KEIZER, 3. SMALL AXE (R-2) - 44.5 - R.RAGOONATH, 4. NEVER EVER WORRIE - 46.5 - W.BHARATH, 5. MISA’S GOLD - 54.5 - R.PERSAD, 6. CLASSY KIM - 53.5 - R.THOMAS, 7. HONEY BELLE - 52.5 - B.HARDING, 8. TORA BORA - 55.5 - N.ABREGO, 9. PRINCIPLE - 50.5 - R.FREEMAN, 10. CHEERLEADER -0 50.5 - G.LABAN, 11. COPY CAT (R-1) - 46.5 - R.MANGALEE, 12. ROYAL MADRID - 52.5 - R.BADAL, 13. FIRST TIME - 51.5 - W.GALVIZ, 14. MISS EMMA - 50.5 - L.MUNOZ.

RACE 9: (5.04pm) 3 Y.O & OVER OPTIONAL CLAIMING ($10,000 - $8,000) - PURSE $18,000 - 1100 METRES (TURF).
1. NANDO - 55.5 - R.PERSAD, 2. IN SWINGER - 55.5 - R.FREEMAN, 3. ALIBI IKI - 51.L5 - R.JADOO, 4. SEA SPIDER - 55.5 - N.ABREGO, 5. SINGINGINTHEWIND - 49.5 - L.KEIZER, 6. REDOUBLED - 52.5 - F.RAZACK, 7. V FOR VICTORY - 54.5 - B.HARDING, 8. RHYTHM DIVINE (M.O) - 55.5 - L..MUNOZ, 9. LAZAR WOLF - 52.5 - G.LABAN, 10. DURABILITY - 48.5 - R.RAGOONATH, 11. COLD RISK - 43.5 - W.GALVIZ, 12. HILLSIDE SYMPHONY - 53.5 - H.EMAMALIE.

RACE 10: (5.40pm) 3 Y.O & OVER OPTIONAL CLAIMING ($14,000 - $11,000) - PURSE $19,000 - 1350 METRES.
1. FRUITION - 50.5 - N.ABREGO, 2. BALTHAZAR - 53.5 - B.HARDING, 3. FRESH HONEY - 49.5 - W.BHARATH, 4. CITY OF LIGHTS - 52.5 - H.EMAMALIE, 5. HUNDRED PERCENT - 52.5 - S.RODRIGO, 6. MAGEN - 52.5 - R.BADAL, 7. FEMALE BANDIT - 49.5 - G.LABAN, 8. SOCA TEMPO - 48.5 - R.JADOO, 9. PEACE CONSORT - 50.5 - W.GALVIZ, 10. NEW STAR - 55.5 - L.MUNOZ.