Tevin Foster rode three winners 24 hours earlier. He was aboard the 3-1 bet a five -year-old out of class chestnut horse who made light work of the opposition with a near seven-length romp over the 1,200 metres of the opening event. Foster was in double riding form and this was the opener with the closing leg an hour away.

This columnist is of the view that Foster’s skill set is more complete than any of the other practitioners. He has ridden 85 winners this year so far and has excellent prospects of becoming champion in the foreseeable future. Winning trainer Oral Hayden, a first season licensee, has made a huge favourable impression in the trainers’ colony with 13 wins, five second place and nine third place finishes from 64 declarations so far.

Justin Biden, starting at even money second favourite beat 4-5 favourite Fly Messenger Fly by just under seven lengths in race two. The crowd-favourite Phillip Parchment, easily the most competitive and colourful of the jockey’s colony, executed a riding double.

He treated his fans with yet another display of his celebratory gesture of placing the shaft of his whip on his right shoulder whenever he is on a clear winner. Outspoken, and no less charismatic horseman Lawrence Freemantle expressed the view that defeat was out of the question for his Justin Biden over 1,600 metres on a sloppy surface.

Bred and owned by Elizabeth DaCosta and schooled by her son Jason DaCosta, 2022 champion and 2023 designate, two-year-old colt Interesntimesahead (1-5) cantered over four rivals in the 1,300-metre race three to a conservative 12-length margin of victory for Parchment’s second trip to the winners’ enclosure.

Foster secured his double riding success in the 1,400-metre race four aboard Gary Griffiths’ frequently raced six-year-old bay gelding XY Soul at odds of 3-2.

Race five, run at 1,000 metres round, presented Christopher Mamdeen with the opportunity to emulate Foster’s feat. The 2019 champion was patient in allowing the front runners to tire before striking the lead to score by five lengths aboard Sashamani Dance (3-1) for owner/trainer Linton Calder.

Mamdeen was back in the winners’ enclosure to confirm his double success in race six run at 1,000 metres straight. Declared by Alford Brown, Simply Sensational, starting at odds of 5-1, outsprinted the impressively conformed Jason DaCosta-conditioned favourite and debutant Sparkles (1-1) to score by over three lengths.

Trained by former three-time champion Anthony Nunes, Morimoto (Raddesh Roman) was a winning even-money favourite over the straight 1,000 metres of race seven.

In race eight, run over 1,300 metres, Omar Williams’ seven-year-old chestnut gelding Rohan Kabir (Bebeto Harvey), racing for the 58th occasion, secured his ninth win including the last three consecutively.

In the 1,200-metre ninth race, trainer Paul Swaby posted Kem (Romario Spencer) in great shape and the three-year-old chestnut colt ran gamely in front to beat a competitive field by nearly two lengths to land the odds of 2-1 favourite.

Trained by Vincent Atkinson, Rhythm Buzz (2-1) was a six and a half length winner of race nine with Javaniel Patterson in the irons.

The Training Feat Award is presented to Paul Swaby who takes credit for the return to form of Kem to deliver the Best Winning Gallop with the assistance of Romario Spencer whose skills earns him a first Jockeyship Award.