Lovely Honoree, The Guv’nor in speed test

Speed merchants Lovely Honoree and The Guv’nor are down to clash in the Starter Allowance dash on the turf.

The 1100 metres contest in which ten were pencilled in at yesterday declaration stage will hold the spotlight on the Arima Race Club Day 24 card at Santa Rosa Park on Saturday Both runners will be partnered by Venezuelan jockeys in the event worth $23,000. Lovely Honoree, who has mended his head-strong ways will have Wilmer Galviz aboard, while the Maniram Maharaj-trained The Guv’nor will be partnered by Carlos Marquez, makes a return after going winless with five bookings in June. The card of ten races, comes on the heels of  the 11-race Emancipation Day programme and was well patronised with a total of 92 entries. And though it lacks quality the fields are evenly matched which makes good for betting.

The opener, in which eight West Indian bred juveniles will go to post will share the support to the main event with a 1750 metres staying handicap. The latter, framed for West Indian bred three-year-old winners and their older counterparts is headed at the weights by Isle Be There and has a number of Royal Oak Derby aspirants. Included in the line-up are Due Dilligence, Fresh Mandate and Bound To Dot Com, runners from champion trainer John O’Brien stable. The quartet, along with Undisputed, Sir Vidia, Affirm Decision and Super Grey will be using the event to test their stamina before competing in  next month’s classic to be staged on Republic Day (Septermber, 24). Four turf events are framed on the card, three over 1100 metres and the other over 1600 metres.

Following are the framed races, entries, weights and jockeys for the entire card.
RACE 1: (12.35pm) W I BRED 2 Y.O MAIDENS - PURSE $22,000 - 1000 METRES.
1. SALSA MOVES - 55 - R. MANGALEE, 2. JAVA IN FLIGHT - 54 - R. SINGH, 3. LAURA’S BOY - 52 - F. RAZACK, 4. RETURN TO SENDER - 53 - R. JADOO, 5. DEADSURE - 53 - R. FREEMAN, 6. JAVA TAKEOVER - 53 - N. SAMAROO, 7. SUNDAY JEWEL - 51 - L. MUNOZ, 8. MUSIC MAN - 55 - R. RAGOONATH.

RACE 2: (1.10pm) 3 Y.O & OVER OPTIONAL CLAIMING ($7,500 - $6,500) - PURSE $17,000 - 1200 METRES.
1. HILLSIDE SYMPHONY - 52.5 - W. GALVIZ, 2. DURABILITY - 48.5 - C. MARQUEZ, 3. ALIBI IKI - 52.5 - S. RODRIGO, 4. SOCA TEMPO - 49.5 - R. JADOO, 5. RONALDO - 47.5 - D. GAFF, 6. I’M NO HUNTER - 48.5 - F. RAZACK, 7. STREETWISE - 43.5 - F. RAZACK, 8. JUSTICE - 50.5 - R. FREEMAN.

RACE 3: (1.45pm) W I BRED 3 Y.O & OVER MAIDEN CLAIMING ($14,000 - $11,000) - PURSE $15,000 - 1100 METRES (TURF).
1. SMALL AXE - 52.5 - C. MARQUEZ, 2. BRANDY - 50.5 - R. THOMAS, 3. MARY NAGDALENE - 53.5 - R. MANGALEE, 4. CAT WOMAN - 51.5 - R. RAGOONATH, 5. PRINCIPLE - 52.5 - R. FREEMAN, 6. NEVER EVER WORRIE - 54.5 - W. BHARATH, 7. JENA’S DELIGHT - 53.5 - L. MUNOZ, 8. SHEZABUTE - 53.5 - H. EMAMALIE, 9. EL PRESIDENTE - 53.5 - B. HARDING.

RACE 4: (2.20pm) 3 Y.O & OVER OPTIONAL CLAIMING ($6,000 - $5,000) - PURSE $14,000 - 1750 METRES.
1 BOLD FAPP - 55.5 - G. LABAN, 2. CASH REWARD - 51.5 - R. JADOO, 3.MYSTILE - 50.5 - C. MARQUEZ, 4. YANKEE EAGLE - 55.5 - N. ABREGO, 5. REGENT BOY - 48.5 - W. BHARATH, 6. MUTOLA - 49.5 - B. HARDING, 7. DAURIAN - 45.5 - L. MUNOZ, 8. IF ONLY - 45.5 - R. FREEMAN, 9. KAY GEE BEE - 51.5 - D. GAFF.
RACE 5: (2.55pm) 3 Y.O & OVER OPTIONAL CLAIMING ($10,500 - $8,500) - PURSE $18,000 - 1600 METRES (TURF).
1. KENT’S DELIGHT - 49.5 - G. LABAN, 2. ESTILON - 49.5 - R. FREEMAN, 3. COLD RISK - 51.5 - W. GALVIZ, 4. GROOMSMAN - 53.5 - R. MANGALEE, 5. STORMING WIND - 53.5 - R. JADOO, 6. PREFFERED SHARE - 53.5 - H. EMAMALIE, 7. ERIN DANCER - 43.5 - K. BISSOON, 8. GOLDEN BOY - 55.5 - B. HARDING.

