Crucial appeal comes good
CRUCIAL APPEAL COMES GOOD
The Patrick Lynch-trained Crucial Appeal showed his liking for the five-straight course with another good display to win an Open Allowance at Caymanas Park last Saturday. Crucial Appeal (Crucial Trial – Late Appeal), who was ridden by Dane Nelson, raced in second position behind the joint course-record holder Talented Tony K (Shane Ellis), passing the dummy rails before he took off in the last furlong to beat a fast-finishing Uncle Taf (O’Brien White) by a length-and-a-quarter. Talented Tony K was a neck away in third. The winning time was a quick 0:57:1 seconds.
FOUR HORSES CLAIMED ON SATURDAY
Four horses were claimed on the 10-race programme at Caymanas Park on Saturday. Unbreakable was claimed from Delroy Wisdom by Tensang Chung for James B Chen for $450,000, and Eastwood was taken from Neive Graham by Gresford Smith for himself also for $450,000 from the third race. Doc Holiday, who romped the fourth race, was claimed by Dalton Sirjue for Keith Williams from Gary Griffiths for $180,000. Roy Mathews claimed Aquilo for Nickeisha Foster from Anthony Nunes for $250,000 from the eighth race.
TRACKING CHANGES OF EQUIPMENT
There were two instances on Saturday’s racing programme where changes of equipment did the trick. With the removal of the blinkers and the introduction of the hood, Princess Tabokie released the maiden tag. Ridden by Omar Walker, Princess Tabokie got the better of Little Tuff Man by one-and-a-half lengths going over 1,100 metres. In the fifth race the removal of both the blinkers and tongue tie allowed Israelite to run his best race to date.
Trained by Richard Azan and ridden by Omar Walker, Israelite beat 7-5 favourite Miss Juanita by six lengths going over 1,600 metres.
ANOTHER THREE-TIMER FOR ROBERT HALLEDEEN
To say that jockey Robert Halledeen has hit a purple patch would be the understatement of the year. The in-form jock took home another three-timer on Saturday winning from the front and coming from off the pace. He started in the sixth race when he piloted the Wayne DaCosta-trained Legal Account to a gate-to-wire performance going over 1,000 metres straight, and then followed in the eighth race with a really good front-running ride on Princess Sallema over 1,500 metres. The cap came in the ninth race when Halledeen was simply outstanding in guiding Poker Star to victory in the Sir Howard Stakes going 1,200 metres. With those three winners, Halledeen took his tally to 15, two more than Omar Walker (13) and four clear of three-time defending champion Dane Nelson, who is on 11 winners. Shane Ellis is next on 10.