RACE 6: (3.30pm) W I BRED 3 Y.O MAIDENS - PURSE $22,0000 - 1750 METRES.
1. MISS BEAUTIFUL - 51.5 - F. RAZACK, 2. MY APHRODITE - 53.5 - H. EMAMALIE, 3. CREME CARAMEL - 54.5 - G. LABAN, 4. RUNNING TRICK - 53.5 - N. SAMAROO, 5. VAN NISTELROOY - 56.5 - N. ABREGO, 6. UNDERINFLUENCE - 53.5 - L. MUNOZ, 7. RUBY SCORES - 45.5 - R. SINGH, 8. FORTSLEZA - 51.5 - S. RODRIGO, 9. DARE TO DREAM - 55.5 - D. GAFF, 10. MISS EMMA - 45.5 - W. GALVIZ.
RACE 7: (4.05pm) HANDICAP - W I BRED 3 Y.O WINNERS AND W I BRED 4 Y.O NON-WINNERS OF THREE RACES - PURSE $21,000 - 1750 METRES.
1. UNDISPUTED - 53.5 - H. EMAMALIE, 2. BOUND TO DOT COM - 49.5 - W. GALVIZ, 3. SIR VIDIA - 49.5 - R. JADOO, 4. FRESH MANDATE - 48.5 - G. LABAN, 5. DUE DILLIGENCE - 55 - B. HARDING, 6. FRESH HONEY - 47.5 - F. RAZACK, 7. AFFIRM DECSION - 52.5 - C. MARQUEZ, 8. ISLE BE THERE - 56.5 - N. ABREGO, 9. SUPER GREY - 51.5 - W. BHARATH.

RACE 8: (4.40pm) W I BRED 3 Y.O & OVER NON-WINNERS OF THREE RACES - PURSE $19,000 - 1100 METRES (TURF).
1. RETURN TO GLORY (T.O) - 51.5 - N. SAMAROO, 2. TRIBAL PLACE - 51.5 - N. ABREGO, 3. FULL OF PROMISES - 52.5 - L. MUNOZ, 4. MIR ON FIRE - 53 - K. BISSOON, 5. FINEST GEM - 45.5 - R. THOMAS, 6. LADY ROSSIE - 53 - W. GALVIZ, 7. BEAUTIFUL MIND - 55.5 - R. JADOO, 8. A FIRM RELIEF - 56.5 - F. RAZACK, 9. HATRICK - 51 - C, MARQUEZ, 10. V FOR VICTORY - 52.5 - B. HARDING, 11. FIRST TIME - 51 - W. BHARATH.

RACE 9: (5.15pm) STARTER ALLOWANCE - W I BRED 3 Y.O & OVER WINNERS AND IMPORTED 3 Y.O & OVER - PURSE $23,000 - 1100 METRES (TURF).
1 X TO BOARD - 47.5 - R. MANGALEE, 2. MANDELA - 51.5 - R. SINGH, 3. THE GUV’NOR - 48.5 - C. MARQUEZ, 4. BAJAN CONNECTION - 47.5 - R. JADOO, 5. JOINT VENTURE - 47.5 - L. MUNOZ, 6. SQUEEZED MOMENT - 42.5 - G. LABAN, 7. CRIMSON TOWER - 48.5 - R. FREEMAN, 8. LOVELY HONOREE - 54.5 - W. GALVIZ, 9. SPLITTING IMAGE - 51.5 - H. EMAMALIE, 10. PILE OF CASH - 48.5 - W. BHARATH.
 
RACE 10: (5.50pm) 3 Y.O & OVER OPTIONAL CLAIMING ($14,000 - $11,000) - PURSE $19,000 - 1200 METRES.
1. FRUITION - 50.5 - L. MUNOZ, 2. BALTHAZAR - 53.5 - B. HARDING, 3. LOVELY PEARL - 49.5 - R. FREEMAN, 4. OUTBURST - 49.5 - R. RAGOONATH, 5. POLITICS - 53.5 - R. JADOO, 6. HUNDRED PERCENT - 51.5 - S. RODRIGO, 7. WHAT LEFT - 49.5 - W. GALVIZ, 8. FEMALE BANDIT - 50.5 - G. LABAN, 9. BONUS POINT - 52.5 - C. MARQUEZ, 10. MAGEN - 51.5 - W. BHARATH.